Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-12-21
Mysterious Disappearance of Miss Moore.

The community at Rochester, N, Y, ere still
excited upon this subject. The Mayor Of the
city seems to incline 10 the opinion that she
is away, by her own act, as he has not offered
any reward for obtaining any clue to the mat
ter, although he has been authorized to do so
by the common council. For so doing, he and
the Pulice Justice, who has also been indiffer-
ent; are freely censured by the public. Lat
tery, some new clue 10 the matter is said to
have been obtained. Heretofore no intelli
gence Of her could be obtained after she left
her boarding house, the residence Of Mr..
Whitney, on the evening of the 4th of No
vember, but now it has been discovered byin-
vestigations at the Mayors Office, that she was
at the store of Widen & Groton, and purchas-
ed pair of gloves, after she left Whitney's.
She was then in company with another woman.
The clerk remembers it from the fact that she
offered an uncurent Michigan bill in Payment
which, upon his refusal, she said she got it of
Mr.. Henderson, in whose store she was en-
ployed as tailoress. The inquiry now is,
who was her female companion? If she was
an honest woman and resident Of the city, she
would have come forward and acknowledged
herself before this. 1t is not TO be supposed
that they both have been murdered or abduct-
ed, but it is more reasonable 10 infer they have
gone off together. These facts are gwen out
by the Mayor, who has been sngularly inef-
fc lent, but are doubted by many OF the cti'
zens. correspondent Of the Rochester Union
makes the following comments upon the oc-
curence, predicated on the supposition that
she was not seen after she left Wh;ney's.
"Emma Moore went from her boarding house
own 10 the centre OF the city on the after.
noon of the day on which she disappeared, nd
made some irifling purchases. On her return
she took a customers vest from Mr.. Hender.
sons shop, and promised TO complete and re.
turn the same by the following evening. Az
| Ter returning home and taking tea, she worked
| upon that vest between one and two hours, oil
| till half past seven o'clock. She then sud.
denly left her work and her visitors, and has
not since been seen, so far as the pubic un-
derstand. Now was it not strange that she
should leave at that late hour, alone, without
giving some good excuse for so doing? If she
went down 10 the city 10 trade, as alleged.
tchy did she go? She had been once that ev,
enng, and must go again the next day to re.
turn the vest. II does not appear that she re.
quired any thing TO take her so far at so late
an hour of the night. II does moi appear thai
she went down into the city at that time al
all, as the investigation has shown. 1t is MOI
pretended that she was seized before O'Clock
neal. Mr.. Whitney's, and dragged away in
deed, that is improbable, when so many store
were open along North Street, and so man,
people moving. Or If she was, it is hardly Il
be supposed that the ruffians would detain he
till after ten, and then retake her near home
when the screams were heard. Then where
was she during the three hours intervening
between the time she left Whitney's and lht
time the cries were heard No one comes
forward to say she was visiting at his or he
house; hence she was ss much lost the mo-
ment she crossed Whitneys threshold to &C
out, as she had been at any subsequent periot
THAT is, SO far as inquiry goes. AS Mr.. Vicl
remarked in the meeting the other night
| 'IltIl US WueTc EJliHd MOVIC Wdo, IoIf tHics
hours Immediately after leaving Whitney,
house, and we will tell you who murdered her
ifshe has been murdered"
"To what other conclusion can we arrive
than this? that Emma Moore left her residence
with the intention OF absenting herself, or else
was at once or soon after forcihly restrained o.
went away with strangers or acqualntancss
"Fnally if Emma Moore uttered the screams
heard in North-street, she had been thre'
hours with strangers or aquaintances before
the first cry was heard. Few will believe shl
was with strangers; hence, if ffoully dealt will
she was first allured away by some peIsol
who possessed her confidence. Who was itf'
4 ff r.
! G-5-An old farmer out west was in the habi
every night Of counting his live stock, to see
iany had gone astray. He called to his son---
'yohE, have you counted the hogs 9"
eyes, sir,'' IA y, a ,S,
nAnd the turkeys cows and sheepl"
/ ayes, sir
''Weil then, John, go and wake up the oil