IbisNibs
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You posted wonderfully informative details, EnolaGaia, despite not being a legal expert of 19th century bankruptcy law!
Then again, if he did just break down and disappear while mentally incompetent, then his family probably would have filed a missing person report, or whatever it was called then, but there was no such record found.
When I first read the title of this thread, I thought, "how complicated could this one get? What a simple scenario. There probably won't be many replies." Was I wrong! This thread is full of fascinating posts and puzzles! Thank you, MorningAngel!
Reading this part of your post gave me the keen sense that he could have suffered a mental breakdown under these conditions, which could make it possible that he had no rational plan at all and just crept into a hiding place after losing the plot.Even this second chance totally collapsed by late summer 1885, and the Trustees issued another call for creditors in preparation for a total liquidation. The diary entry about a June 1885 appointment and the postcard dated 3 July 1885 may have represented his last chances to continue doing business.
Then again, if he did just break down and disappear while mentally incompetent, then his family probably would have filed a missing person report, or whatever it was called then, but there was no such record found.
When I first read the title of this thread, I thought, "how complicated could this one get? What a simple scenario. There probably won't be many replies." Was I wrong! This thread is full of fascinating posts and puzzles! Thank you, MorningAngel!