MISSING LONDON SCHOOLBOY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3377, 18 November 1911, Page 3

MISSING LONDON SCHOOLBOY.

•FEAR THAT HE MAY BE HELD FOR RANSOM.

Missing.— £so. reward will bo paid for loading to the restoration of Cecil Moy, aged fourteen and a-hialfj of Christchurch Road, Streatliam, who disappeared from his home last Friday. Description.:—Five feet four inches tall; complexion fair, hair light and curly ; eyes blue; nose rather large and straight; a round face. Dressed in blue serge suit, Dulwich College cap, Eton collar, dark green socks, and brown boots. All information should be given to Brixton Police Station, S.W. Behind this announcement lies one of the most remarkable of London’s mysteries of recent years. Since Cecil Moy, a Dulwich College boy, vanished on September 22nd, every effort of his family to discover his whereabouts has been fruitless. Even the offer of £SO for information leading to his restoration' to his parents has so far proved of no avail. Detectives are scouring the country, but not the slightest clue to the solution of the mystery Iras been obtained. In consequence, Mr. Arthur Moy, the boy’s father, has been driven to the conclusion that his son is being forcibly detained in the hope of ransom being paid for him. The boy left home as usual for Dulwich College, but instead' of going to school he called on. a friend, whom he told that he was on his way to see another friend in Croydon. He never reached his intended destination, and from that point all traces of him disappear. Christchurch Road is a road of prosperous detached villas occupied chiefly by City and) professional men. Here his anxious parents wait, hoping every moment to receive news of liis discovery, but fearing for his safety. "We are certain that he is being detained, and that his prolonged absence from home is not voluntary,” said his father. "We can, thing of no possible reason why he should have left his home in this way. "He was a high-spirited boy, impulsive and sensitive, but there has been nothing to cause such a departure. He was exceedingly happy here —in fact, he was the spirit of the family. "We are positive that he would not make such a prolonged stay away from home of his own free will.” Mr Moy definitely denied the statement published that he had reprimanded his son immediately before the boy vanished. He could offer no explanation whatever of the mystery.