The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31

the DOCK In the store, where she lett IL
She had never taken it home.
"She could not make the business pay
and gave up in despair. she had engaged
G. w. Kinsey to auction the business eff
/ was to meet her at Z 80 o'clock IN heI
store on Wednesday night. She left home
they tell me, at and has never been seen
since. / wandered about looking for her
but she never came. Some of the family
were over here at a o'clock in the morning,
1 was told, but did not get here TIL 1C
o'clock. Annie has my wife's watch, and
left it at home when she went away.
"They have it there now. 1 had no
money to pay her for the attention she
gave to my wife, and / gave her all I could
to repay her in part for her efforts. l am
an innocent man, and if you mean no
harm to her 1 hope you will find Annie.
~ believe she is dead, and still. when
come to think of her taking the final step
l do not believe she had the courage to do
it. fear she has met with foul play in
some manner. l have not the least idea
that Annie will ever be found alive.
Sometimes when I had my cart at the
door my wife would tell me to take Annie
home. That is all she had ever been out
with me. If you find any trace of Annie
let me know and will hitch up my team
and be after her, and it will not take me
long to bring her home"
At the close of the interview Woods in.
vited an inspection of his cabin. Three
rooms were inspected by the aid of small
and poor light. but there was nothing to
indicate that any one had been in the
place besides its single occupant.
A. P. Parker said tonight that his sister
never had lover. This morning we re-
ceived description of woman that had
been seen in Alameda" he said, 'and I
went over there with an officer, but we
were soon convinced that it was not my
sister. That is the only clew we had. !"
Mr.. Parker said that they had not the
faintest idea of where his sister might be,
if alive, but he was sure she had not COM
mitted suicide.
Last evening at the regular monthly
covenant and midweek prayer-meeting OF
the First Baptist Church Rev. G.. H.
Hobart referred to the case in a very
touching way and asked the members of
the church to remember in prayer those
who were going through trials.
You have no doubt all seen in the
papers, SaIQ ne, An account OF the
mysterious disappearance of Miss Parker,
whose brother and sister are members of
our church. She left home week ago
tonight, and no one knows anything
further of her whereabouts. God alone
knows why this trial and trouble has been
put upon them, and let US all.pray that it
will result in bringing all OF them nearer
to the throne of grace"
II was learned to-day that when Miss
Parker left the house she did not take her
rings and other small pieces of jewelry
usually worn by her. She has several
hundred dollars on deposit in the Oakland
Bank of Savings and none of the money
has been touched. Woods figured promi-
nently in the big Mills revival meetings
for which the Tabernacle was built several
years ago, but since then he has been ad-
dicted to drink. He and his wife fire.
quently disagreed, and for weeks ct time
he would sleep in barn. He is an Eng
ishman and is about so years old, although
he appears to be much younger.