Syracuse Journal

"FABIUS MAN DISAPPEARS.
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Charles H. Rowley Has been Missing Since Dec. 30
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Friends of Charles H. Rowley of Fabius have requested the Syracuse police to institute a search for him. He disappeared on Dec. 30 and has not been heard of since.
In a communication received by Chief of Police Wright, it is stated that Rowley some time ago went into the c_ning business at Fabius. He was not successful and on Jan. 1 had a number of obligations to moot.
__ his disappearance Rowley's ___ have settled his debts and they __ now anxious that he return home. Every effort is being made by them to obtain some trace of him.
Rowley is described as being six feet tall, weighing about 160 pounds. He is 33 years old and has dark hair and mustache.
His wife is nearly prostrated over her husband's disappearance and fears that something may have happened to him."

"Father Announces Missing Man's Debts are Paid — Story of Disappearance
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Parents Worried
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All efforts to ascertain the whereabouts of Charles H. Rowley, who left home near Pompey about Dec. 30, have proved fruitless and his parents and family are becoming more and more worried as time goes on. According to Austin Rowley (*sic), the young man's father, who was in the the city Wednesday, there is no reason (that) the son should remain away, if debts were the only cause of his going. Austin Rowley said that his son's debts have all been paid and that there is nothing standing against him.
Rowley, according to his father, lived on a farm, which he owned, until a short time before he disappeared. Then he rented a dairy farm in Pompey and worked it for awhile. He seemed to have no intention of leaving home but put everything in readiness for the winter.
One night, however, he left and has not been heard from since. A letter was found in the postoffice for his wife. In this he said he was going so far that it would do no good to search for him and his father fears that he may have gone to California or even as far as Australia.
In the letter Rowley told his wife to take her clothing, etc., and go to their parents home and that when he could earn some money he would send her some. The rest of the letter, the father says, the wife would not show him. He knows of no trouble that should keep the young man away now that his debts are paid. Rowley was about 32 years old, tall and dark. He was stead and had many friends, according to his father.
His friend(s) say that the young man was honest and that no one would crowd him to make him pay his debts. Austin Rowley said the young man had given a chattel mortgage on some cows and that this had also been settled.
The mortgage was due after the young man went away, Mr. Rowley, sr., who lives near Fabius and the young man's mother are grief stricken over the young man's absence."

"Woman Wading in Pool Saved by Autoist
Found wading in the pool in lower Onondaga Park early in the morning, Mrs. Mary Gascon of 709 S. West st., was saved from possible drowning by a passing motorist who dragged her from the water and took her to St. Joseph Hospital.
She is in a highly nervous condition but suffered no effects worse than a thorough soaking, hospital authorities said.
Shortly after 3 a. m., Hugh Negus, of 338 Coolidge av., was driving through the park when he heard the splash of water, and a woman mumbling incoherently.
Stopping his car he went to the pool. On the bank he found a woman's hat and coat and a purse. Far out in the shallow water of the pool he saw Mrs. Gascon wading toward deeper water. When she failed to heed his shouts Negus went into the pool after her.
Grabbing her arm, Negus led her from the water, placed her in his car and took her to his home. Mrs. Gascon was in an exhausted condition and soaked from head to foot, apparently having stumbled several times in the shallow water.
Police were notified and Negus summoned an ambulance. Detectives McMahon and Swain went to the park where they found the woman's effects. The purse contained $1.15."

"Milkman Saves Child: 2d Rescue in 7 Years
For the second time in seven years, Hugh Negus, milkman of 388 Coolidge Avenue rescued a person from the lower Onondaga Park pool and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Richard Richard Gleason, attended patient in each case.
Today he rescued Carol Bushley, 3 1/2, of 457 Midland Avenue, blue-eyed golden-haired daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bushley. At 11:25 AM in his milk truck with his nephew, Richard Clary, 17, Negus passed the pool. He thought he saw a hat and bundle of clothes in the middle of the pool. He and Richard went back and found a small boy at the edge of the water and near the center of the pool was the little girl floundering.
Negus waded in up to his waist and brought the child out. She was gasping for breath and he then took her home to Mrs. Gleason just as he had taken a woman from the same pool seven years ago.
...Carol is one of four children and her mother reported her missing at 10:30... she had never run away before."