Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1917 — WHERE ARE THREE LOST MEN? [ARTICLE]

WHERE ARE THREE LOST MEN?

Mystery Surrounds Disappearances, - All Occurring in Lafayette. Lafayette, January 11. —Three men of this - vicinity have disappeared in Lafayette recently and in none of the cases is there the slightest clue to the whereabouts of the missing one, nor to the cause of his strange disappearance. A. M. Smith, Jr., a real, estate dealer at OltSrbeln, Benton county, disappeared here December IJL, two days after his marriage to Miss Elsie Wiese, a school teacher. They went to Danville, Illinois, to be married, and returned home the following day. The next day Smith was gone. He has jot been heafd from Since. His father is continuing the business at Otterbein, in which the . son was a partner.. His

business affairs were in good con- 1 dition. Two weeks ago John Wyworz, a plumbing contractor of Oxford, Benton county, came to Lafayette with $3,000 in his pocket to buy supplies. He has not been seen or* 1 heard from since. His business was good, and his domestic life mos£ pleasant. W. A. Leonard of Linden, a' hardware dealer, disappeared in Lafayette January 6. G A. Pence and Fielding Morirf accompanied Leonard here in his automobile. The went to s a theater, and Leonard then asked his companions to drive the car home, saying he would return on a late night train. He has not been seen since. He owns a half interest in the store at Linden. W. A. Moon df Crawfordsville is his business partner. The business is in good condition.