The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-01
BELIEF EXPRESSED
THAT SHE IS DERANGED
Postal lard Addressed to Her Hus-
band From Missing Woman Is First
Clue Had By Her Folks Since She
Left Her Home on the Tenth OF
Last Month.

Mrs. C. HI. Ormsby, of benton Har-
bor, who has been mysteriously miss
ing from her home since Sept. 10, has
been in Hammond most of the time
since then and yesterday revealed her
whereouts 10 her family and friends by
sending them a postal card upon which
was her Hammond address.
The postal card was addressed to her
as he received word of her whereabouts
he boarded an interurban car, came to
Hammond and took his wife back home.
The case was one of the most puz-
zling the police have been asked to
deal with in the annals of the depart
ment and all hope of locating the mis-
sing woman had about been given up
when she explained the mystery by
writing the postal.
Last Seen Sept. 10.
Previous to the discovery of her
| wherea bouts, the last seen of Mrs.
Ormsby was on Sept. 10. On that date
Mr.. Ormsby purchased round trip
/ ticket for his wife at Benton Harbor
and put her on a Southern Michigan
! car She was to have gone to South
| Bend to visit her daughter, Mrs. Ed
ward T. Stewart, of 736 California ave-
nue. Nothing was known of her disap-
| pearance until the following Saturday
when Mr.. Ormsby came on from BEN
| ton Harbor to join his wife.
Upon reaching the Stewart home he
| learned that his wife had never ar
rived there and inquiries among her
friends in South Bend failed to produce
a single clew as to her whereabouts.
The police were notified and when they
failed to find trace of her, her rela-
tives became greatly alaramed and a
systematic search of all the surround
1 ing towns ws instituted.
Detectives on Case.
Chief New eeny delegated detectives
| to investigate the case and numerous
clues were run down, but all were at
tended with failure. From the time
she was put on the car at Benton Har-
Dor by her husband until he received
| the postal. absolutely no trace of her
| could be found.
The fact that she had more than
s10O in a hand satchel with her at the
time of her disappearance inclined the
police to the theory that she had met
with foul play. The river was watched
and every hotel and boarding house
was visited. but not a single tangible
clue could be found.
Many Cities Notified.
The police at Indianapolis. Fort
Wayne, Elkhart, Goshen. LaPorte, Mich
igan City Grand Rapids st. Joseph
Big Rapids and other cities We're tele-
graphed to- and Sheriff Joseph Tennant
of Benton Harbor, mailed circulars
with a minute description of the wo-
man. broadcast.
The first news of her recovery
reached South Bend yesterday wher
her daughter received a communica-
tion from Benton Harbor signed by
Mr.. Ormsby in which he said Mother
is here and we'll Was in Hammond
where l went and got her"
Thinks Mind Dernnged.
Mr. Stewart when seen last nigh
said: Il have not received an explana
tion from Mr.. Ormsby as yet. but botl
my wife and l are of the opinion tha'
her mothers disappearance is account
ed by her mind being temporarily un
balanced She was not we'll when SHE
left home and we think her mind be
came affected while on the car ano
that she forgot her identity for tn,
time being.
How she came to go to Hammond
is a mystery to us as she has no rela
tives or friends there and what sh,
has been doing all this time is jus
as unexplainable Her mind must hav'
suddenly cleared and remembering
where she was. wrote TO her husband
We are much relieved now that she wa:
been found safe and we'll as her alb
sence led us to fear fhe worst"