The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-01
DEAD Or
RUN AWAY
Strange Disappearance
of Woman in
Honolulu.

Sudden disappearances are of com
mon occurrence in great mainland cites
and, as a rule. do not attract any re-
are so many ways in which a man or
woman may drop out of the ken of
those who know and love them, that
hope dies hard and there is always a
more than even chance that the miss
ing one may some day again return
to the circle of those among whom he
or she was wont to move.
In Honolulu however, things are want
ly different. It would seem to be i'm
possible that a person could vanish
from the town without leaving some
and every channel of egress submitted
to such close scrutiny that the names
of those who go and those who come,
is soon matter of common knowledge.
And yet a woman has apparently
dropped out of existence here and a
devoted husband is on the verge of
insanity with his grief.
Mrs. w. 1. Goodwin, formerly resid-
ing at 1928 Emma street, kissed her
husband goodbye early last Tuesday
morning, ostensibly to go TO work. and
since that time has not again been
seen or heard of.
Whether she had been kidnapped,
whether she left on a steamer bound
for the Orient or the Golden Gate, or
whether she has taken leave of her
troubles by her own hand, are matters
which only the revealing future may
decide.
. The Goodwins arrived here from San
Francisco on September 27. They had
passed through the horrors of earth
quake and fire and the generous climate
of Hawaii appealing to them, they
took passage by the S. S. Siberia.
Goodwin has done many things and
holds credentials for excellence of
character from many people of IMPORT
ing the Worlds Fair in Chicago, serv-
abroad and helped keep the peace of
Canada as a member of the Northwest
Mounted Police. He has the appear
ance and manner of a gentleman.
Mrs. Goodwin is a refined woman
ature.
She is a prepossessing and striking
looking woman, thirty-two years of age
and weighing about 166 pounds. Eer
height is five feet and three inches.
Her eyes are large and light brown in
color Her hair is light brown. Her
is white rather than rud-
dy. A person passing her on the street
would turn round to look at her again.
The Goodwins landed here with some
seventy dollars in their possession and
sought for employment.
In this quest, however, they were for
a long time unsuccessful. Finally,
the Associated Charities, Mrs.
Goodwin secured a position with Mrs.
L. G. Kellogg as a sempstress.
For week and two days she did
sewing for Mrs. Kellogg but on Tues
day she failed to put in an appearance.
On Tuesday morning Goodwin saw
his wife for the last time and did not
know that she was not at the Kel-
loggs' place until along In the after
noon when he had occasion to telephone
her and was informed that she had not
been there all day.
The husband Immediately returned to
the house on Emma street and discov-
cred that his wife had taken practical
ly nothing with her but hat, an E.on
jacket, a marriage certificate and the
ashes of long dead child. They have
been married thirteen years and their
only child died when quite young and
was cremated.
Since Tuesday the husband has
sought all over town for his wife and
grief has driven him nearly crazy The
couple were devoted to each other and
according to the man, had never had
a serious quarrel during the whole OF
their married existence. /
Goodwin, interviewed by an Adver- .
Liser man yesterday, had the following
to say:
We've been married for thirteen
years and have never had any trouble.
This is the first time that my wife has
ever given me any uneasiness. she
had no vices and does not drink and
IN willing to stake my life that there's
40 man in the case. I know she loved
NE and she knew that I loved her.
One thing makes me sure that she
went away on her own accord; she
.ook the baby's ashes and her mar
Rage certificate, also an extra hat and
gray Eton jacket with SILK lining.
strangely enough, she left her best
clothes and shoes behind her. At f:2o
L. m. on Tuesday she went over to the
store to get me bottle
If ginger beer. On coming back she
made a cup of coffee and then kissed
ne goodbye. supposedly to go to the
place where she was dressmaking. 1t
s the terrible uncertainty that worries
ne. If 1 knew that she had left me
,old or committed suicide I would try
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