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Asking That His Youngest
Child Be Cared For
Sheriff Parker Makes An
Investigation Of The Case
Believed That The Man Has
Departed For Kansas

Carey Price, we'll known citizen Of
Berlin township, is missing from his
home and all efforts to locate him have
been futile. The man left home ON
Sunday night, April z, and not the
slightest trace of him has been found
by officials Of the county and relatives.
The circumstances surrounding the
affair are rather peculiar and myster-
ious.
Some time ago Price separated from
his wife and since that time had been
working on the Kinney farm in Berlin
township. The members of the Kin
ney family were absent from home on
Sunday, April Z, and when they re-
turned in the evening they found a
note on the kichen table which said
Everything fed"
Carey Price.
A search of the premises was made,
but Mr.. Price could not be located.
The story was told to the neighbors,
but did not gain publicity until Sat
urday, April 13, when peculiar cir
cumstance resulted.
On the morning of April 1S, Sam
uel Popham, who resides in the neigh
borhood of the Kinneys found the fol-
lowing letter in his mail box, so he
claimed:
Sam: ! write you to tell you to
keep Nina for me. have written
a note to the sheriff to tell him
that want you to have her, to
keep until she is Of age. You
show this paper to the sheriff and
tell him it is the request Of brok-
hearted man. Tell him | gave
her to you as all the best gift, as
know she will have good home.
I look my last on my little chill
dren tonight. You see you get
Nina Price. .
Carey Price.
1t also developed that the letter ad-
dressed to Sheriff Parker, Mt. Vernon,
was also posted in the Popham mail
box. This note was as follows:
Sheriff: ! want you to see that
Samuel Popham has my oldest
girl to keep until she is OF age.
You see that he gets her. know
she will have a good home. You
be sure to see about It, as am
going away never to return.
Carey Price.
On Saturday morning, April 1S, Pop
ham informed the sheriff's office tha
the notes had been found and request
ed the sheriff to make an investigation
Deputy Sheriff Woolison went at once
to the scene and spent greater por
ton of the afternoon in searching
through the woods for the body o
Carey Price, but could find no trace o
the man having been in the neighbor
hood.
During the present week, Sherii
Parker decided to make further In
yestigation of the affair and In com
pany with Juvenile officer Purcell
drove to the Popham residence OF
Wednesday. The sheriff interviewed
number of the neighbors and especial
ly Popham. After some conversation
with the latter, the sheriff came to tn
conclusion that Popham was not tel
ing all he knew in regard to the case
Sheriff Parker then gave Popham
sweating out" and Sam finally az
knowledged that he had written tn
two letters, the one addressed to hin
self and the other to the sheriff an
had deposited them in his own mai
box, but that he had done so at tn
request of Carey Price.
Popham further stated that Prio
had considerable domestic trouble an
that he had decided to leave kno
county never to return and that b
would probably go to Kansas. In
der to get well out Of the county
asked Popham not to write the lettel
until nearly a week after his disa
pearance. The part of the progra
Popham carried out, so as to make
easy for Carey to get as far away FRO
home as possible.
Sheriff Parker is convinced th
Popham is telling the truth and tn