Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-02-15
Mrs. Show Gets Excited.
SHE sWO0Ps DOWN ON A MAS
QuERADE BALL AND MAKES A
LivELf SCENE.
She Supposed Her i;eautirni Dausa-
ter Daisy Had Eiaped With an
EdiFar-Farmer Citizens of
Mexico.

Mrs. Martha NE. Show formerl
resided in Mexico and nearly ever,
body in town knows her. Whe
she left here she went to st. Louis
where she married man named c
L. Haskell, who was proprietor c
some sort of publishing hous
in that city. About a year ago Has
kell died. Mrs. Show Cor Mrs. Has
kell) is now keeping a furnishe,
room house at f117 Locust street
She has a young daughter, Daisy
whose extraordinary beauty has at
tracted much attention in st. Louis
The other night Daisy apd he
brother, Oscar, and a young news
paper man named Thorwald attend
ed masked ball OF the Theatrica
Brotherhood, her brother Oscar act
ing as chaperon. A late hou
Mrs. Show appeared among the gay
throng of reselers and created {
scene.
A st. Louis paper, speaking o.
the matter, says:
! Quite CONSERVATION was created
among the masked revelers at the
st. Louis Theatrical Brotherhood
Ball early this morning by the sud.
den appearance upon the floor Of a
breathess and excited woman, who
ran hither and thither as if in great
alarm, loudly calling for her daugh-
ter. The somewhat boisterous fun
which characterized the occasion was
in its height when the woman ap.
peared, and when the first surprise
had gone, the dancers eagerly press
ed around the woman with inquiries
as to the cause of her trouble. A
sensation was scented, nor were
their anticipations disappointed.
The woman's story was told, and
| most pathetic was her mein as she
related it to the grotesquely sttired
| crowd which surrounded her. Her
17year old daughterDaisy who had
attended the dance accompanied by
her brother, had left the room some
hours before accompanied by young
man who she was certain had evil
designs against her child. She want
ed to find the pair in time to save
her daughter, and if not to kill the
man who had harmed her.
One or two remembered seeing
the girl leave the building shortly
after midnight, accompanied by a
man, but had no idea where they
had gone. The distracted mother left
the room to continue her search
elsewhere. As she walked the streets
she accosted every policeman she
met, describing her daughter and
the man, and begging them to ar
rest him if he was seen.
The man who was supposed to
have carried the latter off was r. T.
rhorwaid, proprietor and publisher
of the st. Lous Herold, a Seandi-
navian paper.
Daisy is pretty checked
girl, with plump, trim figure just
budding into womanhood. Thorwald
is described as tall and handsome.
Just before last Christmas Mrs.
Haskell says that Thorwald's at.
tention to Daisy became more mark
ed. He wanted to marry her daugh-
ter, she claims. The mother OBJ
iected and sent Daisy to Centralia,
Mo-, to the home of Mrs. Haskell's =
brother, and she supposed Daisy's
| infatuation had ceased.
DAISY DISAPPEARS
About 2 O'Clock i'm the morning
Daisy's brother noticed with intense
alarm that his sister had disappear.
ed. He anxlously searched the
throng of maskers. They had gone
| He hastened home and Informed
the mother, who without waiting tt
adjust her personal appearance, wen
in search of her daughter.
Mrs. Haskell was penitent wher
seen by reporter Wednesday morn
ing.
"My son. she said, "needlessl,
aroused my fears. Mr.. Thorwalt
has been paying attentions to m,
daughter and | don't approve o
them. To separate them | sent he
to Centralia last Christmas and hav,
been discouraging his attentions
| was scared, therefore, when MI
son reported to me their disappear
| ance and without proper delibera
| ton | started in search of her.
al found her at home when | re
turned. She and Mr.. Thorwaid has
merely stopped for a lunch befor
| returning home was scared with