The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-11
WANDERED FROM HOME
YESTERDAY Afternoon
Clue Of Her Whereabouts Until
Early This Morning.-Search Main
tanned All Night.

Rigid and cold in death, and lying
half submerged in the waters of
Bouie river, near the Riverside brick
yard, about three miles north of this
city, the body of Mrs. James Sigler
was found and recovered by a search
ing party, about s o'clock this morn
ing.
Mrs. Sigler ielC ner home, 1916
Main street, about o'clock yester-
day afternoon, but no uneasiness for
her safety was felt until the after
noon began to wane and she had not
returned. Still, members Of the fam
lily had reason to believe that per-
haDs she had gone to the home of a
neighbor and was remaining longer
than usual and that she would be
home before dusk, On account OF
the feeble condition of her health,
however. il was deemed eXpedient to
search the neighborhood to make
sure that no accident had befallen
her, and this was done without result.
When every section of the immedi-
ate neighborhood had been searched
and no trace OF the missing lady had
been found, members of the family
and their friends began to entertain
serious fears lest some accident had
befallen her, and searching parties
were organized, going in every direc
tion, making an exhaustive search of
the territory within radius of sew
eral miles Of the city; but no clue was
found until this morning.
a party headed by Messrs. J. d.
Bennett, J. f. Bennett and Arthur
Hayes were the first to learn any
thing of the movements of the unfor-
tunate woman after she left her home
yesterday afternoon. This party had
gone in a northerly direction, and in
the vicinity of the plant of the Riv-
erslde Brick & Manufacturing Com
pany, about. three miles from the
city, they encountered some negroes
who related that yesterday afternoon
shortly after 8 O'Clock, they had seen
lady walking in the direction of
the river; they had paid no particular
attention to her they said, because
they supposed her to be someone who
resided in that vicinity and who had
started to visit a negro quarter near
there for the purpose of seeing a SER
want perhaps. The lady's appear
ance was described by the negroes,
and the searchers were confident
they were on the right track.
Proceeding in the direction indi-
Gated by the negroes, the searchers
secured the woods, examining the
ground where it was soft and dusty,
until finally, in by-path which led
from the public road down to the
rivers edge, imprints of small shoes
were discovered. These were fol-
lowed, and the party was led directly
to the edge of the river. At this
point the shoe prints were distinct
and easily followed They led down
an embank{hent to the waters edge,
and numerous tracks at the brink of
the stream indicated that the little
woman, frail and tired from her long,
dusty tramp of three miles, had sat
upon log which was lying partly in
the water, indicating that the wan
derer had waded into the stream at
this point
A boat was secured and the river
searched, with the result that perhaps
three hundred yards from the point
where she had attempted to cross the
stream, the lifeless body of Mrs. Sig
Ter was discovered, half submerged
and rigid, lying against some drift.