Motor Vanishes, Wife and Daughter in Hiding: A Tale of Mysterious Disappearance

The winds of winter may have been biting down on New York, but the disappearance of Aubrey H. Bull’s wife, daughter, and motor has left the city reeling. The 24-year-old’s family, including seven-year-old daughter Ellanore, vanished into thin air from their home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on December 31, 1922. The case was reported to the New York and Ridgewood police on January 1, but it wasn’t until yesterday that the news was made public.

According to Chief of Police Frederick J. Blackshaw, the family’s disappearance was reported by Mr. Bull, a teller at the Harriman National Bank on Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street. However, what raises eyebrows is that Ralph Costa, the 17-year-old boy who drove the motor, is also missing. Mr. Costa’s father claimed that the police had not asked him to search for his son, saying, ‘I’ll deal with the boy my own way when he gets back.’

Mr. Bull had made an appointment to meet his wife on December 31, but she failed to show up. It’s now been over a week since the family’s disappearance, and the police are no closer to finding them. The New York police and the newspaper have joined forces to aid in the search, but so far, no leads have been spotted.

The police are stumped, and the public is left wondering what could have driven the Bull family to flee in the dead of night. The Harriman National Bank, where Mr. Bull works, is also feeling the pinch, with $1,000 missing from the till. Could this be more than just a simple case of a family on the run?

A Harriman Bank employee described Mrs. Bull as ‘nervous but always happy.’ This dichotomy raises more questions than answers, and the police are left to pick up the pieces of this intricate puzzle.

The people of New York are on high alert, and the police are urging anyone with information to come forward. The disappearance of the Bull family has left the city in a state of suspense, and it’s anyone’s guess what the outcome will be.