Bowen - Guy - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Mrs. Sarah Bowen, of West Market Street, is greatly exercised over the disappearance of her thirteen year old son, Guy. Guy hasn’t been seen by his mother or anyone else hereabouts for seven weeks and naturally some uneasiness is felt by his family. Guy is a bootblack and he disappeared very suddenly and without cause. Some of the boys, with home he associated, stated that he ran away because he was told his mother planned to have him sent to the house of correction. Mrs. Bowen does not believe this, as she says she never entertained such an idea for a moment. Her son was a good boy and she fears that he has met with foul play.  The other day she saw the following Associated Press dispatch from Fort Wayne and thinks perhaps, the lad referred to is her son: “A lad named Bowen told Officer Schlaudrof that about three weeks ago he was stolen from his home by George Stiver, and kept in subjection until they arrived in Fort Wayne. The lad’s statement is that Stiver killed a railroad detective near Vicksburg, Mich., while the officer was trying to force him off the company’s property. The detective was buried by Stiver, who compelled Bowen to kneel on the grave and swear never to reveal the secret. Stiver was arrested and is being held on a charge of abduction pending an investigation of the more serious charge.”  Marshal Grimes will investigate the case and hopes to be able to learn the lad’s whereabouts and relieve his mother’s great anxiety -s