Richard Johns 1873 Missing Umpire
Richard Johns was President of the Baltimore Fire Board from around 1911 until his death in 1916. His image appeared in the following photo from the Baltimore American of January 21, 1912. The trick was figuring out where the second row started, with all those faces in the photo. The caption indicated that Richard Johns is third from the left in the second row.
The caption lists eight names in the front row. That fits. For reference purposes, the man fourth from the left in the front row is approximately in the center of the photo. His name is John Hubert.
Based on head sizes and a photo comparison, I determined that the second row began with the fellow just behind and to the left of John Hubert. His face appears to almost be attached to Hubert's face. That is Stephen C. Little. A photo of Stephen C. Little is appended below to the right of the group photo. You can see that they are a reasonable match.
So that means that Richard Johns is the man sitting back in the gap between the front row gentlemen Loden and Goldsborough. Richard Johns' photo is shown next below.
Finally, I've repeated Richard's photo along with one of his brother, major leaguer Thomas Johns, to show a comparison that there is a brotherly resemblance.
Last edited by Cusick; 09-15-2020 at 01:48 PM.
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