Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-23
A TRACE OF MRS. YAGER.
Missing Woman Believed TO Have
been Seen at Reservoir Lake.

Facts which came to light yesterday
lead almost irresistibly to the belief that
Mrs. Thomas T. wager. Of Rockingham
county, whose mysterious disappearance.
after coming here two weeks ago to re-
ceive medical treatment. was published
exclusively I'm the Dispatch, has commit
ted suicide b. drowning In tho Reservoir
Lake.
This latest clue was only developed last
night II was furnished by one OF the
best-known ladies Of Richmond. She had
not supplied II before because she did not
wish 10 attain publicity. She consented
to mention the circumstance referred 10
only upon the condition that the Dispatch
would not make her name public.
on the afternoon OF Monday the 10Th
instant, the lady referred TO was taking
an airing on the banks Of tho Reservoir
lake Her attention was attracted ty
the strange movements OF a woman who
got of Traction car at the end Of the
line near the pavilion. She appeared in
disordeyed frame of mind She walked
over towards the bank Of the lake. her
gaze wandering 70 every mundane object
in sight and the sky above her. She walk
ed along the bank until she had nearly
reached the refreshment lodge. near the
entrance 10 the reservoir grounds. At
this point she stopped and drew nearer
to the bank Of the lake. After standing
for some time, looking out over the
waters she sank down on the ground.
Her appearance and actions frighten-
co me-" said the lady who saw her. Il
am sure she was demented. l am as posi-
tive as / we'll can be that II was Mrs.
wager She answered perfectly the de-
scriptiOn which ] read In the Dispatch.
There may have been one or two other
persons who saw her There were not
many people at the lake at the time it
was about half-Dast 4 o'clock. When l
came away she was stin kneeling on the
bank"
The Dispatch published a statement a
day or two ago from "a gentleman who
saw a woman answering the description
OF Mrs. Wager acting in a very peculiar
manner at First and Broad streets on
the afternoon Of the 10th instant. Accord
ing to the story OF this gentleman the
woman boarded a west-bound Traction
car in the few words which he had with
her she said she did not know where she
was going and did not care. This was
some time between and 4 o'clock on
the afternoon Of the day the lady whose
story il given above says she saw a
woman Of the same description acting In
the manner Of one mentally unbalanced
at the Reservoir lake. The conclusion
seems almost Irresistible that the woman
took the car at First and Broad, rode 10
the end OF the line, at the lake, and got
OF.
The present whereabouts OF Mr.. wager
are not known lie came TO Richmond
last Monday. after o week and two days
had elapsed since the arrival Of his wife
here for medical treatment. She had tele-
graphed him on her arrival on Saturday.
He received a letter from her. written
the next day. I'm which she complained
of a peculiar sensation i'm her head. She
gave no address He wrote her repeated
~. directing the letters to the care OF
Mrs. Wilson, on Grace street. WIN
whom his wife expected 90 lodge. All the
letters were given him when he called
Monday night Mr.. Wager and his father
in-law Or. Webb, spent Tuesday IN
Richmcnd and tltat night went over %
washington. The next day they went 10
baltimore and to the Johns Hopkins
rrosrital Mrs. wager had not been there.
Mr.. wager has probably returned home.