“William Blair an old soldier, has been mysteriously missing from his home since Saturday night and there are not the slightest traces as to his whereabouts.”
“Blair is a veteran of the civil war and draws a pension. He received his money Saturday morning and at the same time received notice that he had been allowed an increase in his pension. He now receives $17 a month. He had the check in his possession when he left home.”
“It seems there is a woman in the case. Blair of late so it is reported, has been seen in the company of a North Chillicothe street woman at whose home he has been a frequent visitor. Blair’s brother, Jim, accompanied by a friend, called at her home this afternoon and found that she was gone, friends and presumed to have gone with Blair. Her present whereabouts are unknown. Blair has always been a good respectable man. A son, James Blair1, was run over and killed by a B. & O. train on East Tenth street last year.”2
- More possibly his name was William Henry Blair
- Missing: Wm. Blair has vanished from Portsmouth. (1901, January 5). Portsmouth Times, p. 6.
