The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-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.

ST.. PAUL. Dec. 27. Charles Steward
OF Dyesville, o., passed through 81
Paul ON his way TO Walsh county
North Dakota, to identity. II possible
the remains Of missing daughter
whom he believes was spirited ava,
and died under suspicious circum
stances.
When seen at the Union depot a few
minutes before taking the train, h,
told sad stofy.
The Fathers Story.
It seems that Mr.. Steward moved &c
Dyesville soon after the war, and has
lived there with his family ever since,
holding various positions OF trust ID
the town, and Il at present postmaster
Mt 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 girls was 1S
years OF age, he married again.
Soon after his second marriage, Mr..
Steward says. q neigihor. living about
10 miles from his home in Dyesville. in
the town of Rutland. Meigs county. by
name Nile Holt, and reputed to be q
wealthy man in. those parts, re-
quested Mr.. Steward 10 allow his
elder daughter 60 become q member OF
Holt's family, as companion to his
wife. and promising her all the ad-
Santages Of education and culture that
her father at that time was not able to
give her. This arrangement was con-
scented TO, and for the last nine years
the girl has lived as member Of the
Holt household. all the time, however,
keeping on the most intimate terms
with her father and the members of
his family. She frequently visited
him, and it was while ON such q visit
last September that she announced her
determination TO accept an invitation
TO visit another relative who lived at
some distance in the country, and
whom she had not seen for nearly 10
years. She took the train In accord
ance with her determination, and
that was the last that her friends have
ever seen Of the girl
Completely disappeared.
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Mrs. Holt, with whom she had been
living, became alarmed lest the girl
might be sick, and wrote to her father
Ito 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
bnce to the house of the relative Co
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 Ho Is
nephew had married some years ago
pne Miss Oakss. VINO was the daughter
pf a,notorious a woman doctor, Clarissa
Oakes. 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
pf 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. |
ln.law. At the earnest solicitation Of |
his friends Mr.. Steward opened COM
with the postmaster ct |
Park River, stating the circumstances
Df the disappearance Of his daughter
and his suspicious that she might have
been spirited away and taken TO that
locality. II was found that ON Sept.
IS girl answering the description of
daughter had arrived at
Park River and had gone TO the house
,f Mrs. Cakes.
Died Soon Afterward.
From that time she has never been
,een by any one alive outside of the
0akes household. On Oct. Ia Mrs.
0akes procured an undertaken from
own and b certificate Of burial from
,he proper authorities. stating that the
zoung lady who had been visiting her
rom the East had died the day pre.
,ious of typhoid fever That by reason
If having been formerly d physician
he had undertaken the treatment of
he case herself, not thinking it neces-
ary 90 call tn outside mid. as she had
lot regarded the case as serious, but
hat sudden complication had arisen,
ind before she could summon assis.
lance the young lady had died,
After securing the necessary papers
he girl was buried without any public
uneral. and all that was known or the
by the neighbors was thar q,
learse was seen TO drive from the honse
With q casket inside and that the party |
lad been buried in very quiet way.
After learning these circumstances the
|uthorities -elegraphed to Mr.. Steward
b come at once to Park River. Mhjther ,
Il was On his way.