The herald., 1895-04-18
Miss Mary Cowan, a School
Teacher, Disappears
TN VISIT A !DENTlST
DR.. Wassman Says That She Did Not
Reach His Office
tie Is Said to Deny That lie Expected
Her, White a Student Says
That lie Did

On Tuesday morning Miss Mary Cowan,
who resides with her parents, MIR. and
Mrs. ID. w. c. Cowan at S2i West Tenth
street, left her home and has not been
seen since. The young lady is teacher
in the Temple school, and is SIS
ter-in-aw of Professor Riley, county sup
crin.endent OF schools. She was born in
this state and has lived in Los Angeles
since 1886. She is a graduate of the state
normal school, educated and accom-
pished, and her continued absence from
her home is unexplained
d. W. c. Cowan, the aged father OF the
missing girl, was seen by Il Herald re-
porter last night, and he told the follow
ing story of her disappearance:
con Tuesday morning she arose with a
violent toothache, and said that as she
had an engagement with Dr. Wass man,
an operator in DR.. Crawford's office, she
would 30 down town earlier than usual
and have him treat her teeth. Breakfast
was not prepared and she refused to wait
for it, saying that il she did she would
miss the 10 electric car, and in that
case she would disappoint the dentist.
Mary was always very pnnctual ana she
left to keep her engagement with Or.
Wassman.
1T was her intention to go to her
school after she left the dentists and
from there to Seventh street, where the
school children were having a drill Tor
the FIESTA parade. When she did not
come home late Yesterday afternoon we
we're a little worried. but when she did not
put in an appearance in the evening our
anxiety knew no bounds.
II went alter Professor Riley, my SON
in-law, and we drove in a buggy to DR..
Wassman's house on Temple street.
assembled the stoop and before L had
Oh RIM tho he'll the door ODeneQ
and q woman told me that there was
very sick child in the house and that she
thought my advent had something to do
with it. | asked to see DIR. Wassman
He appeared and in answer to my ques'
tions said that my daughter had an en-
gagement with him few days before but
did not keep it, but that she had no en-
cacement with him on Tuesday He had
not seen her and could advance no
opinion as to what had become of her
II have a brother, dentist, and he
said that he was acquainted with DR..
Crawford and would go up to the office
and see him. At the Office he found that
DIR. Crawford was out, but he talked with
a couple of students who were at work
there. One of them stated that he knew
Miss Cowan and that she had an engage
ment with DR.. Wassman for Tuesday
morning, but she did not keep it.
When my brother communicated this
piece of information To me | decided to go
up and see DR.. Crawford and |, too,
found that he was out. One OF the
students went after him, and when l saw
him | beckoned him to me and asked
him if Mary had an engagement with DR..
Wassman for Tuesday morning. He said
that the diary would soon tell but he
could not find the entry. l then turned
toward one of the students and asked him
if he did not tell my brother that Miss
Cowan had an engagement, and he replied
saving that all she desired done was to
have an liberated tooth treated and that
no entry had been made. OF the engage
ment. s.
when Mary left she had less than 500
with her. For this reason / don t think
she was robbed and | know she intended
to return home in a few hours when she
left. She was perfectly happy at home
and on Monday night she played the
piano in the parlor and seemed fully as
happy as usual.
'She was not keeping company with any
one, had no love affair and was a girl of
more than ordinary sense, always behaved
herself as lady should and is not girl
to be approached upon the street.
IF she kept the engagement at the
dentists am afraid that she may have
taken an overdose of ether which affected
her brain, and | fear to contemplate the
result / understand there are num-
Der of scoundrels here from San Francisco
who are being Swallowed by the police,
and it may be possible that they got hold
Of her by some means or other.
The young lady is q years of age a
brunette, five feet five inches in height
and weighs about 12O pounds. The police
and her relatives and friends are search
ing for her night and day, and ii she has
not been foull' dealt with she should be
found>in Il day or two. If demented and
found wandering by strangers, the adver-
Using given the case by the newspapers
should suffice to identify her.