Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-12-02
WOMAN DISAPPEARED
No Trace Of Mary A. burlington
Since Monday
Husband Said She Had Spoken Of Endino
Her Llfe-searching Parties Have
Worked Diligently.

Worked Diligently.
Mrs. Mary A burlington of Bellows
Falls, an inmate of the Brattleboro Re
treat disappeared early Monday after
noon and not the slightest trace of her
has been found, although her husband s
l.. burlington, c. Jondro, II. A. Palmer,
BOY Scouts and parties from the Retreat
nave made a dlligent search She en-
tered the Retreat a few weeks ago on
account of nervous disorder with which
she had been afflicted since February and
her nine -year-old boy went to Bristol to
stay with relatives. Mr. burlington, who
Is superintendent of the Bellows Fails
district for the Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance company, noted no marked improve
ment in her condition, and he says she
was despondent at times and that she
spoke of putting herself out of the way
to relieve him of her care. He thinks
that II she has carried out her suggestion
she mas not done so by drowning, as she
had an aversion toward water, as she
also had toward guns.
She was a parole patient and often Wis
tied at the home of Mr.. Jondro at No. 3
South Main street after dinner, return
ing early in the evening On Monday
she obtained permission to visit there and
started out, wearing a black straw hat
and long, dark, close-ftting coat and
she has not been seen since About G
suspicious and communicated with sew
eral places where Mrs burlington might
nave called but no one had seen her
ana her husband and the police were no
tihed Mr.. burlington came from Bel
lows rails and began a search assisted
by TWO agents of the insurance COMPANY
whose headquarters are here. Mr. Jon
dro and Mr.. Palmer Mrs burlington
was physically weak and this led her
husband to believe that she could not
have gone far from the Retreat With
the TWO other men he began search
oil the NIL west of the Retreat and the
territory lying between the Connecticut
river, West river. the Retreat and the
Mll. hunting all night with lanterns. At
midnight snow began to fall. making the
search harder. As the snow deepened
small shrubs in the light of the lanterns
resembled a human form and more than
once the searchers We're bouyed up with
the hope that they had at last found Mrs.
burlington. y small party was sent out
from the institution in the morning and
people in the surrounding country were
notified by telephone and otherwise to
be on the lookout
On Tuesday night, exhausted by their
work, the searchers returned to the home
OF Mr.. Jondro ana secured little rest
Early next morning they were out again.
but their work was made doubly hard bv
the heavy snow which compelled them
10 wear ruDher boots. All day long they
hunted and when night came they re-
turned to town, but started out again
yesterday morning During the fore
noon party Of Is men from the Retreat
made a search through the territory in
which 1t is thought that Mrs. Purring-
ton may be- under the direction of Mr.
burlington and his friends About
o'clock a party equipped with graphing
irons dragged the Chestnut hill reser-
voir and the pond owned by the CRYSTAL
Springs Ice company. After school
picked party of about 90 Boy Scouts
ranging in age from IA to Il searched
along the railroad tracks. over the Brad
ley farm and along the West river. These
boys volunteered for the work and H. L.
Piper who has command of the Scouts
was besieged by boys old and young
anxious to take part in the search, but
only the older boys We're chosen. The
parties gave up at dark and Mrs Pur-
rington's disappearance still remained a
mystery.
Mrs burlington is described as being
33 years old, five feet and four inches tall
and of fair complexion. Mr.. Purrington
has had little rest since Monday night
and has used every endeavor to locate
his wife, whom he married II years ago.
From her fear of the water he is fairly
confident that she would not drown her
self. He hopes that she has wandered
somewhere and is being cared for bv
persons who do not know who she is and
who have not heard of her disappearance.
but he has little faith that such is the
case. Buoyed up by hope of finding her, he
is using every ounce of his energy. and
whatever the outcome of the search may
be he can only feel that he did ALI in his
power to locate his wife