Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-29
SHOWED UP WITH BABY
Missing Girl Returns From
Hospital With Three Weeks
Old Child
ARRESTS FOR MURDER PROMISED
Left Cedar Rapids to Live With Rich
Family in chicaso-Disappeared Last
ApriI-Young Man Of the Family
Evidently Wrought Her Ruin-Mys-
terry Cleared.
Special to Times-Repnblican.
terry Cleared

Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, July 29.-The return
Of Anna Higginson to the home of her
aunt in Chicago carrying with her a
three weeks old baby ends what prom
Used to be sensational search for the
missing girl and probable prosecution
Of prominent people for murder altho
1t discloses sad tragedy in real life.
Miss Anna HigginsGn, student, who
lived with her father, William Higsin-
son, foreman for tn. Sinclair Packing
Company. and sisters at 124 Seventh
avenue until last February, and then
went to Chicago with the family of f..
Mutual Life Insurance company's office
in this city, mysteripusly disappeared
from the Helm home in Chicago and
the efforts of the police to find her
have so far been futile. She had been
missing from his horne since last April
but nothing was told her relatives
about it until ii WIS learned by ac-
cident just short time ago. The
Helms then said that they supposed
Anna was living with relative.
Yesterdays Chicago papers con-
tanned sensational STORIES regarding the
disappearance The police immediate
ly suspected the Helms and the elder
Helm, who with his family was spend
ing the summer on his fruit ranch IN
Michigan, was telegraphed for The
Younger Helm, a boy 10 or 20 years
old was put thru thu. sweat box and
under threats of arrest admitted
enough to confirm the police that the
Helms knew where the girl was and
that they had been giving her lots of
money for some reason.
The mystery was cleared last night
by her appearance at the home OF her
aunt. Mrs. r. V. Smith, 1850 Drexel
boulevard. In her arms was weeks
old baby.
Miss H gginson slid that she had
been in II hospital since she disap-
peared ami that her expenses were paid
by Jesse l.. Helm, son of E. A, Helm,
general solicitor for life insurance
company.
Young Helm had d. long session with
Police Lieut.. Rohan last night, during
which he was told that the detectives
believed he knew the Whereabouts OF
the missiag girl. Lieut.. Rohan finally
informed him that unless he cleared UP
the mystery at once there probably
would be warrants issued for the ar
rest of himself and father.
Within thirty minutes after young
Helm had left the detective bureau, q
message was received by Detectives
Howe and De Sousa, who have been
working On the case, that the girl had
returned to the hon,e of her aunt.
The police say that Miss Hfgginson
was kept in seclusipn by young Helm.
who would not allow her to correspond
with her relatives.
Relatives of the young girl called at
Central station last night and assured
the police that Helm would be made to
pay dearly for his conduct In this
case.
Miss Eigginson, who is Is years old,
was taken into the Helm family when
her parents and the Helms were neigh
bors in Cedar Rapids. La. three years
ago. Wien the Helms moved to Chi
cago in February, Miss Higginson ac-
companiod them that she might fin1
better educational advantages.
When the Helms went for the sum-
mer to Saugatuck, Mich, Miss Higgin
son is said to have started for the
residence, OF her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Laughlin, 292S Popular avenue, but
she did not reach her sisters house,
and the police We're unable to find a
trace of her TIL last night