The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-16
Miss Pages Jacket
Found at Santa
Cruz.
officers Believe Young
Woman Ended Her
Life.
SheriffS and Friends Search
the Shore Along the
Cliff Drive.
Special Dispatch to The call.


SANTA CRUZ. Sept 15.-In the tangled
kelp that brushes the shingIe below the
brown bluffs on the ocean drive, or per-
haps fathoms deep in the cold embrace
Of the mother and lover Of men-the
sea- the body OF Miss Hertha Page OF
san Jose is believed 10 rest tonight.
The young society bellies black velvet
jacket, her hat and her tan gloves were
found to-day in a coign Of the cliffs not
very far from the point where the electric
railroad has its terminus. She was seen
near the spot yesterday gazing wistfully
over The iIlimitabIe expanse Of ocean, and
II is conjecrUred. with ABUNDANT reason,
that she destroyed her life by leaping
into the surf below
Although she had been here for more
than a day and a night. IL IS not recorded
that she stayed at a hotel or lodging
house She had not even been seen about
town. and IL is probable that when she
left the train she wandered out on the
ciid drive and IN the midst OF the fire OF
flowers and glowing grass sorroved over
The misery OF her young life and nerved
herself 10 the desperate business of self
destruction
FINDING OF A JACKET.
The clothing was found shortly before
u o'clock this morning by L. D. Rither-
man Of Denver. Sheriff Langford and NJ.
T. Page the young woman's brother.
who had been in communication with Chief
of Police Clark and Sheriff Trafton. had
made thorough search Of the hotels and
boarding-houses. but without success.
They ascertained. however. that the wou1-
an had arrived on the narrow gauge train
sunday evening at o'clock.
Early this morning The brother arose
and at O'Clock went to the Catholic
church and TO other churches. as once
before in san Jose Miss Page had been
round lying on the steps of a church
Nothing was seen Of her by the brother
and be then went 10 Capitola to search
the coast line for four miles. while sber-
or Langford OF San Jose and Sberi4f
IraIton went up the coast TO hunt be-
tween MOores Beach. four miles from this
city, and the beach here.
When the Sheriffs were near tba mn
scum on the cliffs Ritherrnan approacbed
with the woman's wearing apparel He
was a visitor in the city. He had gone
10 the end Of the electric car line on
sightseeing tour and was walking aloro
the drive when he found A Jacket lined
with pink silk. Upon it were a co,nle
of dahlias. He also picked up the tan
gloves and the white hat edged with
white lace and trimmed with blue forget
me-nots- This is hat which was worn
by the young lady when she left San
Jose and which was Immediately recos-
nized as hers by Sheriff Langford.
ROCK OF A CHuRCH
The place where the articles were found
is within a few hundred feet Of the end
of the electric car line, near Garfield
Park and close to the cliff museum. They
were on a small shelf Of earth Just above
Cliff that overlaps the surging waters
of the ocean. This particular cliff is
known as Christian Endeavor Rock and
on IL is carved a large cross. The rock
was dedicated and named by the En-
deavorers Of the Christian church of Cali
fOrnis. and yearly when their conven-
ton Is held at Garfield Park a sunrise
prayer meeting is held there.
Apparently II was from that rock that
the girl leaped to end her life. The wa
ter at that point is the toughest along
the coast and there is a perilous under
tow The high waves come together in
three directions. The cliffs are honey
combed and the waves reach under the
road for a couple Of hundred feet. max
ing several natural arches. There is a
possibility that the body might wash up
3D. one Of these caves. Near this point
is a monster bed of seaweed and kelp
and there is a strong possibility that the
human form is entangled in the meshes
~ the sea fora.
VIGIL AT THE SEA.
A is thought that Miss Page ended her
life early this morning. Yesterday after
noon Mrs J. A. Moore. wife Of the pro-
prictor Of the cliff museum, saw the lady
fcr three hours at the point where the
wearing apparel was found. Mrs. Moore
did not think it strange, as from this
place one Of the finest views along the
coast can be obtained Of the waves as
tley dash their spray against the clin,
and Il is no unusual thing for people TO
remain and watch by the hour Mrs.
Moore says she saw the young woman
the last time about o'clock on a bridge
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