The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-09-13
Mrs. 0rteIIi Seenat Mont
pelier Friday Morning
BY W.S.PAGE, LIvERYMAN
Letter From So, HadIey Falls, Mass. and
Telephone From Montreal Affords
No Further Information.

The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance Of phoeba LeClairc OrteIli,
wife Of Jerome 0rtelIi Of Hawes street,
last Friday morning il as deep is ever.
4 ralnor which was current on the
streets last evening that her body had
been found hanging ID A. s. Martins
wood shed al North Barre was entirely
without foundation, having been started
By some gossip ip-mongers.
Outside Of the letter received from her
BY Mr.. 0rtelli yesterday afternoon not
one trace has been discovered. The letter
was an atfeetionate one and told oil her
desire to fight out her troubles alone.
The letter told her husband not to try
to find her as it would be impossible.
She also made provision for the giving
OF her belongings to her sister in Mon
treal. it also told the husband to take
good care Of their two year old child.
Last night Mr.. Ortelli telephoned 60
his wife's sister in Montreal and learned
that Mrs 0rtelli had not been there.
The sisters husband stated that they
had received some articles OF childrens
clothing which had been sent from Barre
q week ago, but had not heard anything
further from Mrs. 0rteli This morn
ing Mr.. 0rtelli received letter from
David and Ellen Shelley of South Had
ley Falls, Mass MIR. and Mrs. Shelley,
who arc uncle and aunt of the missing
woman, expressed their great surprise
and sorrow over the mystery. They
had not heard OF the disappearance until
they got word from Mr.. Ortelli.
The letter which Mrs. Ortelh wrote
her husband and which was mailed IN
this city Sunday night or Monday morn
ing is what the police depend upon now.
They ask that the persons who know
anything about the mailing OF the letter
go to the police station and give what
ever information they can. They will
be given the assurance that the matter
viii be held strictly confidential.
The letter in question is as follows
Barre, Vt.
Dear Jerome,
| suppose you wonder where | am.
Don't look for me. am lost forever.
wish you would give good care to Ange-
lima. hope you won't take this too
much to heart, Jerome You know /
can't do anything to please YOU and I
am not strong enough to stand it all the
time. So ! think I had better suffer all
alone, Jerome | hope you will, ii you
get rid Of anything, Iet Alice have the
house. Write to her and have her come.
Take good care Of Angelina. Dear, it
breaks my heart to think OF her. But
you take good care Of her wont You.
You may ask why | left. Jerome | am
just discouraged of having every once
Of a while someone picking on me; 50
end it. Don't look for me for you will
never get me alive. / viii die before |
ever get among this crowd again Even
If | have gone remember that / live as
a true wife and an honest life. Good
bye. | must kiss Angelina. Take good
care of her. Her close are all in my
trunk. ! hope she will live WELL But,
jerome, don't curse me- Perhaps / am
crazy. II / am let me be. Ill die alone.
Don't look for me. 1t is best not to. /
am lost forever to all Of you. Tell
mother not to worry. / am all right
she will see me someday. Goodbye,
forever.
Yours Phoeba 0rtelIi.
A definite clue regarding the womans
action was learned this afternoon from
Will $. Page Of Page Bros, the livery
men. Mrs. Ortelh worked for Mr.. Pace
four years ago, q short time before hes
marriage. When Mr. Page was oil liis
way to Waterbury Friday morning ha
saw Mrs. OrtelIi in the doorway of the
Central Vermont railroad station III
Montpelier The woman did not get on
the train on which Mr.. Page went down
from Barre. Mr.. Page immediately rec
ognized the woman and bowel to her.
Mrs Ortelli returned the salutafion with
a slight bow, so slight that Mr.. Page
thought she did not recognize him So
far as Mr. Page knows Mrs, Ortelli did
not take the same train out of Montpel-
Ter.