NY NY - Hobert G Webber, 72, Malone, 28 July 1969

[Gardener1850]

Franklin County, New York
72 year old white male

Gray or Partially Gray Hair
Unknown Eye Color

Clothing and accessories:
BLUE LONG SLEEVE SHIRT, BLUE SERGE PANTS
BLACK SHOES
ELGIN WATCH, UNIV OF BUFFALO CLASS RING, MASONIC RING


Circumstances: missing person investigation. no indication of criminal activity.

Dental information / charting is currently not available

DNA Status: Sample is currently not available

Fingerprint information is currently not available

https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/9551/

 

[Gardener1850]

July 31, 1969 The Post-Standard from Syracuse, New York · Page 38

OCR Text:

[FONT=&amp]Intensive Hunt Pressed For W-town Man, 72
Last Seen Tuesday at Homestead MALONE
-- The search for a 72-year-old Watertown man, missing from a Fayette Road home south of Malone since Tuesday afternoon, continued through Wednesday, but as of 4 p.m., no trace of the man had been found. State police identified the man as Hobert Webber, Arsenal St. Road, Watertown. Assisting police in the search were volunteers from the Malone Callfire- men, Owls Head-Mountain View Fire Department, Malone Village Fire Department, Radio clubs, a snowsled search unit and a number of area residents. Also participating were Troop B bloodhounds. The intensive hunt for Webber, a retired carpenter, began late Tuesday afternoon, continued until dark and was resumed Wednesday morning. Police said Webber is 5 feet 4, weighs 164 pounds, is partially bald and wears glasses. - When last seen, he was wearing a blue-striped, long-sleeved shirt, blue pants and brown shoes. The search was being concer trated in the Chasm Falls- Duane area, which is heavily wooded in many places. Webber formerly lived in the area and at the time he disappeared was visiting- the old family homestead on Fayette Road.[/FONT]

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/10391654/

 

[Dylansmom08]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

He still has a NamUs case file but at this point he would be 123 years old I wonder what could have happened to him and where he could have went.

 

[Diane Redfern]

I could only find Arsenal St. Road, Watertown, in Massachusetts; there's an Arsenal Street in Watertown, New York. Not sure if this is a mistake and he lived in NY or if Hobert's home was in Massachusetts.

 

[StarrChance]

Little more information

 

[madamx]

So sad . What could of happened?

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Photo from Buffalo State College's 1932 yearbook.

 

[HopeRains]

From newspapers.com

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY, 1 Aug 69, pg 31

Hmmm ... Bangor, NY is ~ 100 miles away from Watertown

 

[DannyRichard2006!]

His middle name was Gordon. I found his memorial on Find-A-Grave and took the liberty of adding his photo and informing the grave manager that he's a missing person, so that information could be added to his bio.Find-A-Grave

 

[DannyRichard2006!]

I know this is a long shot but Watertown and Malone are very close to the Canadian border. I wonder if crossed over there for some reason or was taken there by force. I remember this John Doe from the David Mines case, found in Ontario alongside a stretch of road. The heights match, facial structure match almost perfectly (using Webber’s yearbook photo as reference.), and they also wore glasses.

Also a yellow carpenter’s pencil was found nearby and wasn’t Webber a retired Carpenter?

hmmmmmm….

Wellington John Doe, 1970