Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-29
TAYLOR APPEALS
TO CITIZENS TO
FIND LOST WIFE
HUSBAND OF MISSING BRIDE
ALMOST IN DESPAIR
cLEW OF TRANCE MEDIUM is
FOLLOWED IN VAIN
Residents of Los Angeles and Vicinity
Are Urged to Join In the
Search-Wde Area
Covered

E. A. Tayor, husband of the
young woman who has been miss
ing mysteriously for six days,
last night appealed to the people
of Los Angeles and vicinity,
through The Herald, to aid him
in his search. If still alive, Mrs.
Taylor must be found or she will
perish; if dead, her body must be
recovered.
Any person having any definite
clew in this mysterious case is
asked to telephone The Herald,
or Mr.. Taylor, whose number is
West 517o.
Almost in despair, willing to grasp at
even the slightest clews. relatives of
Mrs. Ada Taylor, the beautiful bride
who has been missing from her home
for six days, have gone to every con-
ceivable length, hoping to obtain some
trace of the young woman.
Hundreds of clews have been sub
mitted. to the husband, e. A. Taylor,
and to the girls mother, Mrs. Roland
Showalter as we'll as to the police Of
ficers who were detailed to aid in the
search. Each of these clews has been
run down, and every possible thread
has been traced it's farthest length in
the hope that something definite could
be learned. Despite these efforts every
thing concerning the present where
abouts of the young bride is mystery.
The police department is doing all in
it's power to aid the heart broken hus-
band to find his missing wife, and fol-
lowing out a suggestion made by the
girls mother that she feared her daugh
ter was hiding in some newly con-
structed and vacant building in the
city, instructions have been sent out
that every vacant house be searched.
Search Vacant Buildings
According to the reports made at the
central station in accordance with these
instructions, scarcely a vacant build
ing has been missed, and beginning
with this morning the uninhabited
sheds and houses throughout the county
will be searched. This step, 1T is under
stood, will be taken in accordance with
instructions from the sheriff's offices,
and deputies from Los Angeles will be
detailed to see the work is properly
done.
Among those who have offered sug-
gestion to the relatives of the missing
girl are many spiritualists and sooth-
sayers, the majority of them claiming
to have received visions and to be. able
to direct the officers to the place where
the girl now is or where her body may
be found.
Yesterday a woman called at The
Herald office and stated that a girl, a
neighbor's daughter, during the morn
ing had vision In which she saw Mrs.
Taylor in hiding. The girl, according
to the woman, said Mrs. Taylor was,
alive, but had met with an accident and
was dazed. The woman refused to give
her own name or that of the girl. She
said, however, that Mrs. Taylor was
lying in a dazed condition in a shady
nook a short distance in the rear of the
pest house in Chavez canyon, and in
order to find her 1t would be necessary
to take the route past the Barlow sani-
tarium and along the Chavez road.
When Mrs. Showalter, mother of the
missing girl, heard of this 1t was de-
cided to engage an automobile and fol-
low the slight clew.
Mr.. Taylor, the husband, who was
conducting search in another direc-
ton, was Informed by telephone of the
contemplated trip and arranged to meet
the searching party at the pest house.
After reaching that point it was de-
cided to separate and to search all
vacant buildings, hooks and corners of
the district.
This was done, but despite the earnest
efforts of the members of the party
and Herald reporters they failed to find
any trace of Mrs. Taylor.
Last night word was received that
young man, one who has been greatly
interested in the search, had for two
nights in succession dreamed of seeing
the body. and each time it was in the
same place. He has been able to
describe the clothing worn to the
nlinutest detail. and early this morning
searching party will be arranged to
visit the spot and see If the body can be
found.
Word was carried to Mrs. Showalter
yesterday that Mrs. e. J. Buxton of
New York, now living at 1548 Sixth
street, had seen a young woman closely
answering Mrs. Taylors description at
Ocean Park Sunday, but all efforts to
run down the clew were fruitless. Mrs.
Taylor formerly attended school in that
city, however, and her brother, Roland
Showalter, believes it probable she re-
turned there.
1t is claimed by relatives of the girl
that Mrs. Taylor frequently went sew
eral days without eating and never
showed any Ill effects from her fasts.
They say it Is probable she has gone
without eating since the date of her
disappearance, but they do not fear for
her on this account.