The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-11-15
MRS. '. H. DAVIS
FOUND IN WOODS
SHE HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE
OCT. 27, WHEN SHE STARTED
FOR THIS CITY.
BODY WAS SECURELY HIDDEN
After Coroner's Inquest, Husband Was
Arrested and Others Believed to
Be Implicated Will Likely Be Ar
rested Today.
BODY WAS SECURELY HIDDEN

A murder mystery which Coroner
Jennings and his jury seem to be rap
idly unravelling, came to light yester-
day morning, when the body of Mrs.
V. H. Davis was found about one mile
this side of Thalman, on the A., B x
A. railroad, where it has been since
the murder was committed on or
about October %, that being the last
time that Mrs. Davis was seen alive
Up to last night one arrest had been
made, that of V. H. Davis, husband of
the murdered woman, while others
are expected to follow today.
The dead woman, wife of the woods
man of the Georgia Coast Lumber
company, left Hortense, Ga, 40 miles
from Brunswick, to come to this
city on the date give above. Size has
not since been seen and all efforts
to locate any trace of her failed. Rel
atives, after it was learned that she
had never reached this city, institut-
ed diligent search, but not the least
clue as to her whereabouts could be
aScertained. She has been resiipg
with relatives at Hortense since last
January, when she and her husband
separated, and previous to that time
lived near Thalman.
Yesterday morning early a passar-
by discovered the body in a secluded
spot in the woods this side of 'Thai-
i
of it, was hidden in behind a ce.vy
underbrush, and the remains were N
such state of decomposition that
identification was made possible only
by clothing worn by Mrs. DAVIS end
by two gold teeth, which werr left
in perfect tact. Hogs and pIzzards
had so eaten her body that only few
bones remained, together with the
skull, but near where the body was D.
Gated was found portions of the Nom-
ans clothes, including her shoes, pur-
chased in Brunswick, her hat and r1r-
tions of her dress.
Coroner Jennings was at once noti-
fed and, accompanied by deputy sher-
ifs, he Immediately left for the
scene of the murder where a jury WIS
empanneled and an inquest held, ard.
while the result of the inquest was
not made public by the coroner last
night, it was learned that SOM strong
evidence against the husband hal de.
veloped upon which he was arrested
and brought to this city and placed
in jail. He learned of the discovery
of the body and went to Thalmann,
and learning that he was wanted in
connection with the crime, surren-
dered and returned to this city with
the coroner last night
Evidence before the jury yesterday
developed the fact that Davis and his
wife were separated last January and
an alimony suit against the husband
Is now pending in the Glynn superior
court. Testimony was introduced at
the inquest showing that Davis had
threatened his wife on many occa-
sions, and it was upon this and other
substantial evidence that he was neld.
Relatives of the murdered woman ar
rived on the scene yesterday and
were present at the inquest. 1t is un-
derstood that the woman had quite a
sum of money, something like $3.50,
when she left Hortense. Near her
body yesterday was found a handker-
chief with a so bill wrapped in it.
That the woman was murdered and
not killed by a railroad train is prac-
tically certain. Her body was found
some so or Is feet from the railroad
tracks, large hole, two inches in
diameter, inflicted with a blunt instru
N1ent Of some kind. told the story of
how she had been murdered, and near
where the body wa; located was
found piece of iron, which may have
been the weapon used by the muir