The Glenwood post., 1923-08-23

The whole town was astir when it
became generally known last Friday
that w. II. Claussen, prominent and
popular Glenwood grocer, had disap-
peared from Denver as suddenly and
mysteriously as though the streets Of
the city had opened and swallowed
him.
Mr.. Claussen left here in his Haynes
car week ago last Sunday morning,
bound for Denver, Mrs. Claussen and
their son, William, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. L. Howard accompanying him.
On Monday Mr. Claussen went out to
the Denver stockyards and transacted
some business in the wholesale portion
of the city. Tuesday he drove to the
Hall home where they were stopping,
a. took Mrs. Claussen down town
where she did some shopping, after
which she returned home by street
car.
After leaving his wife in the shop
p.ng district, Mr.. Claussen drove to
the garage where he was keeping his
car. drove the car in on the floor and
stepped out and left it, saying to the
proprietor as he did so, "what shall
I do with this thing?" The garage
man told him to leave the car where IL
was and that he would back it into
the stall. With that, Claussen left the
place and never returned.
About noon Tuesday Claussen was
seen on the street by Frank Heberling
of this city, and the two visited briefly
and then each went his way. About
2:30 Tuesday afternoon Claussen met
II. W. Robson of Carbondale at the
Denver union station, Robson being
en- route to his Carbondale home.
Claussen failed to state his mission,
but before the train left for Glenwood
and Carbondale he bade Robson good
bye and started up Seventeenth street.
This was the last time he was seen by
anyone who knew him, so far as Mrs.
'Claussen can learn.
When Mrs. Claussen reached her
room at the Hall residence and found
that Mr.. Claussen had not returned,
she felt no special concern about it
for he had previously told her that he
would be busy Tuesday afternoon and
evening and that she should not make
any engagements for him for that
time. While Mrs. Claussen twitted
her husband good naturedly about this,
he made no explanation as to what he
meant, or what he intended doing.
From that time on all was mystery.
Every effort made to locate the miss.
ing man proved .fruitless. Mr.. Howard
and Mrs. Claussen sought the whole
sale houses with which Mr.. Claussen
had been doing business and found
that he had called at the office Of the
Morey Mercantile company on Monday
afternoon. Apparently he had not
visited any of the other business
houses of whom he makes purchases.
They then searched every hospital in
the city in the belief that if anything
had happened TO him in the way Of
accident or assault, he might thus be
located-but all without avail.
The police force and the detective
forces of the city, besides private de.
tective agencies, were enlisted in the
search for the missing man, but up to
this time all efforts in that direction
have been fruitless.
And now the question is "Has Will
Claussen met with foul play or has he,
n fit of temporary mental aberra-
tion, or otherwise, made hasty exit
from Denver to other parts Of the
country and covered up his tracks 20
successfully that he cannot be locat-
cd?D
His friends are at loss to find
motive sufficient to warrant him in
running away. His home life was
ideal. He was much devoted to his