Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1910-02-19
MYSTERY IN
GIRLS DEATH
Frozen Body Found on Beach
at Atlantic City.
MARRIED MAN IS GONE

Seen With lana Adans--oody Was
olshsured and Clothing Tern and
Stained With Blood.
The police OF Atlantic City, N. J..
are trying hard to solve the myste-
rious death OF Jane Adams, the
eightesn-year-old daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Adams. The girls body.
still clothed In the gown and trinksts
she donncd to attend ball the even
ing OF Feb I on Young's Pier with her
sister Alice and two brothers. William
and Arvis Siler. frozen. dishgured and
the clothing torn and blood stained.
was found on the beach by the crew
OF trolley car. near Harrisburg ave-
nue..
The mother Of the girl. who has been
III since the day that her daughter
disappeared. insists that her daughter
met with foul play. The police have
sent out orders to arrest William Sile-.
a young married man, who was lat
seen In the company OF the girl. NJ =
his brother. Arvis. Both have disap-
peared A warrant was sworn out for
the arrest of William Siler but the
police could not find him He has left
q wife and TWO small children here In
destitute circumstances
Surgeons. who examined the wound
IN the girls head. declare that II must
have been inflicted before the body
entered the water There was little
water found In the lungs. One theory
is advanced that tho girl fell from the
pier. where she was last seen In the
company OF Siler. and that in the de
accent her head struck sharp point
The two sisters we're 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 ~.
lice have learned that they met out.
side William Siler and Jane Adams.
The younger sister says that the
quartet went 10 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 10 the dancing pa.
vilion and, william siler. she says. in.
duced her sister to remain with him.
The Adams family say that Alice
and her sscort returned home and the
mother asked the whereabouts OF the
elder daughter. Learning that she was
in company with the young married
man. she hastened TO his home. where
she found both brothers
II was nearly frightened 10 DEATH
said the mother. "snd told William
Siler that he had done something 10
my Jane. Ills face was white and I
told him he 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 r"
fused admitiance.
william Siler gains q livelihood do
ing odd jch-. Saturday he disappeared.
This action led the mother 10 believe
that he and Jane had eloped. No sus.
picion WAS entertained that the girl
had met death until the trolley 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
II was not until thawed out that the
body could be examined. Roth eyes
we're dlscolored. az though from q
blow. and hole In the head satisfied
the surgeons that the girl had been
dead or dying when she plunged into
the SEA.
The underclothes were torn. and
marks Of blood we're found on the
skirts DESPITE the condition OF the
body the father and mother Of the
dead girl made instant Identification Of
II when summoned 10 the morgue. The
hysterical mother screamed her bs
lief that her child had been murdered