Taylor-Muscogee County GaArchives News.....Tom Fowler Missing; Reward $25.00 Offered January 30, 1919 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 September 11, 2005, 4:11 pm The Butler Herald January 30, 1919 The Butler Herald Thursday, January 30, 1919 Page One Butler Negro Missing; Reward $25 Offered Thought to Have Fallen in Stream in Muscogee County and Drowned The mysterious disappearance of Tom Fowler, a well-known colored man formerly of Butler, and whose family still resides there, has been the occasion of considerable interest among his many friends, both white and colored. Fowler disappeared more than a month ago and although a reward has been offered for information relative to his whereabouts, he has not yet been located. The following account of his disappearance is clipped from a Columbus paper of January 3rd: “Tom H. Fowler, an old darkey who has been residing on the place of the E.L. Stanley Co., wholesale dealers in produce, for the past nine years, disappeared on the morning of December 21 and has not been since. A reward of $25.00 has been offered for his body dead or alive, by the above named firm.” “Fowler left his home on the morning of December 21st, supposedly to go to a store a little distance away, and when he failed to return, search was at once made for him, but up to this time no trace has been found. Schulster branch, which in ordinary times is a very small stream, was swollen at this time being out of the banks, and in fact, a raging torrent, it is thought that the old darkey might possibly have fallen in the stream and drowned. No other explantation can be given for his continued absence, as he is reported to have been in good health, and that his mind was perfectly clear, and he carried no money on his person that would have made him subject to an attack.” “The old darkey was near 60 years of age, and white residents of the city give him the name of being one the most reliable darkeys in the city. It is hoped that some trace of him will be discovered in the next few days.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taylor/newspapers/tomfowle2315nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb