The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-11-05
IN SEARCH FOR HER HUSBAND.
Vile of Emmtt G. Davis Goes to Lex
iagton-Ne Clue to Whereabouts.

laws, Ac4t uSA pcuuLASoS, duO WlL4 I0S
care of four small children, one daugh-
ter and three boys, about Eve weeks
ago, spent last night in Lexington,
seeking information which might be of
aid in finding her lost husband. She
was cared for at the county Jail by
Sheriff Sim j. Miller. with whom she
held a conference, and after a long
conference with Frank W. Shealey,
clerk of the court, with whom Davis
spent a week, the distressed woman
returned to Columbia this morning.
Before leaving, Clerk Shealey made
up purse for the woman and chill
dren sufficient to carry them back to
Columbia, where Mrs Davis will con-
tinue in her efforts to locate her hus-
band. The case is one which has ex-
cited widespread interest The Wo-
man is in no condition to care for her
offspring, and since the going away
of her husband has been cared for
by the Associated Charities of Colum-
bia At first Mrs. Davis thought that,
perhaps, her husband had met with
foul play, but it later developed that
he came from Columbia to Lexington.
Davis left his wife and children in
Newberry, presumably to drive car
through the country. She was to fol-
low, the household effects being pack
ed and shipped to Sumter, where Dav-
is said that he had engaged work.
The goods are now at the depot at
Sumter, it is said, and Mrs. Davis de-
clares that all of her winter clothing
for herself and the little children are
tied up in the shipment:
Mrs Davis asserts that she will be
forced to place the little children in
an orphanage unless she hears some
thing from her husband-the little
girl to be sent to one place and the
three boys to another The thought
of parting with her children is prey
ing On the young woman;s mind, and
she is almost distracted.
She married Davis when she was on
ly IS years old, she says, and during
the fourteen years Of her married life
she has been the mother of seven chill
dren. She avows that she and her hus-
band never had quarrel during the
entire fourteen years, but for a week
before he left her she alleges that ne
seemed in a deep worry, but when she
would approach him on the subject OF
trouble, he would always declare that
everything was all right.
Davis spent week in Lexington
with the clerk of the court, having
been picked up on the Augusta road
about two miles from Lexington by
Mr.. Shealy, who was in his automobile.
He was walking and claimed that ne
was "broke." Mrs. Davis says that
her husband had money when he
left her; that he had just been PAID
off. and offered her SO besides her
railroad fare to Sumter. During his
stay in Lexington, Davis frequently
went to Columbia with the clerk OF the
court, and always seemed in the best
of spirits. On the afternoon OF the
10th of October Davis went to Colum-
bia in company with Mr.. Shealy and
Coroner Oswald, but did not return.
Upon reaching Roddy's automobile
shops, it is said, Davis was apprlsed
of the fact that the sheriff was look
ing for him, and he at once lett ms
friends and departed from the city.
Davis has not been heard from since
he left Lexington, although a postal
was received by one of his friends
here a few days afterwards, mallsd III
Augusta, but unsigned. 1t is the pre-
sumption that the card was from Day.
is.
Davis is an expert automobile me-
chanic and worked for the Gibbes Ma
chinery company, and also for the
Roddey Automobile company while in
Columbia. He was employed in the
railroad shops in Columbia for about
| four years, according to his state
ment. He is tall, of slim build, DARK
hair with gary streaks, is about st
wears old and weighs possibly l"'
pounds. 1t is thought that DAVIS Is
now as some point in Georgia, ano
any information leading to his where
abouts will be greatly appreciated by
Mrs. Davis.