Typed as spelled and written
by Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 60
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, December 18,
1907
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STEEN IS STILL MISSING.
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Letter from Oklahoma Says He
Was Seen There.
Thad L. Steen, whose disappearance was reported in a previous issue of this
paper, has not as yet been heard from.
He left Lott about three weeks ago saying that he was going to look up a
location and his wife has heard nothing from him since. He was seen in
Fort Worth by an acquaintance who states that he left him saying that he was
going home.
That was the last seen of Mr. Steen by anyone personally acquainted with him, so
far as known here. However, a letter has been received by R. B. Thigpen of
Chilton from a negro who was raised by Mr. Thigpen's father, in which the writer
say that he saw Mr. Steen in Okmulgee about ten days ago. This negro
formerly resided at Chilton and knows Mr. Steen quite well.
The negro did not know that Mr. Steen's whereabouts were a source of mystery to
his family and friends and his mention of having seen him was merely incidental.
S. M. Steen, brother of the missing man, returned today from Waco where he went
in connection with the matter. He says that Mrs. Steen has heard nothing
further than above stated and is, of course, greatly distressed that she does
not hear from Mr. Steen, but still hopes that nothing is wrong.
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