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thing to guide him or any indication of
where the car might be found, Dom
Thomas drove back and forth through
the District all day yesterday seeking
his brothers automobile.
Parked at Chain Bridge.
He happened to notice it parked in
q small area at the District end of Chain
Bridge, which Is usually used by fisher
men driving there. The ignition had
been locked and the keys removed and
there was no gasoline in the tank.
Nothing could be found inside to indi-
cate what had become of Thomas.
The 42-year-old real estate man,
whose residence is at 37l0 Military road,
had been working long hours during the
hot weather, to repair recent financial
losses. Although he apparently was in
the best Of health and was Of an OPP
timistic and cheerful nature, his rela-
tives fear that the strain under which
he was working may have been re-
sponsible for his disappearance.
Thomas was last seen about noon on
Tuesday, an hour after he left his Office
at No. Thomas circle, to make some
business calls In the vicinity. After
stopping at two offices, an acquaintance
saw Thomas enter his car at Sixteenth
and / streets and drive away. 1t was
the first time Thomas ever remained
away from home more than a few hours
without letting his wife know of his
whereabouts. She became extremely
worried over his absence and early
Wednesday morning telephoned Dom
Thomas who notified police. A descrip-
ton Of Thomas and of his automobile
was broadcast to the precincts and to
neighboring cities.
Thomas family said he had only a
small amount of change on his person
and apparently he had withdrawn no
money from the bank. He had given
no hint of O possible intention of leav~
though he expected to return tTnrae-
diately.
Search Until Midnight.
When Dom Thomas discovered the
automobile last night. police organized
a search which was abandoned at mid
night to be resumed at daylight. While
some 500 motorists looked on, they
played searchnights over the vicinity
and dragged the waters of the Potomac
and the canal No trace could be
found of the man In the darkness, how
ever.
Early last May, Thomas was found
face downward in q stream in Rock
Greek Park by a passerby. His auto
mobile had overturned after striking
a bump in the road, hurting Thomas
through the door and into the bed
Of the small stream, where he lay I'M
conscious with his face in some four
inches of water. He was rescued, how
ever. before his lungs had absorbed
much water, and taken to Walter Reed
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the face, body bruises and shock.
No one near the spot where Thomas
car was recovered could recall seeing
1t there at any time previous. The
proprietor Of a store nearby, however,
was certain that the machine was not
there when he passed early yesterday
morning on his way to town. It is
possible that Thomas was the victim
of thugs, who later abandoned the car.
AS far as police have been able to learn,
Thomas had no business in the vicinity.
If the missing man abandoned the
machine, he may have done 30 when the
car ran out Of gas It is more probable,
however, that thieves siphoned the fuel
from the tank, police say.
Thomas wife was in highly nervous
condition today. Her husband, she said
was a man OF regular habits and never
left home without telling her where he
NaS BoIng' !Homhs 10 the latneF OF
10-year-old daughter and of q son Of
high school age, Joseph.
The missing man Was to have attend
ed the forty-s!xth wedding anniversary
yesterday OF his father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs Joseph D. Thomas. The elder
Thomas is president Of hardware con-
Germ.
Ruggedness Hampers Search.
Police were hampered in their search
near Chain Bridge and by the lack of
any clue which might point to the
whereabouts of Thomas. A woman,
who said she was Mrs. Miller" tele-