Post by Sher on Jun 17, 2005 9:07:55 GMT -5
When Ambrose Small walked off into a snowy Toronto night on Dec. 2, 1919, the wealthy theatre-chain owner was never heard from again.
Earlier in the day, he had completed a deal to sell his theatres to a British company for $1.7 million. Later that evening was the last reported sighting of Small.
Leads poured in as police searched beneath the floorboards and in the furnace ashes of his theatres. No body was ever found. Like Elvis, sightings of Small were reported from South America to London to France despite his being pronounced officially dead in 1923.
In 1935, a special investigation by the Ontario attorney general cleared his wife, Teresa, who some had speculated arranged for her husband's death. The case was officially closed in 1960.
Earlier in the day, he had completed a deal to sell his theatres to a British company for $1.7 million. Later that evening was the last reported sighting of Small.
Leads poured in as police searched beneath the floorboards and in the furnace ashes of his theatres. No body was ever found. Like Elvis, sightings of Small were reported from South America to London to France despite his being pronounced officially dead in 1923.
In 1935, a special investigation by the Ontario attorney general cleared his wife, Teresa, who some had speculated arranged for her husband's death. The case was officially closed in 1960.
