St. Landry democrat., 1884-06-07
VERY HAZARDOUS.

mers-NObody Seems to Know Why How
or Where She has Gone.
CINCINNATI, o., May q.
The disappearance of Arabella Hazard
has become as mysterious and creates as
much excitement as did that of Mary
Churchill, of St. Louis. If the search for
the missing lady, which is now being rig
orously pushed, results as happily, her
relatives and friends will consider them
selves very fortunate. There are certain
reasons which render this case even more
startling than the Churchill disappear
ance. The st. Louis girl was young and
handsome, and there might have been
reasons to suppose that she had eloped
or been abducted.
In Miss Hazards case the circum-
stances are entirely different. She was
maiden lady, aged thirty three years. She
had been an invalid for long period, and
was not attractive in form or feature, and
was so wasted from sickness that she did
not weigh over ninety pounds. She was
therefore fragile creature, and all ideas
of liaison or an elopement must neces-
sarily be absurd in her case. She resided
with her uncle, Colonel Johne II. Mixer,
on the Mount Hope road, and, of an un-
usually sweet disposition, was beloved by
the entire family. She was Withal a de-
Vout Christian.
She was last seen on Friday morning,
when she left the house to goto the Office
of DR.. Taylor, a dentist, on Elm street.
She called there at ten O'Clock, but as DIR.
Taylor had patient in the chair he could
not attend to her want at the time. She
said she would not call again that day.
This was about 1880 q. N. Haitian hour
later she called at the banking house of
S. S. Davis, on Third street, aud checked
out the sum of $50. After this she seems
to have disappeared as effectively as if
she had been swallowed up i'll mael-
strom. There is absolutely no evidence
that she was seen by anyone after leav-
ing the bank. DR.. Taylor states that her
manner Friday was changed. She did
not seem as sociable and chatty as usual,
but addressed him in an distracted, list
less way. The teller at the Davis Bank,
who knew her well, noticed the same diff
ference from her usual style.
The only clew, if clew it can be called,
so far received is a letter addressed to
Colonel Mixer. 1t is written on Gin
cinnati Southern Railroad letter-head
from q station in Kentucky. 1t states
that the writer, while in Cincinnati Fri
day afternoon, saw woman in the I'm
ion Depot who answered the description
h.
boarded an outgoing Southern Road train
with q conductor. He was not certain
what this conductors name was, but
gave the name and address of two who
| reside in Newport. One of them was the
one whom she was with. Friends were
busy all day yesterday looking for the
conductors in question. They were
found, but neither of them remem~
bered having seen a woman answering
the description.
The efforts being made to gain some
knowledge of the missing lady's where
abouts are prodigious. Unstinted use of
the telegraph is being made. The Post
office authorities everywhere are notified
to be on the lookout for any mail that
may be addressed to her. All station
agents and passenger agents on roads
leading to Cincinnati, conductors, off,
Gals, and the passengers on the train in
| which she was said to have left, have
been notified. At first it was thought
she might have left for the home of an
uncle in Virginia, but O telegram from
him received yesterday stated that moth
ing had been seen or heard of her up to
that hour. By this time every steamboat
| captain whose boat left the city since
Friday has full description of her.
| Miss Hazard was a lady of beautiful
| character. Pain and sickness may have
robbed her of physical charms, but her
sweetness of disposition and the nobility
| of her mind endeared her to all who
| knew her WELL Because of her piety her
| friends are inclined to scout the idea of
suicide, and have begun to think that she
wandered away in fit of mental de-
rangement. They had also noticed
| that previous to her disappearance she
seemed to be melancholy and disheart~
ened. The most puzzling part of the
whole affair is why she should draw from
the bank the $50. What would she want
with this if she was not going away? She
took no extra clothing or baggage with
her, but carried a small hand-sachel
| such as ladies usually carry when
4 out shopping. From this she re-
leaving home. When she left on Friday
she wore red flannel combination suit
ofunderWear, laced kid shoes, unbleached
hose, camels' hair black polonaiSe, ruff.
fed silk dress skirt. black straw hat
trimmed with velvet and feathers, small
gold ball drop earrings, with breast-pin
to match and plain gold ring. Her hand
kerchiefs were all marked with her name
in full, s'Arabella Hazard" All gooC
people in the country are requested BY
the family to assist in finding the woman
Colonel Mixer offers liberal reward fol
any information of her whereabouts. ANY
one who has seen her or has any knowl
edge of her movements will confer great