Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-19
VERA AVA Or ANN o'DELlA.
Something further of That Remarkable
Disappearance from Chicago.


Disappearance from Chicago.
CHICAGO, Sept l9-The police officials of
the city have received copies of cut of
d IS DeBar which appeared in The Police
Gazette some time ago, and from
that have decided that Vera Ava
is none other than the spook priest
ess. This being SO, the police seem
to have dropped the matter. The remark
abb facts that the woman disappeared
from this city in a manner as mysterious
as ever accompanied the taking off of any
body; that she was found two days later
at Cincinnati nearly naked and her body
bruised in numerous places; that no one
SO TAR can account for how she got there:
that when last seen she had large sum
of money with her, while she had not
cent when found at Cincinnati; none of
these things seem to interest the Chi
cage police.
What Difference if She is
She is Diss DeBar-that settles it. IN
view of the strange features of this case
the unofficial mind is not able to compre-
bend what difference it makes who she is.
The question whether she is a liar doesn't
even fgure-in the unofficial mind. The
woman says an outrage has been COM
mitted on her and the known facts cor
roborate her. In Chicago one day with
plenty of clothing and money; two days
later at Cincinnati with no money and
scarcely rag on her back. Did she do it
herself? Well, how? Ii she did, it is
good evidence that she is not Diss DeBar,
for that lady always had revenue at the
end OF her schmeS.
Some Inquiries at Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati police appear to have
walked up to the peculiar facts of the case,
and have tried to find out how the woman
arrived there. Careful inquiry shows
that no one saw her on any train arriving
at the Queen City during the time in
which she must have arrived there No
railroad conductor or steamboat man saw
her en- route. This being the case she
must have gone there either in freight
car or in box With a large sum OF
money on her person she would not have
Travelled either way willingly Then
when she first appeared she had piece of
black yelling on which were spots Of
blood and she said she had torn it from
woman who had tried to prevent her
escape from the house where she was con-
fined, and that she badly wounded the
woman in getting away.
What the Woman Herself Says.
Miss Ava-or Diss DeBar-says she was
taken to Cincinnati in long box, which
was placed in wagon and carted out to
house, which was, she thought, called a
seminary; that later she was taken to
Cincinnati in wagon and to the house
from which she escaped, and where the
fight took place in which her clothes were
torn of her. She located these houses so
well that the police know them both, one
being a Roman Catholic school and the
other kIShOn Elipr'S Residence and II
because of this that they do not believe
her. II telling her story she mentioned
facts that strongly corroborated it unless
she is perfectly acquainted with the to-
biography of Cincinnati. Still the central
question:: How did she get to Cincinnati?
remains unsolved. Coffin boxes arrived
during the period of Miss Ava's disap-
pearance, but they cannot be, or have not
been ira ced.