The herald., 1896-03-14

THE SCHOOLMA'AM MISSING
Supposed to Be Laboring Under Tempo.
rary Insanity
Of the Street Railway Question.
Social and Personal

SANTA ANA, March 13.-Miss Cora
Knight, teacher in the English depart
menr of the high school in this city, mys-
teriously disappeared from the school
room ten minutes before 8 o'clock this
morning, since which time her whereabouts
have been unknown. When she left the
school building she stated that she was
going out for short walk, as she was not
feeling we'll, but she never came back, and
friends are now securing the countryside
for her. She has been traced to the bed of
Santiago creek. There she encountered
several men working. At sight of them,
she fled down the dry creek bed, into the
willows and out of sight. Her friends
have followed her tracks for about five
miles and are still on what is believed to be
her trail. Another story is now being cir
culated that she was seen to take the
Southern Pacific train this morning at
Emerson station, on North Main street, for
the north. The girl is evidently tempor-
arily insane. Her parents live at Folsom.
this state.
arraigned yesterday for the murder of
Sepuveda. Defendant, by Attorney f.
Heathman, moved to set aside the infor-
nation, which motion was denied. A de-
murrer to the information was overruled
and defendant then pleaded not guilty.
The cause was SEE for trial April 9th.
The Los Angeles capitalists who have
been investigating the proposed electric
car line and electric light business yester-
day made the Santa Ana company an offer
for its property, which was declined and
the Santa ANITA company gave them time
until Saturday night to accept the terms
previously offered.
Should these terms not be accepted the
rails will be raised next week.
There is another chapter to be added to
the Ronans-Devoe elopement. tits claimed
Miss Romans, now Mrs. Devoe, rode away
on horse the property of her father and
the old gentleman Is suing in Garden Grove
Justices court for the horse.
j: G. Stark of Redlands is in Santa Ana
on business.
MISS KNIGHT AT HOME
Superintendent of Schools A. f. Perham
and DR.. c. ID. Ball of the board of educa-
ton found Miss Cora Knight. who dsap-
peared from the city school building so
mysteriously this morning. about s o'clock
this evening.
put on her trail. Shortly after she came
out of the willows along the creek bed into
the road and had started back toward
town when Professor Perham and DR.. Ball,
who were searching for her, found her.
Her dress was draggled and her feet had
been thoroughly soaked by passing through
the creek bed in places where there was
water.
Miss Knights father is engineer in Fol-
som prison. She is niece of d. A. Ben
der, general freight and passenger agent,
Virginia and Truckee road, Carson City,
and also niece of another gentleman of
that name, banker at Reno.
She is a graduate of Berkeley, where she
has sister now in college. She came
here last fall at the beginning of the
school year. She is now resting easily al
her boarding house. but is in critical con.
dition. Her physician. however, think.
that the trouble is only temporary ant
that in a few days she will be all right
The disappearance caused great excite
ment and her discovery is cause of gen
eral rejoicing. The whole town, almost
! had turned out to assist in searching for
her.