Greenville, S.C., Feb. 6—Officers have been requested to conduct a search for Walter Wiles Ezzell, 18-year-old freshman of Furman University, who disappeared from the campus Thursday. Aid of the officers was solicited today by Dr. W.J. Ezzell, prominent Spartanburg physician, father of the missing student.
Dr. Ezzell, fearing foul play, requested Sheriff Sam D. Willis to conduct a thorough search and to spare no expense. Dredging of Reedy River and the university swimming pool may result if the youth is not located soon.
S.D. Ezzell, brother of the lad, reported that the student appeared normal Thursday morning, was in attendance at the chapel, although he had cut two classes previously during the day. Last night, the brother became apprehensive and telephoned his father.
Assistant Chief of Police L.W. Hammond had advanced the theory that Ezzell and Miss Maybelle Powell, 16, of Asheville, N.C., who disappeared here Thursday night, also, after attending a movie with her brother, might have left together.
Investigating the girl’s case, Assistant Chief Hammond found that she had inquired at a local service station as to directions to the tourist camp. She then drove away. Later she returned and was accompanied by a young man. Employes of the filling station did not pay particular attention to the man, but are positive the girl was the same. They returned for service on the car and then drove away. Friends and relatives of the youth were unable to say whether he knew any one in Asheville.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Feb. 8, 1926
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