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Show A Young Man Who Recently Disappeared Dis-appeared From 0-iioago Turns Up. HE TELLS QUEER STORIES. Several Talcs That Do Not Harrnoniij by a Grat Eig Majority. Ma-jority. ' Gmxnf.m., Iowa. May 2. All the gossips gos-sips of Griiincll are talking about Vernon Ver-non Everett, the young man who recently rec-ently disappeared from a Chicago medical med-ical college and wa-i picked up by his father in Denver and brought homo on Sunday. There is an impression that tho young man's mind is affected, but this is not by any means the unaul iuous opinlou. There are many w!o declare tho young man had always been sound mentally, men-tally, and that an attack of au old malady of that nature would not have beeu recovered from so soon. They think his mind is as well balanced as ever, and that a hurried trip to Denver Den-ver has never before beeu known to work such a radical and complete cure. There is nothing in his conduct so strange ns tho fact that packages marked "Books, keep dry," addressed to college professors iu this prol iliitlon town have been known to spring a leak and their contents run out on tho depot platform. Dr. Everett, the father of Vernon. is a physician of Griiincll. He has resided here for four years, and stands well ns praeticlouer and as a man. He graduated from the Chicago medical college iu 1H70 and has followed his profession ever since. Vernon is his eldest son and Is now about twenty-four years of ago, so that when ho camo hero four years ago his habits were pretty well formed. Since ho came hero Vernon has not tukeu kindly to school, but wasouite studious about his father's office. This fact did not escape tho attention of his father, and threo years ago his parents sent him to tako'a course nt the same institute insti-tute where seventeen years before his father had walked off 'with his parchment. parch-ment. During theno three year the good people of Grlnnell saw Utile of Vernon except as ho came homo during vacations. At these times all ucmurked bow linely tho young man was coming on. This spring lie w as to have graduated, gradu-ated, then, coming homo crowned with honors, was to have formed a business partnership with his father. There is no doubt that tho first part of this programme would have been carried out, for parties from Grlnnell who have visited Chicago wlthlu the past two weeks assert that they were shown tho diploma which would soon bavo mado a doctor of young Everett, madn out and ready to be signed. The family had no intimation that anything was wrong until the father received a telegram from the sons boardiiiRhnuse in Chicago making inquiry us to tint young man's whereabouts. A visit to Chicago followed, but no trace of Vernon was found until a letter was received from a former resident of Griiincll, now living liv-ing iu Kansas City, which made a casual cas-ual mention of having seen the young man in a train going into Kansas City. The police were unable to intercept him as he went direct to Denxer, where he was again recognized by a former acquaintance. Telegrams were out to the police and the young man was detained to await the arrival of his father. The stories he has told of his sudden departure do not harmonize. harmo-nize. To a reporter he said that he did not intend to leave his parents iu Ignorance of his trip to Denver, Den-ver, and maintained that he had mulled his father a letter telling him of his pro-jectud pro-jectud departure and explaining that he was Impelled thereto by the return of his old atla''ks of nervous headache and the belief that a cliango to mouii-tain mouii-tain air would help him. This letter, let-ter, he insists, never reached Its destination, desti-nation, and consequently his parents remained iu ignorance of Ida movements. move-ments. Those who doubt tiic slory say it would not bn natural for a young man iu his right mind to take a trip of that kind with only money enough to barely pay his expenses. It is nearer from Chicago to Denver by way of Griiincll than by way of Kansas City, but he took the longer route. Vernon acknowledges, however, that he left bis boarding place, and the medical medi-cal college iu Chicago without au Intimation Inti-mation of his proposed departure. His desire to get away from Chicago, fin savs, was so irrisisiiblc that befell his life was not safe there. He denies the story that bo was in a half-dazed condition condi-tion when his father found him, but admits he was penniless and was glad to return home. The young man whose antics havi so concerned the citizens of this town is of medium height and probably weighs 150 pounds: hi eyes ro. small and rather a grayish blue, but no sign of lunacy lurks hi them, and his hair is light and worn short, and freckle group themselves In dark spots in what would otherwise be a light completion. In conversation he is straightforward and never evasive. He stoutly itinisted that his story, as told to the press correspondent, cor-respondent, is strictly acciirati and leaves no motive unexplained. Replying Reply-ing to questions as to bis future, be said he would continue in bis father's ollice for a vearorso and then attempt to graduate, probabl next time in New i York. |