The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-04
DIMINISHING
PERSONS
SOUGHT
Police Consult Relatives for
Clues That May Aid Them
III Search.

ing women, men and cniluren,
some Of whose mysterious dis
appearances date back to Febru-
airy 2, police officials today called
upon the various precinct cap
tains to send out officers to the
twenty-eight afflicted homes and
find out IL relatives have obtained
any clues of their loved ones.
Fifteen Are White.
Fifteen Of the missing persons are
white and thirteen are coIored. Five.
are white children ranging In age
from fourteen years: six are white.
men, and four are young white
women. Three Of the total OF miss
Ing persons are colored men, four
cOlored women and six col0red chill.
dren.
Husbands, wives and mothers are
IN anguish on account of the absence
OF the majority OF the persons who
are sought In the port Of missing
men" This is particularly true In
the case OF two men whose wives
have disappeared, leaving them in
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Listed BY Police.
Following Is the official police list
Of missing persons since February
2 last:
James Robey Proctor. colored. III.
teen years, missing since February
2 from Blue Plains.
Rose Hail. 2122 II street north
west, thirty.two years, missing since
Escll,-asa,.y
Mary Parker, sO4 q street north.
east. colored. missing since Feb
ruary II.
Francis Collins, 1910 Reservoir,
twenty years, missing since Feb.
ruary IL.
John Wilson,. 1923 Fourth street
northwest, fifty.three years, missing
since March 2.
Dwight w. Madison, SIC Massa-
chusetts avenue. fourteen years,
missing since March Z.
George Atkins, No. Queens
Court, fifteen years, missing since
March 8.
James David Hill. 1867 North
Carey street, thirteen years, miss
ing since March 8.
Helen A. Serrin, 45O7 Conduit
road, twenty-five years, missing
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Louise Hargrave, 1895 Corcoran,
coiored, twenty years, missing since
March is.
Deserts Young Baby.
Sylvia Novak, twenty-four years,
sought by husband for desertion
Of two-months-old baby.
Joseph Thomas Hill, colored, 1921
Third street northwest, twenty-six
years, missing since March q.
Elmer Owens and John Simms,
colored, missing since March 3 from
Blue Plains
Thomas Ray Baker. fifteen years.
1896 Meridian Place, missing since
March II.
Thomas Tanney, 5000 Railroad
avenue, southeast, nineteen years,
missing since March %.
Mckinley Martin, colored, eight
cen years, Is H street southeast,
missing since March %.
Nimrod Grimes, colored, fifteen
years, 1716 P street northwest,
missing since March %.
Arthur Darr, colored, fourteen
years, 222 B street northwest, miss
ing since March 80.
julian Redmon, twenty-one years,
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since March 81.
Harry Grant, sixteen years, 225
Seaton street northeast, missing
since March 81.
Robert Bartlett. 917 F. street
northeast, seventeen years, missing
since April /.
Pearl Rowlette, twenty-six years,
1921 Eighth street northwest, miss
ing since yesterday.
Horace Rowe, fifteen years, 618
Ninth street northwest, missing since
yesterday.
Francis Sheahan. twenty years,
$40 b street northeast, missing since
yesterday.
Curman Oddane. italian, sixteen
years, 1912 Olive avenue northwest,
missing since yesterday.
Sarah Williams, colored, fifteen
years, 1875 Virginia avenue north
west missing since March 8.
Joseph Warren, colored, fourteen
years, Blue Plains. missing since
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