The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-21
SHEDDEN CLUE STANDS.
Remarkable Similarity Between the Woman
Who Disappeared From Oakdale and
the Body Found in the Swamp
Shedden May See the Body
Today-Murder Probable.

Clinton, June 2O-The proposition ad-
vanced by John De Forge, the hoteI
keeper of Waterbury, VT, that the re-
mains in the tomb in Sterling are those
of his wife, has been completely dis
proved. De Forge reached Clinton early
this morning. He came in response &c
the telegram sent to him by Chief Orer
B. Bates, yesterday.
He went imm adiately from the rail
road station to police headquarters, and
saw Chief Bates. Chief Bates turned
him over to Deputy Sheriff Bartlett, tc
whom Judge c. C. Stone, of the district
court, has confided the duty of police
investigation, the crime, of course, hav-
ing been committed beyond the jurisdic-
ton of the Clinton force.
Accompanied by the reputy, De Forge
went to the residence of Frank Kinnear
on Water street. Mr.. Kinnear's know
ledge of the woman was slight and Of
little value. But the husbands descrip-
ton of her was enough to satisfy Sheriff
Bartlett that she is not the sought fol-
person.
She was five feet three inches tall
This is two inches at least short of the
stature of the dead woman, which
Medical Examiner Tobey has fixed al
five feet and five or six inches. She was
not dressed as the dead woman was
Her hair was similar. but not as similar
as that of Elizabeth Shedden. She wore
number 31a or shoe The shoes on the
feet of the dead woman are fives al
least, to which the shoes worn by Eliza.
beth Shedden correspond.
If these things were not enough, there
was the fact that Mrs. De Forge had
perfect teeth, so stated by John De
Forge, Mrs. Willard, the woman with
whom she boarded while she was in
Clinton, and by Frank Kinnear.
The investigation In Clinton con-
sumed hardly more than two hours De
Forge proceeded to Worcester, thinking
perhaps. that the woman might be
there, with a man whom he knows.
Sheriff Bartlett said to the represent
tatiVe of The Spy, afterward:
MRS. De Forge is not the one we
want"
scription, of her as she appeared when
last seen by her husband. He is doing
all of his official work in a careful and
painstaking way. Phe notes were ia
&c
Sheriff Bartlett and Medical Examl-
ner Tobey are making every effort to
learn the whereabouts of Elizabeth
Shedden, If she is alive. and there is
mach and grave reason TO suppose she
is not. They are trying to learn
where she last resided.
Yesterday Sheriff Bartlett took the
picture of Mrs. Shedden, which he re-
ceived from William Shedden, to Har-
vey's photograph rooms to have a large
number Of copies made. This after
noon the copies were finished. One
will be sent to each Of as many news
papers as care to publish it. Other CO.
pies will be mailed to the police Of sur
rounding towns with a full description
and so Elizabeth Sheldon will reach a
climax of notoriety that she would not
care to attain if she was believed to be
alive. The search for her will begin
in every city, town and hamlet for
miles around that boasts of a police
force.
The similarity in the appearance of
Elizabeth Shedden and the supposed
appearance of the body found in the
swamp was much strengthened by the
interview with Sheldon printed
in The Spy this morning. This is the
most complete and orderly arrange
ment of similarities yet printed.