Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-06
Mystery of Mrs. Daugherty':
Death Is Partially Cleared
Up Today
1T WAS NOT CASE OF MURDER
Cause Of the Supposed Husbands Dis
appearance is Believed to be Desire
to Escape the Scandal Following tn,
Revelation of His Life With Woman
Who Was Not His Wife,
pecial to Times Republican.

Special to TimeS-Republican.
Des Moines. Aug. 6-It was disco
cred today that the woman suppose
to be Mrs. Edward Daugherty. who wa
found dead yesterday in her room. WA
not married to Daugherty at all, BIZ
had been living with him; that he
name was Miss Cynthia Ford. and SHE
was divorced from w E. Harris, las,
March.
The divorce was granted without
contest and she resumed her maidei
name. Daugherty can not be found
The theory now is that he knew of he
death before leaving yesterday morn
ing and simply left the country tie
avoid being mixed up in the scanda.
because of the fact he was not married
to her He had not been at work foi
some time and there Is a mystery as to
where he got the money. The wolna'
appeared to have died a natural dealt
Special to mes-Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. ED Daughert
a former Rock Island railroad fireman,
is wanted in Des Moines to tell til
police what he knows about the mys
terious death Of his wife, which oo-
Cured yesterday.
Mrs. Dougherty was found dead II
her bed at 91S West Grand avenue, .
2:3O O'Clock, which was probably ses
eral hours after Dougherty left De
Moines for destination which detec.
ives have failed to learn.
When a friend went to the nat apart
ments OF Mrs. Dougherty yesterda}
shortly after o'clock to spend the al
ternoon with her she found the doc
locked and the key inserted from tic
outside. Entering, she found the dead
body of her friend lying upon the bed
beneath a quilt which evidently had
been carefully smoothed. The body
was completely concealed by the quilt.
Mrs. Dougherty was lying on her
back, with her head to the foot Of the
bed Her arms were folded across her
abdomen and her head was turned
slightly to the left. A portion Of the
neck was slightly discolored, and the
same discoloration was appearing upon
other parts of the body. The body
showed plainly the signs OF approaching
decomposition. She had been dead,
physicians afterwards said, for at least
six or eight hours. It was then $3.50
o'clock, and according to this statement
of physicians, her death occurred be-
tween and 8 o'clock in the morning.
What He Was Doing.
Near the hour when her death must
have occurred. Mr.. Dougherty went to
the home of friend OF his wife on
West Grand avenue, requesting her 20
spend part of the day with his wife.
1t was then exactly 9 o'clock.
Dougherty said that Mrs. Dougherty
was not feeling well. and that mas
much as he was about to go to Valley
Junction upon business trip. he de-
sired that she should have company.
Where Did He Go?
Dougherty has not been seen by Des
Moines people since that hour. Detec-
tives worked all yesterday afternoon
searching for information relative 70
his activities during the day. but with
out success. He did not go to Valley
Junction, railroad men and others Of
that city who know him well. say, and
he has been seen by no one of his
friends or acquaintances in Des Meines.
About II o'clock last night, two detec-
tives. working under the direction of
Chief Hardin, returned from Valley
Junction with the statement that
Dougherty had not been seen there
during the day or evening, to the
knowledge Of people who would un-
doubtedly have seen him.