The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-12-07
MYSTERIOUS PAIR
LEFT WITHOUT TRACE
Anxiety Felt Over Young Art
Kaufman
HUNT FOR HIM
Story of the Hotel That Would Like
to See Color Of Strangers
Money

/ TWO taxicab proprietors and at
least one hotel proprietor would
very much like at the present mo-
ment to know Of the whereabouts OF
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. ,Emmerson,
alias Mr.. and Mrs. P. Davis and
alias Mr.. and Mrs. S. Schorrit, who
claim to hail from Oklahoma City.
Coming here about two weeks
ago, according to the statement of
w. H. Pay, proprietor of the Ben
Pay Hotel, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p.
Davis made arrangements to rent a
room by the week. Mr.. Pay says
that they were furnished with key
and had occupied the room for some
time, but now both the pair and
the key ale missing, and thus far
Mr.. Pay mas lalled 10 see the color
OF their money. 1t is understood
mat the pair left the Ben Pay hotel
and Went to the Heinrich hotel
wuere they called up the Louis
kaufman taxicab line and made ar
rangements to have Arthur kauf-
man take them to DesMoines, and
possibly on TO Oklahoma City.
Arthur Not Heard From
According to the statement of
Mrs. Louis KAUFMAN. mother OF Ar
thur, to The Free Press, the son
promised to call her up every even
ing and acqualnt her of his where
abouts. he lett here Saturday and
has not been heard from since. Last
night a Minneapolis radio station
broadcast the name Of the young
man, the number of the car and his
description. but no word, had been
heard from the missing young. man
TIP to noon today.
According to the statement OF Eu-
gene Coy, proprietor of the Coy
Taxi line, Mr. and Mrs. Frank P.
Davis represented themselves TO
him as many times millionaires, due
Ito their striking it lucky in oil
lands. hey told Mr.. Coy that they
were 0 collect money they had
lo2Egd Ugt ALT, ma An lake item
10 Huron, S. d., in one of his taxi :
cabs. The mysterious couple, he
says. paid him for the Mankato and
Huron trip the sum of SIS.
Then he drove them to Chicago
ST. Louis and Carlo. Ill. They want
ed Mr.. Coy TO drive them to Ten
nes3ee, but he refused to do so and
returned TO Mankato with them
Mrs. Davis while in confidential
mood one day, Mr.. Coy says, said
that she was half French and Usage
Indian she had struck it lucky in oil
lands. and had millions in money.
Check Is Worthless
When MIR. Coy reached Mankato
q infnrI1On1 % ~ hn
like 10 see the color of some q.
their great wealth. but they salu
that it was all tied up in loans.
However. they would accommodate
him with a check of SIS. This cheek
was drawn on the First National
Bank of Oklahoma City, Oklahoni,
Word was received by the Nations.
Bank OF Commerce in this city froi.
the First National Bank of Okla
homa City stating that it did not
know the writer of the check and
that he never had mad an account in
the institution. l..'.t.."
Sheriff Edward Ario has boz.
wirelessed and telegraphed the des-
cription of ! Arthur Kaufman to the
CHIEFS OF police at Des Moines, Kan
sas City. Tulsa. st. Louis. and Okla
homa City. stating that he LETT here
Saturday forenoon in company W.T..
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P. Emerson.
The message also give a descrip-
ton of Mr.. Kaufman stating that he
is 'rivinP a Maxwell car with Min
nesota license No. B161-SS7.J and
that it is feared that the youpr man
has met with foul play, All officers
;:aye hee7 INSTRUCTED in the mes
sages n inform Sheriff Ario, at Man
fatO 1T once if anyt trace of the
young man or the couple is found.