Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-27
200 SCHOOLBOYS
TO SEARCH FOR
MISSING WOMAN
PUPILS WILL HELP FIND MRS,
ADA TAYLOR
MYSTERY OF BRIDES DISAPPEAR
ANcE INCREASES
Heart-Broken Relatives Leave No
Effort Untried That Might Lead
to Recovery of Her, Liv-
ing or Dead

Over 200 schoolboys of Annandale,
Eagle Rock. Highland Park and Gar
vanza, where friends and relatives OF
Mrs. Ada Taylor are convinced she was
really seen Saturday afternoon, Will
probably turn out today, as they have
signified their willingness to do, when
asked by E. A. Taylor, husband of the
missing woman, to join In the search
for his young and beautiful bride, who
it is now feared-if she has not met
with foul PLAYS lying in helpless
condition In some lonely arroyo In the
vicinity of Garvanza or Pasadena.
An appeal will be made to all the
boys of the various schools between
Avenue 20 and the Arroyo Seco, OF
which there are about six, to assist in
the search. Many have expressed Lneir
desire to do so.
Mr.. Taylor, husband of the missing
music teacher, said to reporter OF Inc
Herald late last night that he would
furnish all of the boys with car fare
and expense money, and that he be-
lieved it was the best way to find his
lost bride.
Boys to scour Hills
The boys will be asked to scour the
| hills far and near, and to make
| thorough search, as only boys know
how, of the wooded places, lakes, Gull
verts and little rocky canyons in vicin-
| ity of Eagle Rock and Johnson's lake.
| 1t Is a desperate though not the last
effort invoked by the womans friends
and family, the latter especially now
being almost broken hearted at the
long days and nights of search and IN
curry which have served only to deepen
| the mystery and increase their fears,
sorrow and anxiety.
| The search today, if the schoolboys
cooperate to the extent they have
promised, will be the most systematic
yet conducted, for the boys will act
under the guidance and direction or
lmany of the older folks who have the
search closely at heart.
Husband Leads Searchcrs
e. A. Taylor, the woman's husband,
was absent all day yesterday. from his
jewelry store at 217 East FIJI street,
as he has been every day sin( his wife
vanished, and was at the head OF am
lother large searching party composed OF
friends and relatives who again made
every effort possible to. find her, and
who sifted out each and all or the many
vague clews offered from the various
sources, but all without tangible result.
and the day passed and another night
came on with the mystery deeper than'
ever, and their labor unavailing-
Many members of the First Methodist
church, where Mrs. Taylor, In the days
when she was Miss Ada Showalter and
I'D to the time of her marriage to the
for so many years, have volunteered 10
assist in the search, and the parties
which will scour the country today VIII
be greatly augmented from this ana
other sources where the missing. Wom-
an was ever popular and beloved.
AS a leading musician, whose talent
was generally recognized, and as the
teacher of a class Of lao music pupils,
Mrs. Taylor also had hundreds or
friends in the music world, all OF
whom are deeply concerned at her as
appearance and who also Will contrip-
ute to the task of dispelling the mys-
terry.
The police, meanwhile, working along
the usual technical lines, are doing
what they can to locate her, and 1t Is
expected that by tonight the woman's
whereabouts, dead or alive, will be
known.
Friends are hoping that she will be
found living, but it was admitted late
last night that many fears are enter
tanned, and If living it Is much to De
doubted If she will be able to explain
the circumstances OF her terrible ex-
periences of the past few days, when
, she undoubtedly has been wandering in
delirium among the bills and byways.
Johnson's Lake Searched
A mart of Johnson's lake. which is
lonely body of water back of the
Church of the Angels and beyond the
old foothili tunnel at the end of the car
line on Avenue GA. was dragged yester-
day, but the equipment with which the
bottom of the formidable lake was
lcombed was not sufficient to decide defi-
nitely whether or not the body is there.
According to Mrs. Showalter, mother
of the missing bride, the first real
promising clew which has been given
them came yesterday from woman IN
Highland Park, who declares posltivey
| Mrc TaVtOr late Satur-
day afternoon, 5edraggled and covered
with dust, carrying her red coat on her
arm, and re-headed, walking YEARLY
along Avenue DO. The woman gave
thoroughly detailed description of the
woman, which Mrs. Showalter says tai
lies exactly with that of her daughter.
IT is the first clew, Mrs. Showalter says,
which they so far have placed any
confidence in.
According to the woman who saw
Mrs. Taylor, as she alleges, near Avenue
40. she appeared very tired and pale,
and seemed to be wandering aimlessly,
as If she did not know where she was
going. Her skirts were much soiled,
and her hair disarranged.
Should Have Stopped Her
.If only some of the people who say
they have seen my daughter. and who
claim to have observed that she APP
peared demented, would only have had
and questioned her." said Mrs. Showai-
ter, "she might now be safe at home
with us, and not causing us all this
terrible worry and anguish. There was
the Highland Park woman. for m
stance-why in the world did she not
; go up to my daughter and SEQ what
was wrong with her? Don't people re-
alize, when they see woman IN the
condition this woman says Ada was IN,
that there is something the matter? Is
there no sympathy or kindness among
strangers, that they will look at wo-
man roaming about-staggering- bare
headed and dusty and almost fainting,
, without pauslng to learn II they can
aid her? OH 1t Is terrible! don't
understand It,"
The mothers voice trembled from
emotion and she was unable to con-
| tinue.
The Johnson lake will be dragged to-
J day more completely, and Il also Is