The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-01
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THE BoDYoF Lor : yosr IS FOUND,
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Bat the hysssy Of her ThkinE on - Dark 81 Ever,
"a Case Which nads q ssn,atioa I.ri,sd by .
Horrible D'seartsy Near Raven Rock .
Sg few Dlya ylsU-MA II Poul Play u

Readers Of the lSTELLIorScRR will remenl-
ber the sudden and mysterious disappearance
Of Miss Lottie Yost, Of Clarington, Ohio, last
winter. Her csss caused much speculation,
being regarded with an interest only second
to that ielt In tho McColloch case, which was
then fresh mystery. A full history Of The
cs,e was given In the 1N1xLLlakgcsR Of De.
cembsr 4 last On tho Thursday preceding
that date Mis- Yost suddenly and inexplica.
ably d!sappo,red about 8 o'clock from her
home Just outside Of Claringto and had not
been seen since, nor had the slightest trace
or clue 10 her whereabouts. or the manner OF
her taking OF been secured until last week,
when her disagured remalns were found on
the river bank sixty miles below this city.
intelligent and Amiable girl Of eighteen, OF
cheerful aud happy disposition, who had
never given auy signs OF irsttiug at home re-.
straints or In any way shown dIscon,en /.
o. the evening when she WINS last seen by
any Of her acquaintance, she prepared sup
per as usual tor her father and brothers, but
when they CAME in she was nowhere 10 bs
found. She had taken nothing with her, and
1t was thought shs bad merely stepped ont
10 a neighbours. The hour grew late, however,
and search was instituted, but she was rot
found. The night wore away, and the search
was continued through the next day, but
vas irai.lera An examination OF her effects
showed that she must have left In her slip.
pers, as all her shoes remained Ia the house.
A MysrERY YET. soy
Mss Yost was the daughter OF Mr.. jacob
Yost, Are.ired farmer OF means who lived
near Darlington, and at n considerable dis.
lance from the river. When the disappear.
auce was announced conjecture wss rife as
10 the cause. No motive could be conceived
for the young lady'a committing suicide, but
any other theory offered had as little 10 SOS.
tain II. Some one suggested that Miss fust
had been keeping company with young
man, and that probably ne could e1plBin her
absence. He lives about ten miles east OF this
city, Just over the Pennsylvania border. HI
was visited, but protetsed his entire ignor.
anco Of the matter, his frat information Of
Nils Lo.tie's ahseuca from home coming from
the gentleman who visited him 10 learn oil
her whereabouts. Even now, that her al
most unacceptable form has ben yielded
up from the fatal embrace of the sod, the
eIplaustion OF her disappearance Is as difa
cult a. In tho months which have elapsed
| since she sank from sight. E5,-.., Z
p+- THE CHASTITY DIscoyEhY. -,S .f
One day last week man living near Ray
en- Rock, about sixty miles below " heelipg
was walking along the river bank. accom-
panied by dog, when be noticed the ami.
NAL stop near the waters edge, and altel
scratching about among some drift for .
time, run of with something in his mouth.
Investigation showed this to b. piece Of {
human body, and search where It came
from resulted in the fading Ct the rest OF the
diaHgursd aud maeglsd rsn,aiDs. Shocked
by the discovery, the man called assistance
aud the body was uncovered and discovered
to bs that OF a woman. Comparisons OF the
clothing and jswelry with the printed de-.
script;ons Of the miesine Lotiis Yosf, led ia
suspicion that this wes the unfortunate glrl'f
body. Her friends were notifisd and visited
the spot, only TO confirm the suspicion.
Last evening the remHins, neatly coifined
were taken 10 her late home-pa cad hume.
coming rs ever chronic.ed. so.T.
But the mystery remains. How did Lottie
Yost come 10 her death? II by suicide, wha,
wa1 her motive? II at the hand OF another,
who was the heartiess iend, and what could
have inspired the deed? Thtse questions
will probably never ba answered. +