By Beckie Hanes
The State News
The following article was published Friday, June 29, 1973 on page 2. The article can also be seen on microfilm at the MSU Library.
No leads to the whereabouts of Henry Baltimore, missing since June 1, have been received by the Jackson Citizen Patriot as of Thursday.
The newspaper offered a $1,000 reward for any tips last Saturday.
Baltimore's hometown newspaper in Jackson is offering the reward as part of its secret witness program.
An MSU honor student and drum major in the marching band, Baltimore was the victim and witness in an armed robbery at his apartment March 3. Baltimore wanted to drop charges against Roy L. Davis, 22, of Flint, after his family said Davis threatened Baltimore for testifying against him.
Baltimore, however, was forced to testify at Davis' arraignment after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. He disappeared the day before he was to testify at the pretrial examination.
The Jackson School Board and school administrators furnished the $1,000 for the reward.
The newspaper's secret witness program requires that the tipster send information by letter to the paper, Box 90, Jackson, Michigan 49201. The person need not send his name, but is asked to put a six-digit number twice at the bottom of the letter, and to tear off one of the numbers and keep it to identify himself when he claims the reward.
If the information leads police to Baltimore, the person can receive his money by contacting the Citizen Patriot managing editor, Tom Riordan, and identifying himself with the number he wrote on the letter. His identity will not be revealed.
Riordan said this is the fourth time in the last two and a half years the program has been used by the Citizen Patriot to help flush out information on local crimes such as bank robberies and arson. Each time, the paper received many tips to send to the police.
"One tip we had probably led to the solution of one of the crimes," Riordan said, "but the person never claimed his money."
He stressed that as soon as the newspaper receives a tip it goes to the police in an anonymous fashion, also.
East Lansing Detective James Kelly, who is investigating the Baltimore case, said Thursday the police need all the information they can get.
"We're not getting leads at all," he added.
