Shirley, I researched the three Kansas City newspapers up through October 2, 1888 and found what I've transcribed below. Many of the newspaper pages were very light and difficult to read. I expected to find something in the Sunday, September 30, paper but did not spot anything. The Sunday paper is quite large, with many pages difficult to read. A more slow and thorough search may produce more information. =================================================== "The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Friday, September 28, 1888 (page 5) WEST KANSAS. A man named J. H. VOGAN, aged about 40 years, has mysteriously disappeared from his home at 1613 Liberty street, and has not been heard of since Tuesday night. =================================================== "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, September 28, 1888 (page 8) CITY SUMMARY. J. H. VOGAN, a planing mill laborer, who is very ill with consumption and partially insane, has disappeared from his boarding house near the Liberty street engine house. He is 35 years of age, five feet ten inches in height and weighs about 150 pounds. He has threatened on several occasions recently to take his life and it is believed that he sought the river. =================================================== "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, September 29, 1888 (page 5) A FLOATER FOUND. Chief of Police SPEERS received a dispatch from Merriam, Kan., last night, stating that the body of a man had been found in Turkey creek near that place which answered the description of J. H. VOGAN, a planing mill laborer who recently disappeared from his home on Liberty street. VOGAN's friends have been notified and two of them left last night for Merriam to view the remains for identification. ====================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: [KansasCity] Re; JULIUS HARLAN VOGAN d. 9-27-1888 > Our family has been trying to find an obit for Julius Harlan VOGAN who > drowned in KC on 9-27-1888 We had a search done of the KC Star, with no > results. > Maybe you can find something about his death? We've searched all > recommended organizations,etc. but found no trace. Could be that it was > too long ago? > Thanks, > Shirley >