Roy John Frisch, a 46-year-old cashier at the Riverside Bank, disappeared from Reno on the evening of March 22, 1934. He lived with his mother and sisters at 247 Court Street and was described as a model citizen who neither smoked nor drank. That night he went to the Majestic Theater to avoid a bridge game at home; a friend saw him after the film at Sierra and Court Streets but he never made the short walk back. His bed was found untouched the next morning and the porch light the family had left on was still burning.

Frisch had been scheduled to testify as a key government witness in a mail fraud case against William Graham and James McKay, and investigators early on suspected his disappearance was connected to those underworld ties. The search included law enforcement and Nevada guardsmen but turned up no trace. An associate named John Paul Chase later said he was present when George Baby Face Nelson allegedly abducted and murdered Frisch and dumped his body in a mine shaft; Chase later refused to repeat the claim in court and could not locate any remains. Graham and McKay were convicted of mail fraud, but no one was ever charged in connection with Frisch’s disappearance.

Does anyone have family memories, photographs, or local leads about Roy Frisch or his final evening that could shed light on what happened?