Mr. Whitehouse Not Found

New York, 1895

He Has Often Before Hidden Himself for Days at a Time.

Thomas Whitehouse, of Cold Spring Harbor, who mysteriously disappeared on Friday morning has not been found. People have searched in woods and barns, and in all vacant houses, but they can find no trace of him. He is about 70 years old, five feet and three inches in height, and wears a full beard. He is not married. He was born in England and when a young man he came to New York. He shipped on a whale ship and went on three voyages. After the last one he came to Cold Spring Harbor, where he has made his home for the forty years since, with Capt. William Bingham.

He received two fortunes from England. The first one he took with him to sea, and his companions stole not only the money but all his clothes. When he received his second fortune he gave some of it to friends to keep for him and some of it he put in a trunk that he hid in a vacant barn. This was stolen.

Mr. Whitehouse was eccentric. He would hide things, and often he would hide himself until he was nearly starved. When on board a vessel he would crawl down the hold and hide himself. About two years ago he hid in a barn for four days. It was thought he must be hiding this time, but every place has been searched.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 8, 1895, p. 1.