The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-26
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.Asl1eville People Determined He.
\, . Shall BE Run Ri. Down VI, and &
n n Brought to Justice.
BY A STRANGE PROVIDENCE q 1. J & \ Z:
IA LadyiWrites to Friend ofsMl.][is g
Hood Without knowing ofsa535
tl1e.R Relationship. %I#

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BASKERVILLE, N q, June Is. --dlssssJosc-
phine Hood the Asheville girl Who was
sinnrried to ..''Lord Douglns., nlihs John
tC. Cavendish, In New 1beriat d La, De- De-
oember 18TH last, Il and who loft witt, her
husbaid Immediately differ the sceret11ony
for an, extended visit to 3 Mexico, I. and
whose whereabouts 4 has sitlce been .un::
known, Is believed to be in Santa Ann
Ca M where sic Is working In an effort
tptrnantain herself, having been deserted
by her husband and left practically s.des:r
stitute. II l X, "a I. s5Y s3ssss,et !;,
"a letter was received $infg tleSl citysyes-
terdny bringing the inforlnation2 that q
young woman from thisRcity was in Santa
Ana, ss In q SSpltlnble conditions slck land
pehnlless, and striving to earn her own
living. IA The letter was written by Mrs.
Thomas L. Gambler, Of Long Beach
CAL, friend OF Miss Hood g family.
to sher friend, Mrs. Edith Yard \ B cam.
81 Ashevllle- Mrs. Gambler had been IN
Santa Ana q few days before sllo wrote
the letter and heard OF the condition OF
tbs lost girl. but she lid net learn tn the
young 1ady's name. ~ From the tone Of
aware that the grlef-strlcken girl was q
daughter 81 her Intimate friends
Telegrnn1s have been sent to tho chief
OF pol Ice, Mayor, and several other peo-s
h ple In Santa Ana, and Il the relatives OF
MISS Hood are monlen tart xpecting q
message bringing Information which will
lead TO the location Of the lost girl!
Santa Ana officials have beer asked i \ TO
+ do ! all In their power for the comfort
fled as Miss Hood liz q 8S5f5
s9a 1t lis a. singular fact that In nearly
every instance. when CaYendish, mar
3ried, lie took his wives to Monterey or
some other place in Mexico. and there
deserted them and left them pennlless
to return Z o their homes as best they
could. It Is believed that Miss II god was
has sue ceeded in working her way back
into the + States as farns Santa Ana
and 4. ok poets to eventually III reach her
home and friends The pro ximity$ OF san
Ia Ana I o tho Mexican border lends color
to the theory that Miss Hood was Do l
serted IN Mexico. s3.5S
s Mrs. Charles M, Plat. ar, aunt OF the
missing girl. said last night: reallz e.
that nothing can be certain yet, butt
am fully confident that my niece has
Sbeen found. " I know that she ! 9 grieved
over her misfortune. and that the rea \.
son I, She does not write Il Is X because she
does not want us to know Of her ,deser-
ton. She was one OF the proudest girls
ID ever knew, a nd 4 am certain she would
srp thcr work *hersefSnlnloyts to death than
scall.forg help fron, her, FAM sSs
ssTh e#letterS OF MRS. Can lers va ten
without the knowle age of VIII Q the dis
tresaed WI y ten en- merely
to get asst stance for theG suffering girl,
who had been betray ed. III was merely
by accident that the relatives OF Miss
b Hood sl1eard { Of the 5comnlunica tlon.
The ciflzefls OF SAslieyille haveNbeen
Thrown into a. high pitch Of excitement
by tho loss OF Miss II GOD. n reward
has been offered for the capture OF Cavern
dish, and a fund is being raised by pop
9ularf subscription TO make the sum large
enough 10 induce T'lnkerton's detective
agency 4 to take up the hunt, Fs3
a letter has been received by Miss
Hoods mother from Mrs. Gladys Sim
OF the deserted wives Of the biEamist
which. gives a pitiful account of how
she was duped. She met the alleged son
Of the Marquis OF Queenabury in Hot
Springs, ~ and was married to linn ter
short acquaintance. She followed him
to Monterey, and expected to- so near
San Luis Potosi, where, he said he had
S25. 900 in gold buried benea n q tree! lie
told her soon after arriving ut Monterey,
4 that he needed funds, and when dispute
arose z he ATTEMPTED to Kill her! by nd
3mlnIstering poison and . fled. " leaving her
without any money whatever to make
her way back home ss &; VI Il,
4 This Mrs. Cayendlsh has offered q re-
ward for the arrest Of Cavendlsh. and
will Join tho Asheyille relatives of Miss
Hood In Il bringing rim to Justice. lS
Secretary Root has taken the matter
up with the 4 United States officials lin
Mexico, and ordered the consul at Vera
Cruz to have that city thoroughly search.
cd. M ij {4i5 III s 398 si VI! ie5
Governor Swanson, OF Virginia. and tho
Governor of louisiana, have stated they
would probably offer rewards for cayen-
dlsh'a arrest, as he has committed acts
oi bigamy in both OF those States, In
Virginia he Is said to have married q
woman in Norfolk and another In / Alex
andrin. s IF ID, sl HI H ~ s&