Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-04
LOST His WIFE.
"A Madison Woman Dsappelrs
from Her Home.
Foul Play RrmHs Hot Substantiltod
Probably q Case Of skip"
Prosperous Sewport-Death Of An Aged
Lady at Edgeeomb.
Especial to the KrssEBrc JounsAL.

Especial to the ksssEBEc JouRsAL.
sKowHEGAs, Dec. 3.--InfosmArion VA
received here late last night Of the mys
ssrious disappear.nce Of Mrs. Nora Rcd
Dick Of Madison. Kumors Of foul play ant
different stories prompted the JOURNAL e
Investigate.
Ii seems tia. On Thanksgiving night Mr.
and Mrs. j. W. Rsddick, living in the sec
ton known % the Twelve Corners" il
The town Of Madison, attended . dance q
Eas; Madison. Upoa returning home the
husband retired to bed and the wife sci
| about locking up the house. The HUSBAND
heard the outside door open, scd then oil
vas siient. The wife had gone. Next day
and the nsxt, Inquiries by the neighbor.
failed to show her whereabouts.
it had been known that the couple had
not lived on the beat Of terms, and 50 somi
Of the ne Shbors began to suspect foul play
and some terrible stories were sent abroad
ons to the effect that searching party pro
posed to search the honse. and that The
husband repealed the party with . gun,
Early this meraing the JOURNAL man start
ed for the scene, and after . drive Of nine
miles over rough, hard road, arrived a
the home Of Reddiek.
There it was found that the husband va.
was in the woods aDou. . mile away. The
{ ster mother, Mrs. Wilson. vas at home
ho~eyer, and from her the jour got the
following
james and Nora vent to the dance .,
East Madison that night and returned about
midnight. james went TO bed and Nora
said she was going to look for one of her
silver spoons. James said, Come to bed.
darling, AID look for it in the morning
Then Nora said Well. will put the ca,
oat first The door opened and We have
seen nothing of her since.
at is too bad il has almost killed the
boy. He has not eaten . thing or slept a
wink since she went away. I have shed
barrels Of tears over it. cwn q house in
Washington and IL Nora would come back
| you'd gladly make iG over to her
Did You think that she bad suicided
when you found she had gone:
Yes. OF course We couli not tell q,
tirst what TO think but we feared it. After
wards we thought that she could not do
tina. and that she had left James. Yes,
they had quarrelled some same as good
many husbands and wives do. Nora would
KISS t~o young men that hung around here.
OF course thas made James jealous and he
would have spat with her. They went
10 dances often and James would get mad
st her and tell her to go to --.
They had general spars. He never
threatened her that know CD, She never
expressed wish for anything but what b g
got it for her. He thinks good desl Of
her, and is nearly distracted now that she
is gone. know thatif she lives and would
come back he would never speak cross TO
her sgain. / dont know, but we think
that she was helped away that night and
that she went to Mrs. Hebscca Hunnewelrs.
| went there and asked for her, but re-
ceived an evasive reply.
James drove to N NJrridgewock the night
4he went away, but did not fad her. We
III ught she might have gone to her step
fathers at that place. James has threatened
20 one. No one has been here to fnd il
she was in the house. No nothing about
tie rumor of foul play. II such 9 story
was started II was a bluff to make us think
they did not know where she was"
Mrs. Wilson, continuing, said: 'Once
when james aud Nora were having q spat
Nors ssid, 4 will not live with you two
weeks There was 8 bottle Of lsudanum
in the room and James took 1t and started
for the shed. Nora followed him and took
II from him. They were married two
wears ego next January. We came from
Washington, d. e, here. l bought this
farm, decided it 10 james and took mort
gage back for my support for life. James
would spend his last mt on her. He does
not think that Nora i. bad. but Of course
he did not like to see young men kiss her.
MIS- Asa Hunneweit was visited, and the
reporter asked to see Mrs. Reddick. "She
is not here. Y,s. she has been here. She
came here that pight she left her husband.
She did not want anybody to know where
she was until she could get among her
folks. She is much afraid of Reddick.
We tave heard that he had thTeatened her,
don't know where she is. but | suppose
she Is with her brother
Inquiry among others in the neighborhood
tended TO show that the young wife is prob
ably in Norridgewock with her stepfsther.
The stories Of foul play were started by
those who we're not cognizsnt Of her where
sb auts, and we're iudian nsnt over the matter.
On every hand the reporter hears thst the
Young wife is q woman Of clean character
aod amisbls disposition, and that the cause
Of her leaving home is alleged to be cruel
and abusive treatment. While at Reddick's .
house the reporter vas shown photograph
of tIe young woman.
Ii is that Of sweet young face, blonde,
and form that would be apt to attract the
attention of the young. Mrs. Reddick is
but 10 and her husband is 23.
Having located the wife for fact on iu-
form stion from one who claims 70 know
and was willing to swear 10 it, the
reporter next hunted up Reddick
himself, he being found in the woods At
work for Mr.. VIM Hunnevell, and on
bei,Q asked il he had any thing to say re-
piled. l don't know what to say, don't
koow where my wife is. know they are
cling all kinds of stories about me, bui
ne yer drove her away, or threatened her
| st irst thous hi she might have suicided,
but could NOT make myself believe it.
Rsddick then stated in substance what
his mother had stated, and then asked the
-.por,er if he knew where his wife was,
on being answered in the mstive. he
said. we'll il folks had minded their own
business this would not have happened.
n can get clue a. to who helped hef
awsy, l will put them behind the bars II
Lean. AT the dance that night We were ali
right, she asked me to dance With her, l
dout know when she had asked me before.
Coming home that night we were just IS
happy as the day We were married.
II lay all the blame to others who enticed
her away. It is hard to have your family
broken up by outsiders, and if can find
ont for sure who has done this l will prose-
cute them
Have you been to Skovhegsn and
osused the publicstion Of . notice to per
.o,s forbiddipg them to hsrbor your wife