The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-06-05
Broke Smallpox Quarantine
and Left No
Trace.
Missing for Three Weeks
and Health Officers
Worry.

Health department officials are
vainiy striving 10 explain the mYs
terious dtsAppcaranee % an entire
family. the members % which left
their south fAgk home thrive NeekH
aKo during the might aud have not
been seen or heard from since
The mystery surrounds the an
usual ahssaeo Of Mr. and Mira p
Efmonds and their fiycy ear old
daughter Tho mother was suffer-
inE from smallpox 1t the time Aaa
the house had h@.n guaranteed on
the tay they we're lazi seen
The family cottage Il located al
18th AZ ; and Maiden lane. All the
furniture IL intact. the family cloth
iuE 10 stiii hanging In itn Aceun
toned place and the premises louk
a. n the people had only stepped
70 the beat door nslghb0rs for =
mom-at
The officers are positive that shs
family slmpls bFuke quarantine IL
the nixht time. bat their prutraet~d
absence. the entife LARK " AM
clue IS to Hkefe fhsY went. and
other peculiar features make II
ease az once unusual and interest.
iug
piseeSeres ~ Accident.
According 10 the information If
hand Nra Edmonds had heen suf.
ferinE fsan smallpox about two
weeks before any official notice
vas Fiven Then Inspector Met.er.
nho has charge Of contagious dts.
ease cases. happened to be Ia the
vicinity 10 quarantine a case 81
diphiharta NciEhhcsa called hin
attention 20 the lIiaeua OF Mrs -.
mondu he visited The honse and
then called pf Halt who Diagnosed
the case a. Htnallpas A auaFan
tinc VAS At once ordered
Mra. Edm0nda save the Inspector
to understand that she bad not cali.
ed 4 physician because her hun.
band had objected. fearing that
they wouid be quaFantinod The
place waa left in charge OF guard
and the same evening. while the
guard Naa temporarily absent. the
three members 81 the family diaap.
peAred
Edmonda. who works at the Sc.
attic Electric car barns Ia George.
town. did not show up again TO
work. aud left no word to- explain
bis absence The inspectors dis
covered the fliEht Of the family
the next day The house was ioeks
ed up. bat enough uf an inveatlKa.
ton was made 20 Hhus that there
had been DO foul PLAY
Nothing Was Disturbed,
80 far as could be learned from
the inspection which was permit.
ed. the family had left with only
the clothing they wore AZ the time.
Not a thing Was taken from the In.
terror Of the house Or disturbed Ia
any way.
when the officers finally located
the mans place Of business and
called at The Seattle Electric COIN
panys offices for Information they
were astoun6ed 90 learn that ha
had not shown up again for wsfg
after the night be disappeared with
bis family. and had not even called
to collect the salary which was due
him
Health Commissioner Crlehton
vas informed ~ these facts. bus
believed that the family had mere.
y gone away 10 avoid the quaran,
tine Nov that three weeks have
passed without q word further be-
Ing heard OF the missing people he
has become somewhat anxious and
unless something further develops
within the next day or two he win
call In the assistance Of the police.
Officials Cannot Act.
The owner Of the house refuses
to enter the premises. and Insists
that the health officials break into
the place and fumigate IL On thu
advice OF Corporation Counsel Cal
houn the officials Of the health de
partment have declined 10 attempt
any fumigatlon unless the house Is
first opened by the owner II Is
said the city would be liable for
possible damages should any city
employe break the lock on the
house.
Mra l. Hanson. OF t&ii Maiden
Lane. q nelghbor who lives across
the street from the Edmouds home,
Is now auafantined with smallpox.
and the authorities believe she con
tracled the disease from her social
visits With the Edmonds family
WASHINGTON June g. MaK
par. 81 years old. ol New York. il
held by the police for observation
as TO hls sanity lie was arrested
al the White House. where he told
the doorkeeper that he understood
that President Roosevelt had a lot
Of money to distribute and that he
called for his 100000.