The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-24
MOLLIE BROWER'S
DISAPPEARANCE
r,
TWELVE YEARS HAVE PASSED
AND SHE HAS NOT
BEEN HEARD FROM.
DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT
Her Old Haunts at Dublin Know Her
No More-Hope Aban-
doned
DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT

The indianapolis Journal Of Sun
day contained a very interesting ar
ticle on a subject of interest to ev-
cry Wayne county citizen. The ar
ticle was signed I'D. M. b. and was
written at Dublin, the scene of the
strange occurrence:
In the fall of 1892, Molie Brewer
disappeared, as near as her friends
could discover, some where and some
how between Cambridge City and
Anderson. The mystery may posi-
bly, never be unraveled. She was
woman of strong personality, medium
height, robust form, very erect,
bright dark eyes, dark hair streaked
with gray, and altogether hand
some type Of vigorous womanhood,
then near the meridian Of life.
She was always jovial, with kind
word for all. Life was attractive to
her in its serious as we'll as gay
moods. Eleven long years have been
enrolled on Father Times massive
book, but the friends of Mollie Brow
err are no nearer knowledge of her
whereabouts than in 1892, when they
discovered that she was missing.
Mrs. Brewer was a childless widow
and for several years during her hus-
band s lifetime resided in Hagers-
town. where she was we'll and favor
ably known. She was left a widow
without dame fortune smiling very
favorably upon her. A well-to-do
aunt in Ohio offered her a home.
With the vim and energy that had
always characterized her, she ac-
copied a home, but refused charity,
and started ont in the world alone,
in the battle for a livelihood
When she first came to Cambridge
City she was directed to Mrs Morey,
widow, who occasionally kept pri-
vate b0arders, and there she went
each time. The last visit she made
she remained week or ten days and
on Sunday before the Tuesday on
which she left, she and Mrs Norey
were at the home Of Mrs. Dora NJ
BoWker from near l p. m. till 10.
Mrs. Morey went home, and Mrs.
Brewer remained all night and went
away early Monday morning. Tues
day morning she left her boarding
house. presumably for Anderson. The
last seen Of her at Cambridge City
by any Of her friends was possibly
by the writer while standing at the
side gate at the old home, where she
had just left. She looked back and
kissed her chubby hand as she dis
appeared out of view, on the south
of what is now the Hunter home. and
on her way to the station for Ander-
son.
The old station building Of those
days harbOred some tough characters,
no doubt. but whether it could have
told of this mystery is a question vet
unanswered. There is one thing GER
tain, SO far as any one has been able
to learn the mystery, for such it is,
lies between the old rattletrap that
burned at Cambridge City and An
derSon, and who can tell just where
it IS? If Mrs Brewer arrived at
Anderson, she failed to 90 to Pierce
ton. whore she had a cousin whom
she intended to see. The friends of
Mrs. Brewer do not believe she is
still living. She left lot Of clothes
at the home Of Mrs. Bowker's par
ents, and said she would be through
Cambridge City in about six weeks
on her way to her aunt's in Ohio,
and get them. Six weeks rolled
around, but Mollie Brewer failed to
come; other weeks have come and
gone and months passed into years,
and still she has failed to appear.
All that the friends and relatives
of Mrs. Brewer know is that she
dropped out Of their existence so