The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1894-12-27
SEARCH FOR DAUGHTER
Exceedingly Sad Mission of Charles
Stewart of Dyesville, O., in
the Northwest,
SHE IS PROBABLY DEAD.
Woman Answering Her Description
Quietly Buried in North Dakota.
The Fathers Story.

of Dyesville, o., passed through st.
|. Paul on his way to Walsh county,
North Dakota to identity, If possible,
the remains OF missing daughter,
whom he believes was spirited away
and died under suspicious circum-
stances.
When seen at the Union depot few
minutes before taking the train, he
told sad story.
The Fafhcr's Story.
1t seems that Mr.. Steward moved to
Dyesville soon after the war; and has
lived there with his family ever since,
holding various positions Of trust in
the town, and is at present postmaster
at that place. He had two daughters,
after the birth of the last of whom the
mother died. After several, years,
when the elder of this two gicls was l3
years of age, he married again
Soon after his second marriage, Mr..
Steward says, a neighbor. living about
10 miles from his hoEne in Dyesville, in
the town of Rutland. Meigs county, by
name Nile Holt, and reputed' to be a.
wealthy man in those parts, re.
sted Mr.. Steward to allow his
laughter to become a member of
1ily, as companion to his
romising her all the ad-.
culture that
$ not able to
Ient was oon-.
Last nine years
Ill member of the
Holt Lyusenold. all the time, however,
keeping on the. most intimate terms
with her father andtthe members Of
his familys She frequentlys visited
him. and it was while on such visit
last~ 5ptember that she announced her
ID mination to accept an invitation
to Sjkit- another relative who lived at
some distance in the country, and
whom she had not seen for nearly 10
years. fShes took the train IN accord
an.a with. ,4s.. dete-mip alton, and :
thatwas the last that be- friends hsyf
oyvr seen % = Il S4sees 80
Completely Disappeared.
After the lapse of some two weeks
Mrs. Holt, with whom she had been
living, became alarmed lest the girl
might be sick, and wrote to her father
to know if such was the case, stating
that she had not heard from her since
she started for her fathers home. Mr..
Steward became alarmed and drove at
once to the house of the relative to
whom his daughter had said she was
going. She was traced to Athens, o..
where she completely disappeared.
Neighbors assisted in the search and
began to inquire into the Holt family
history. They discovered that Hollis
nephew had married some years ago
one Miss Cakes, who was the. daughter
of notorious woman DOCTOR Clarissa
Cakes, who had formerly lived in
Athens, but who had emigrated to
Park River, N. ID.
Was Intimate With the Holts.
This woman, Mr.. Steward says, he dis
covered had often visited at the house
of Holt, and that the nephew. who had
gone to North Dakota with Mrs. Cakes
some years ago when she moved there.
had returned and was on intimate
terms with his uncle and his mother
in.law. At the earnest solicitation OF
his friends Mr.. Steward opened COM
munication with the postmaster at
Park River, stating the circumstances
of the disappearance of his daughter
and his suspicious that she might have
been spirited away and taken to that
locality. 1t was found that on Sept:
% girl answering the description OF
Stewards daughter had arrived at
Park River and had gone to the house
of Mrs. Cakes.
Died Soon Afterward.
From that time she has never been
seen by any one alive outside OF the
Cakes household. On Oct. IA Mrs.
Cakes procured an undertaken from
town and a certificate of burial from
the proper authorities, stating that the
young lady who had been visiting her
from the East had died the day pre-
vious of typhoid fever. That by reason
of having been formerly physician
she had undertaken the treatment OF
the case herself, not thinking 1T neces-
sary to call in outside aid. as she had
not regarded the case as serious, but
that a sudden complication had arisen.
and before she could summon assls-
lance the young lady had died,
After securing the necessary papers
the girl was buried without any public
funeral, and all that was known of the
occurrence by the neighbors was that
hearse was seen to drive from the house
with casket inside and that the party
had been buried in very quiet way.
After learning these circumstances the
authorities telegraphed to Mr. Steward
to come at once to Park River. whittier
he was on his way.