Disappearance of Charles Gazzam Hurd

On February 18, 1937, 32-year-old Charles Hurd was last seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. He went to work as usual and left at closing time. He was working as a manager of a real estate and mortgage department at Dows Estates Inc. at the 10 block of Williams Street. After he left he had dinner at a restaurant and night club on east 54th Street, he cashed and small check and had left.

At 9 p.m. he crashed his Ford Convertible Coupe that had the New Jersey License plate number I-E65231 into the pillar of an elevated railway structure at 3rd Ave. and 37th St. It was believed he only suffered from minor injuries and drove away. He was never seen again after this.

 He may have driven towards where he was staying at the Kenmore Hall Hotel. At the time he was separated from his wife and was staying there. He was a member of a well-known family in New York. 

Charles was a 32-year-old white male at the time. He was 5'10" and 180 lbs. He has brown hair and blue/grey eyes. He was wearing a grey overcoat, tan shoes, and grey fedora. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project