Show I Four Missing Men Sought by Priest I ST STEPHENS Catholic church of Brooklyn will lose 55000 unless Rev John G Fitzgerald pastor of St Stephens can learn tho present residence resi-dence of four former parishioners or show by Indisputable evidence that they are dead For four years the Priest lids searched diligently for some clew to their movements during that time but his efforts have not met with success Seventeen years ago the four men now being sought were selected with six others as subjects for life Insur race policies In which St Stephens church was to be named as the beneficiary bene-ficiary They were M S Troy J M White S P Gibbons and C G Brown All were young then In the best of health and the Insurance company xas glad to accept them at a low rate Insurance 1ollclea on the 20 y gar payment Plan were taken out on ho ten young men The policy holders wore not ex Peeled to pay any part of the pie mluinh but all agreed not to leave the Parish without Informing tho pastor of Ihe church and the Insuranco company of I any change of residence Father Fitzgerald became pastor of St Stephens four year ago Before that he was curate of the parish Seven jears ago tin first attempt wiis made to find the four policy holders It as not however until 1001 when Father Mtzgerald became tho head of the > pailsh that the search became stematlc Not knowing whether I the tour were living or dead the church tontlnurl to pay Iho picmluniH on the IllIel T > amount needed to meet pay nrnt on the llfo insurance of tho miss tor men Is about J2000 a year which make a total of 34000 that has been paid on them since they were taker out 17 years ago When Messrs Troy White Gibbons and Drown lIst moved out of the parish they gave to Father Kllahy who was pastor of SU Stephens at the time the policies were Issued their now addresses For a time the records of the church showed where they could be found but for Ihe last seven years all trace of then has been lost |