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Show DID GO WITH HIS AUNT, Rogers-Ely Disappearance Explained by Lad's Father. CHICAGO. March 27. The first apparently appa-rently adequate explanation of the mysterious mys-terious disappearance of tho boy, Frank. Ely Rogers, and his aunt. Miss Florcnco Ely, four years ago. at Evanston. was made tonight to a representative of tho Associated Press by James C. Rogers, father of the boy. Though simple and straightforward, the truth of tho mystery, mys-tery, according to Mr. Rogers, Is stranger than tho many fanciful stories that havo been written about the case. Mr, Rogers tonight snld: Left Home Together. "At the time of the disappearance of my son Frank, like many boys of his age. was fired with a desire to run away from home-and see life for hltnsolf. Ills aunt, a sufferer from melancholia, was about to bo placed by us In a sanitarium, a proceeding pro-ceeding to which she strongly objected As a result of these circumstances, the two left home together and went to Buffalo. Buf-falo. Separated in Buffalo. "There they separated. Miss Ely cntor-Ing cntor-Ing a large store, apparently to do some shopping, and leaving JTrank outside. She had previously given him a small sum of money. From that timo until now Frank has not seen Miss Ely, and neither he nor we know her whereabouts. Boy Left on Own Resources. "Frank, following out his Ideas of seeing see-ing tho country, made a living as best he could, and has finally returned homo after many vicissitudes This Is the explanation ex-planation of the mystery, as learned by mo from my son, and is apparently the whole truth." |