New Ulm review., 1912-12-25
Girl VaniSheS
Leaves NoClue
Patient At The st. Alexan.
der Hospital Disappears
Mysteriously.
Search of Surrounding Coun.
try Fails To Reveal Any
Trace of Her.

A mysterious disappearance which
has not yet become very generally
known forms q topic for conversa atior
sod wonder at st. Alexander's
Hospital this week. A young woman
patient who had been at the hospi, al
some two pe.ks Cisappsartd last
Thursday, leaving no more trace THAI
If the earth had opened and swallowed
her where she stood. Diligent search
BY the hospital people, friends and
relatives of the girl and the local
police has failed thus far to reveal
any clue to her whereabouts and all
are 1t loss to know where to look
next. The case offers sn opportunity
for some amateur detective to get on,
and distinguish himself by finding the
first hint Of her hiding place.
The young woman 10 Miss Augusta
Jennings of Morgan. She has been at
the hospital taking treatments for
melsucholis. Tho nurses and stten-
dsnts could scarcely believe she had
any serious mental trouble because of
her kindly. friendly disposition and
because she was apparently rational
ON all matters. She complained at
times OF being worried and afraid that
some harm was coming to her.
She had several times asked the
nurses If 1t could not be arranged that
she could stay at the hospital and
work because she felt SO secure and
because she liked the surroundings.
The morning OF the day she dis
appeared she had told the sisters that
she wished to- write to her brother,
Henry Jennings of Morgan, to come
before Christmas and make arrange
ments that she might remain at the
hospital indefinitely and . letter
written by her to a niece on December
8th was found after her disappearance
in which she also spoke of how
pleasant she found it at the hospital
and her desire to remain there. The
sisters to please her had promised TO
Try to arrange the matter and Miss
JelDings was particularly bright and
cheerful the morning of the day she
disappeared - and this makes the
my story harder to solve than it she
h ID exhibited signs Of dissatisfaction
or extreme melsncholis.
Miss Jennings had been under the
special care of Miss Helgs Bolstad
while At the Hospital but on Wednes-
day evening Miss Bolstad was called
homo by her mothers illness and 1t
was not thought necessary to watch
Miss Jennings closely. She had been
allowed to walk on the hillside to get
An airing at different times and
Thursday afternoon Ut about two
O'Clock she was seen to come In from
. walk and then to pass out again.
She walked up and down the hill. No
one has been found who noticed her
acting At al suspiciously or speaking
to any one but at four O'Clock it was
found that she had utterly disappeared.
Search was made and she had walked
10 the Chapel and back but no other
signs we're TO be seen.
Theodore johnson whose family
is related by marriage to the girl
vas communicated with and be ard
:. r. Graft made an immediate search
O ut thru Milford for five miles, going
out and returning bv different routes
but found no one who had seen her.
The relatives we're communicated with
but no one of them had heard from
her up to Saturday evening. The
local police, Sheriff Julius and Chief
Kl ause were asked to make search.
They went over every foot otground
Ind woods in the vicinity of the Hos
pital and found absolutely nothing to
snlighten them. The river banks
have not yet been searched altho some
tear the patient may have attempted to
commit suicide as she had evidenced
J uicidal tendencies before being
brought to tho Hospital. Inquiry was
made at the local railway stations but
40 one remembers having seen her.
It 10 thought that possibly Miss Jen-
aings may have gone to the Cities.
Che had some $500 IN money with her
L 10 believed as her sisters who visited
her recently gave her that amount and
Is can not be located among her
at the hospital. Nothing else