Milford chronicle., 1910-02-18

stainee With Blood.
The police OF Atlantic City \ J"
are trying hard 70 solve the myste.
-lous death Of Jane Adams. the
aIehtceu-yearold daughter OF Mr. and
}frs Charles Adams The girls body.
,tll clothed in the gown and trinket1
She douued 70 attend a ball the even
ing OF Feb On Young's Pier with her
sister Alice and two brothers. William
and Arws SHer frozen disdgured and
the clothing torn and blood stained
was found Oh The beach by the ere"
u ,roue, eaf near Harrisburg ave
me
The mother Of the giri who has been
nI since The lay that heI daugAtei
disappeared insists that heI daughter
met with t0uI play The police have
seut ont orders to arrest William S'ler
q youns married man who was last
seen n the company OF the cir, ana
his brother Arvis Both have cisap
peared = warrant was sworn out 'oI
u.s ares o. William SAer but t.s
police could not find him He has lr.
wife aud TWO small children hrre 49,
destitute circumstances
Surgeons who examined the wound
ir "a, girl. head declare that 10 must
taye beer inflicted before the body
entered the water There was lltt."
water found in the lungs One theory
is advanced that the girl fell from me
Tier. 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 81
tertalnment with Arvis Siler. The DO
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 rho Dier
and afterward walked 70 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 Siler, she SAYS in
5uced her sister m remain with him
The Adams family say that Alice
and her escort returned home and the
mother asked the whereabouts Of fhe
elder daughter Learning that she was
in companv with the young married
man. sho FASTENED 70 his home where
she found both brothers.
- was nearly frightened 20 death"
said he mother. and { told William
Siler that ne had done something 20
nv lane His lace was white and
told him ne lied when h- said that
lane bad left him and started home
alone
Later thar night Mrs Adams. still
alarmed made a second visit 10 the
Siler home and says that She was re
fused admittance
William Siler gains a l.t.IA00' 10
ing odd jobs SATURDAY hr 3.-"nne I.
This action led the mother 20 believe
that he and Jane had eloDed No sus-
picion was entertained that the girl
had met death until the trolley crew
discovered the body on the beach in
NentnOr
The black coat and the skirt worn
by the girl when she left home we're
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 a
blow. and a hole in the head satisfied
the surgeons that the girl had been
dead OF dying when she plunged into
the sea
The underclothes were torn and
marks N 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 to the morgue. The
hysterical mother screamed her be
lief that hel child had been murdered.