The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-02-17

FOIICc OdJ TIC wac 1iiS
Seen With Jane Adams-Body Was
Disfeured and Clothing Torn and
Stained With Blood.
Atlantic City, Feb. 1.-THE police
of this city are trying to solve the
mysterious death OF Jane Adams, the
eighteen-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Adams. The girls body
still clothed in the gown and trinkets
she donned to attend ball the even
ing Of Feb. on YOung's Pier with her
sister Alice, and two brothers, William
and Aryis Siler. frozen, disfigured and
the clothing torn and blood stained,
was found on the beach by the crew
OF a trolley car, near Harrisburg ave
nue.
The mother of the girl, who has been
Ill since the day that her daughter
disappeared. insists that her daughter
met with foul play. The police have
sent out orders to arrest William S1ler,
u young married man, who was last
seen in the company of the girl, and
peared A warrant was sworn out for
the arrest Of William Siler, but the
police could not find him. He has left
a wife and two small children here in
destitute circumstances.
Surgeons. who examined the wound
in the girls head, declare that it must
have been inflicted before the body
ha Thnrn
water found in the lungs. One theory
is advanced that the girl fell from the
pier, where she was last seen in the
company of Siler, and that in the de-
scent her head struck a sharp point.
The two sisters were employed in
Boardwalk stores. The younger, Alice,
sixteen years old, obtained permission
from her parents, who live at 10 North
Missouri avenue. to attend the pier en-
tertainment with Arvis Siler The po-
lice have learned that they met out
side William Siler and Jane Adams.
The younger sister says that the
quartet went to the dance on the pier
and afterward walked to the end of
the structure, extending 1000 feet over
the breakers. Half an hour later Alice
started to return to The dancing pa
viliOn and, William Sil,r, she says, in.
duced her sister to rem in with him.
The Adams family say that Alice
and her escort returned home and the
mother asked the whereabouts of the
elder daughter. Learning that she was
in company with the young married
-, l.
she found both brothers.
Il was nearly frightened to death"
said the mother. land | told William
Silcr that he had done something to
my Jane. His face was white and |
told him ne lied when he said that
Jane had left him and started home
alone"
Later that night Mrs. Adams. still
alarmed, made a second visit to the
Siler home, and says that she was re-
fused admittance.
William Siler gains n livelihood do
ing odd jobs. Saturday he disappeared
This action led the mother to believe
that he and Jane had elOped. No sus-
piCiOn was entertained that the girl
Id'l mt utdCll ulllll the IIOlleS crew
discovered the body on the beach in
VentnOr.
The black coat and the skirt worn
by the girl when she left home were
frozen fast to her body and limbs, and
it was not until thawed out that the
body could be examined. Both eyes
were discolored, as though from g
blow. and hole in the head satisfied
the surgeons that the girl had been
dead or dying when she plunged into
the sea.
The uuderclothes were torn. and
marks of blood were found on the
skirts. Despite the condition of the
body. the father and mother of the
dead girl made instant Identification OF
it when summoned to the morgue The
hysteriCai mother screamed her be
lief that her child had been murdered