Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-11
Mysterious Conduct of Miss
Emily Werner.
A SALEM MUSIC TEACHER
Writes Strange Letters TO The
Journal"

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Salem. had been missing since last
Friday afternoon. and could not be
, found. She bad been boarding ai p.
/ O'Flyng's. in South salem. near the
". =. church
Friday: THE JOrgNAL receive the
following letter. beariBg % signature;
SALEM. Or.
EDITOR JOCRNAL.-WiM you please
publish In your paper. the following
news. and b. sure 10 let the people %
ladies ~ Salem know about Mis- +.
Werner's sickness. teacher - music.
and Oblige me a. a. a friend. and
will call in some day and SEE you
about the expenses. Yours, etc.
With IL was the following news
item. in the same handwriting:
LYING why SICK.
Miss Emily Werner. music teacher
Of salem j. lying very ill and has
been for quite a while, and not know
ing What moment she will pass away.
Being alone and away from a mother s
care. we feel a. u the Salem ladies or
people ought tO turn out and see IL
they cannot he Of help 10 her. She
wishes that her class will not worry
over her but patient y wait for a
~gyn recovery, Yours truly.
A FRIEND
4 JOURNAL reporter interviewed
chief ~ police Dilley who said he had
heard ~ her disappearance, but had
not been directed 10 work upon the
case. That he had made a little In
quiy. and had received from some
man whose name he was not at liberty
% diyulge. the information that the
girl was In Salem. and III. Mrs.
Nichols. who occupies rooms In the
Eldrige block knows the girl aud the
reporter called on that lady aud asked
Ii a Miss Werner had a music room on
that fiOOr. and was told that she had.
The reporter asked where she was.
II don't know was the reply, but
] wish ! did" Questioning elected
the fact that Miss Werner, who had a
room rented where she gave music
lessons, had not been at her room
since last Friday, January 3. Mrs.
Nichols said she had a letter from
her few days before. The reporter
asked % see the writing, and the let
ter was produced for that purpose.
Examination showed that II was the
same writing a. that Of the one re-
ceiyed by the JOURNAL. When the
reporter started "a read the letter
Mrs. Nichols took 10. saying II can't
let YOU read II. II" and refused 10 con-
sent % it, being read. She stated in
conversation with the reporter that
the girl rented q room 81 Mrs. eleven
ger, dressmakeT on the same floor.
Mrs. CleyengeT called on Mrs. Nichols
during the reporters visit and a gen.
eral conversation ensued in which the
ladies were very guardedin their
statements.
Mrs. Clcyenger told Mr,. Nichols
that she chad heard Indirectly from
Emily that a Miss Harrington. one
ot Mis-, WerneT's music pupils. said
she came 20 her house Tuesday morn
Ing and gave lesson; that She said
she was going 10 Independence that
afternoon. Mr,. Nichols expressed
surprise at that, and said she has
gone 10 Independence and taken the
tuin Tor her home in Olympia" The
ladies discussed the affair, aud Mrs.
Nichols said "shc must have gone 10
Independence by private conveyance:
she wouldn't dare take the train or
bOat.' When asked why. she eyaded
giving a direct answer II Was then
said that Is a matter that can
only appear In court. and !, for one do
not propose TO appear in court The
reporter asked who had been wrUnged
that would neccssitate an appearance
IN court in order 10 have II Settledg
The reply was that IL certainly was
not Mis-, Werner. She had wrunged
someone in the building. but neither
would ,ay who The inlun,d per,Dn was.
one ~ the ladies made the remark:
She couldn't have gotten away IN
~. had done what be- said he would. |
but very likely he helped her % get
away. The reporter asked Who
Ed. va, and was told that IL VA,
III. o'FNng mOturman on The
street railway. That he had received /
q letter from her saying she was I'M. /
and asking him Co come Ia her: that I
she VAS at Mrs. l.eyerldge',. but nor I
saying where that was.
The reporter then went 10 the I
Otllng home la south salem. and I
talked with the elder Mr.. O'Flyng and /
his two daughters. They expressed 1
NE utmost concern for the Young /
lady, aud said FL O'Flyhg had re-
ceiNed a letter fnOm her. saving she I
Vas very IN, aud wanted him 10 come /.
10 ,ee her; that she was az the home .
OF Npineone Whose name they could \
not recall
They sald the girl Was very much
worried because she had been accused Z
ui stealing purse containing A. The
reporter Afterwards saw the Woman
Nho is supposed "a have lost Tie
MONEY but she emphatically does not
charge the girl With theft.
Later the letter from Miss Werner
to ~ o'tiyng Was procured aud !,
Published below
ThE GIRL' = LITTER.
SALsA, Or, SUNDAY, Jan. s. lS9B.
FRIEND EpDIE:-l take moment 4
and ny % write you line 10 lei you I
KNOW where ] am. | guess you have 1
heard of me lying sick. Was picked I
up ,eIl nearly dead on the strf,.t Fri. /
day afternoon, about O'Clock. 1 Mas
running - much around and 1 wasn't I
ieciing very we'll when / LETT I'm the /
morning and | had big business 10 /
lend 10. l guess maybe yOu hear,l az I
I uF maybe some Que asked yoa Where
am. didn't they : l am living al a !