The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-04
MISSING A WEEK.
A Charlton Woman
Nysteriously Dis
appeared Sunday.
ALL SEARCHING FRUITLESS.
Went to the Barn to Collect
Eggs and Then She
Vanished.
ALL SEARCHING FRUITLESS.

Webster, June 3.-Mrs. Michael Da-
vern has mysteriously disappeared, and
it is feared by her husband that she
has committed suicide. A posse of 81
men has secured the woods in vain for
her, and not the slightest clue have they
found of her whereabouts. The whole
proceedings are wrapped in a mystery
that has not been solved after a week S
judicious search.
Mrs. Davern is a rather large woman,
of about 50 years. She lived with her
husband in Charlton, who is her senior
by a few years. They lived alone on
the farm, but both have been seen fire.
quently in town, where they came to
do their shopping.
At o'clock last Sunday night she
left the house and told her husband
that she was going out to the barn to
collect the eggs. She left the house
clad very lightly, and started for the
barn. Her husband did not think any
thing strange had happened, and he did
not commence to worry over her where
abouts until some two or three hours
later. On account of her light wearing
apparel, he did not think that she had
gone far. At last, however, he be-
came anxious and started to investi-
gate her absence
A nights search did not furnish him
with the desired information. and final
ly he had to give up and wait until
morning before he could do anything
more toward locating her. The morn
ing came and he renewed his search
with vigor
1t seems that the missing woman
had wandered away and stopped at
neighboring farm, where Mrs Davis
Darling dwelt, where she procured a
hat and wrap to throw over her Shout
ders. She did not give any reason why
she wanted them, and Mrs. Darling evil
IDENTIFY thought she wanted them to
wear nome. That was the last seen of
her as far as can be ascertained.
1t rained Sunday night after she left
the house to collect the eggs, and it is
thought that she had been exhausted
and sank to the ground, wherever she
was at the time, and had not been able
to rally and had died where she fell.
A posse of "a men composing a search
ing party have hunted the woods in all
directions inspecting every nook and
Granny that looked inviting for a weary
person to crawl into and rest and to
eVade the rain. The swamp near the
house where the old couple had resided
has been searched, but no better results
have been arriVd at. Today men are
securing the woods for miles around
for traces of her.
It is thought that she wandered off in
fit of temporary insanity and that she
had been exhausted by her travels and
sank to the ground somewhere or Sc
GREETED herself in some hole and there
died
This is the second time she has left
home, and her husband says she is
slightly unbalanced mentally.
She wandered off last October in the
same way and was gone three days be-
fore anything was heard of her. She was
then located i'll Warren. and brought
home by her husband. Since then she
has behaved very well.
Mr.. Davern is having the woods and
swamps around this vicinity searched
high and low. He told the Webster cor
respondent of The Spy that he was
going to find her at any cost. He intends
to consult a clairVOyant in Worcester
if he does not locate her by Sunday.
This second disappearance has
aroused the farmers and people living
in Charlton to a high degree of excite
ment. Many of them after searching for
three days express the opinion that size
has met with some serious accident and
was unable to rally from it. Mr.. DaVern
hopes that if any one gets a clue of her
whereabouts they will follow it up
at once or else notify him Immediately.
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