Mysterious Disappearance ...
The Times, 1824-01-17T00:00:00

IFurtber partsiclar] It has already been stated that MIr. WVhite, of the Quadratit, Re- gent-Street, disaPpeared under very mysterious circwnstances, after having received 618L from the Board of Works, on the 12th of Fe- brhry,1a32. 1r. Thomas White was smith to his Majesty, and although itwasi known that he was, going to receive so large a sum fren thIe Surveyor.General, his familv were nut wade acquaintedl with his intention to proceed into the city to deposit it for special Purposes7 having a few days berore borrowed nearly 3001. of Mr. ,ee, of iVesemanster. He forwarded 6001. for Ir. Lee to pay him. 'elf the = bre onev, and deposit the reniainder in the banking. house of Farquhar, Herries, and Co., St. Jatnes's-street, whaich was,done. When Air. White left honie.nr the morning of th6 12th of February, 1822, he seate-d to bill, W dhite that he should that evening go to Bisihop's Auckland, Durham, on a visit to his sister ; but that ha should return home, after hiaving been into the citya and dress, and get some things ready for his joar. ney. liquidneot return, but sent a letter to his wife, stating that he was " ainwt crazy" with what happened to him in the city. It was a curious estrau itance that a Air. CruikShank, a jeweller, from iwhom air. WVhite had a bgil, receivedl a letter on the 4tR of February, announcing the forwarding such bill, and stating thiat he had taken the document with hin out of toh n by mnistake. The letter was dated" nliuntingdon," but thepeoat-mnark was Coventry : and the letter stated that the pakcel enclosing the bill would arriP, by the suntingdon mail. Inquiries were made about it, but nothrng oche kined was at the Aruntingdoi rnail-coanchoffice. It was learnId by the inquiries of tr. Lee, in consequence of the letter being dated "Coventry," that such parcel had come by the Coventry mail. This circ~umsa,nce led to furthier investigations, whether any suich indlividual as Mr. Wihite had gone to Liverpool, Coventry, or HIun-. tingdon, on the night of February 12.I the way-bill of the Lirer- pan! mail of that night, it was found a gentleman had tanen a place in the name of" Evans, to be taken up at the Peacock, wirgton but wheth er sutch individual woas mr. White or not, could nerter be ascertained. It was found that the ir. Evants, whever he wAa, )eft the mail shortly before its entrance into Liverpool, faring osme private houses on the road. A!i the letter's pose mark u-nat "1Co- ventry," Mr. V oite's foieman, Saunders, made inquirims there, and found that a " i strange gentleman" had np"eared at an inn there, and retired after taklDng, breakfast. He ttene went to L rpoel. Inqviries there als, failed. The owfer to produce nde bodltf Mr. White for 301. has already been mentioned. No elfeet resulted from the oer; it was ade by sonie ireputei "agenta " for aiding people to get owat e the country to Amneriea &c. A tnrious circtumstace occurred at Liverpool, durint the enquiries for pre n'hite. A reward of 1001. having been ofFarcd for h'es discoviery and placards having been circuilated in Laisciasbire, Davrhana, &c., ic was saitl there was a gentleman living mysteriouly in a prhvato house nearLiverool,ndthat infact,it was hMr. vhite. Saundter wnt crther, aaineadmission,and fonnd a pseluded gentlema bothe He explain~clthe reasonofbhis seclusion, finding hiiiaelf au obiectr of suspicion-it was in consequence of the lods of a hife. -ntr. Beard, soon after the dihapearance, went to Bown-street, aaid pee- seated haimself to Sir R. iirnie. Mr. Beard said heursadobtedly was a "iplayman'" he was accustomed to "play," but of ir. hin ie r om ay brother-in-law he aw, he knew notbhing. E Wrobrhite, but he could not inagine whartc become of him. onr. Whrbite, thlough he had excellent conaexiona, asd a good busith ness, had involved himself in sosne difficulties by his buildings 'in the Quladrnt. Bilis were circulated to aid his ape irs ; anE slte of thlose, it is stated, got into Probert's hands through Mlr. Benr, and thus Probert may have become acquainted with AMr. lhite's afairs. Probert is not in custody, nor has anv search been mad after him on account of Mr. White's disappealrace; at least f ot with u he knowledge of Mlrs. Wihite, or of any of his creditor,. MVr. Whbite had only 181. about his pemron when herdisapeares, His sister, in Durhiam, niever heatd any thing of him, IVitit the family, whlen lr. White leet, there wvere only Mrs. in mobt ey tiotghi ther was plenty of property and Mrs. iViite, and her flour children, after the bankruptcy, which was deemed necessary, must haLve known immediate\7a?n't,whad not the credk Iors, mainly througlh the humnane and active interference of Mr. Lee, allotted 50L for her use. Her present situation is humble enough; she resides in Somers-town ; slhe has seen her brother, 3Mr. Be-ard, but once within the last two years.-AfortLing paper. I MlSTP:IOUS DISAPPEBARACE OF AMr WHITR.