Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27

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of no friends she had in the city. The
only person in New York known to
her. as far as we are aware, was her
cousin, John T. Jams, banker of No.
l44 East Thirty-ffth street. But he
and Mrs. Ijams are now in the Adiron-
dacks."
Dorcas Not With Or. Smith
bile the family OF the missing girl
do not believe that she sailed on the
steamer President Lincoln, with DR..
Smith. they are leaving nothing uu-
done to solve the mystery Of the dis.
appearance. Lieut.. Michael Silver
stein. of the Mount Vernon police has
followed up every possible clue and
Las failed to connect Miss Snodgrass
and the House Surgeon in any way.
He has made a conscientious scar h
but rs yet has been unable to make
any progress.
Following this clue Chief Foley Of
the police department today cabled
the English authorities to search the
steamer President Lincoln, on which
DR. Norman Smith sailed, and which
is due at Plymouth today.
No one is registered on the ships
records as travelling with DR.. Smith
and Miss Snodgrass' name does not
appear on the passenger list.
The brothers who have been dill
gent in the search for their sister Dor
cas- while following every possible
clue are almost convinced that they
know who is the cause of the disap-
pearance of their sister. AS every
other clue has been traced without
result, they have turned their atten-
ton to the third man, or rather the
first man to whom heir sister was en-
gagged
sill Another Sultor
AS intimated in the dispatches to
The World yesterday, another man
ed that this former shitor is Wesley
Hawkins, also of Mount Vernon, to
whom Miss Snodgrass was at one
time engaged.
Friends here are also becoming
more and more convinced that young
Hawkins has something to do with
the disappearance of the girl. The
detectives have been trying to locate
him for some days and have finally
succeeded in finding him up in the
Adirondack Mountains where he is
spending the summer. When question
ed about the disappearance of Miss
Snodgrass, his former sweetheart, he
declared that he had not seen her for
three years.
Hawkins Is Wealthy
Wesley Hawkins lives at Mount
Vernon with his parents and sister
and has known Miss Snodgrass for
some years. The father of the young
man is an officer of large refining
concern and is wealthy.
Hawkins and Miss Snodgrass at
tended the Presbyterian church at
Mount Vernon and were associated
the Christian Endeavor Society and
Sunday school. He is an officer of the
church and as such, had ample oppor-
tunity of becoming acquainted with
Miss Snodgrass when she first attend
ed that church when she went to live
with her sister, Mrs. Crider.
Friends here say that Wesley Haw-
kins some years ago, while touring
the country stopped in Martinsburg
and visited the young lady. 1t is
known to some here that Miss Snod-
grass and Wesley Hawkins were en-
gagged to be married some years ago
and that the young girl had gotten so
far as to have part If not all Of her
trousseau made.
Engagement Broken
While the mother, father and sister
of Hawkins were very charming per-
sons there was something about
young Wesley that caused dislike
for him. He was rather eccentric and
of very jealous disposition. After
a lengthy engagement and when most
of the preparations for the wedding
had been made there was serious OBJ.
lection raised by members of the fam
lily to the marriage. 1t is said that
Miss Dorcas hesitated to break the en-
gagement and that finally her oldest
brother told young Hawkins that his
visits to the home were no longer DC.
sired.
This sudden termination of the ro-
nance nettled the young man and he
made remarks of a threatening ma
ture. and intimated that in the future
there might be reason for regret be-
cause of his being forbidden the house
While it is admitted that Wesley
Hawkins statement that he has not
seem Miss Snodgrass for three years
is in a way correct. yet it is point I'd
out that they lived in the same town
and attended the same church and
were of necessity thrown more or less
together. That Hawkins may have
meant that he had not been at the
Crider home for three years or that
he had not visited Miss Snodgrass in
that time, friends will accept as cor
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