No Trace Found of Randolph E. Lewis
Bainbridge News & Republican, August 1, 1946
No trace had been found Wednesday morning of the whereabouts of Randolph E. Lewis, 35, of Afton [Chenango Co., NY], son of Frank Lewis, Bainbridge contractor, who disappeared Friday forenoon after he had paid off the workers on a construction job in Norwich for the Victory Chain, Inc., according to Sheriff Brookins.
Police officials have ben searching for him since Saturday morning when it was reported to them he had disappeared and had not been seen since Friday at 11:30 a.m. in Vera's Diner, Norwich, declared Sheriff Brookins, Wednesday morning. Nationwide alarm has been sent out, and local officials have been checking every possible clue. The possibility he may have met with foul play has not been ruled out by police. His car, with the keys in it, was found parked near the construction job here.
Mr. Lewis is married and has four daughters. He is six feet, one inch tall, and weighs 219 pounds. When last seen he was wearing a light brown sweater, light blue corduroy pants, and a light blue shirt.
Mr. Lewis was in service for about two years, and made several trips overseas with the Navy armed guard.
R.E. Lewis Still Missing
Binghamton Press, August 1, 1946
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Six days after his disappearance, Randolph E. Lewis, 35, of Afton, member of the Frank Lewis & Sons contracting firm of Bainbridge, is still missing. Work of city police and sheriff's men has led to no new clues. As far as is known he has not been seen in the city since Friday morning at 11 o'clock. There has been some talk about town of forming a searching party and combing vacant lots and fields about the city, but to date this has not been done. Tuesday, Tracy Doolittle, Afton flier, hired an Aeronca plane at the Mid-State Air Field here and flew over the Chenango River, on the possibility that Mr. Lewis may have met foul play and his body thrown into the river. This turned up no new evidence.
Bainbridge Man, Reported Missing 10 Days, Returns
Binghamton Press, August 6, 1946
Norwich: Randolph E Lewis, Bainbridge contractor, was back home in Afton yesterday 10 days after he disappeared from a construction job here. Mr. Lewis was the subject of a nationwide search by police authorities. Last week his father, Frank Lewis, head of the Frank Lewis & Sons constructing firm, offered a $500 reward for information leading to the safe return of his son. Yesterday morning Mrs. Lewis received a telegram from her husband, sent from Utica, asking her to discontinue activities in his search and asking her to meet him in Binghamton at 3 p.m. Last night Mrs. Lewis said she met her husband, and that he is now home. There was no explanation of his disappearance.
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