New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-04
WOUNDED WOMAN Who
LOST $4,000 vAN|SHES
Mrs. Mills Disappears from
Evanston Hospital: Breaks
Her Promise with Police.
MYSTERY GROWS DEEPER
Chief, Disputing Doctors, Says
Blow on the Head Could Not
Have Stunned Her-En-
velope Adds to Puzzle.

Have Stunned Her-En-
velope Adds to Puzzle.
Chicago. March 3.-Mrs Mabel Mills.
wife of real estate dealer Of san An
tonic. Tex. whose mytcrious loss OF more
than $4,000 presumably either 10y robbery
or accident, on Saturday nigh: stirred the
police of Evanston. a suburb. TO an cX-
tended investigation. to-day left the hos
pital To which she had been taken when
found dazcd and injured, and her present
whereabouts is as much of a mystery as
that of the large sum If none which SO
strangely disappeared.
Mrs. Mills left early i'm the afternoon
without giving the police notice. although
she had promised chief Shaffer she would
communicate with him when she decided
10 depart. Tho chief did not learn that
she had left until nicntfaIl, when he tcie-
phoncd To inquire about her condition.
He was then told she had been gone sew
erai hours. Tine belief at Present IL that
Mrs. Mills left Chicago tonight for st.
Louis. where she had previously told the
police she had business to transact.
The hospital authorities told Chief
Shaffor Mrs. Mills had an appointment
with her bankers in Chicago, and that
she had gone To meet them. The chief
communicated with them but they de
nicd they had seen or heard from her.
Cab and Auto There.
Tho missing woman is said to have left
the hospital AZ the rear entrance. A
taNlcab and a large limousine were drawn
M side by side. ami Mrs. Mills t. said to
have entered tho limousine car and then
To have alighted on tho other side and
taken the tsXicah. II is reported that her
friend Mrs. II. l.. stevens had previously
made reservations tor her on train.
\ maid AZ the Stevens home said Mrs.
Mills had passed Thursday night there.
two days Leforc her mshap. and that she
had complained of being i'll.
The police searched the ground where
Mrs Mills says she struggled for more
than an hour and "a half I'm the snow. and
under porchcs. where II vas hoped the
money. all III $500 bills. might have been
ing the woman AZ hospital. they an
only puzzled them the more.
Mrs Mills said she became conscious
only when she was being picked up on the
porch OF Mrs. 4. J. Cooper. 10 which she
had cranlcd. whereas chief OF Police
Shaffer of Evanston. said he had good
authority for stating that the bruise on
the back Of tho womans head was not
sufficient 10 have rendered her uncon-
scious and the physicians at the hospital
said Mrs. Mills could not have lost con-
seriousness from any other cause.
The envelope i'm which Mrs. Mills said
she carried the money on the street and
which was found empty had not been
sealed. although II was one Of the regular
safety deposit envelopes taken from "A
hotel where she had been stopping and
whore the clerk said he had seen the
money sealed.
Does Net Insist She Wa. Robbed.
Il told Mrs Mills that being a practical
business woman. accustomed TO handling
large sums OF money. as she said she had
IN her real estate dealings in San Antonio.
il appeared 10 me unusual that she should
urban street with $1,000 in cash in her
pocketbook." said chief Shaffer She
only repeated her previous story-that she
had been TO dinner at the home OF Mrs.
Stevens. a friend. that she was on her
way 20 railway station when. discover
Ing she had left her ticket and some
money at Mrs. Stevens's house. she re-
turned TO get what she had left. II was
on her way back that she said she lost the
money. The woman does not insist she
was robbed She says she became UNI
conscious. and when revived the money
was gone.
In the face Of the circumstances. was
told al the hospital that the blow on the
woman's head. whether from fall or
from a fist. was not severe enough 10
have more than stunned her. curious
thing is that one hour and thirty minutes
elapsed between the time she started To
walk back TO Mrs. Stevenss and the time
she was found on Mrs. Coopers porch.
block away from Mrs. Stevens's home.
I'm an envelope which Mrs. Mills left at
Mrs Stevens's home and for which she
was returning found $3.50. The envelope
was sealed and was marked r. q. Ball.
San Antonio, Tex. Do not open until
" ednesday.' That opened up another line
Of inquiry Mrs. Mills said she was going
To ST. Louis and then to Kansas City. and
she intended To send the money 10 Mr..
Ball her banker. from Kansas city. Why
she instructed that the envelope should
not be opened until Wednesday was not
clearly explained for II she sent the en-
velope from Kansas City it would not
have reached San Antonio before Wednes-
day. unless she meant Wednesday Of next
week. She said she had set aside that
much money to pay bill"
In spite OF the puzzling features OF the
case. Chief Shaffer said he was continu-
ing TO work on the theory that footpads
saw Mrs. Mills handle the money on an
elevated train. and, following her.
knocked her down when she walked UP q
dark street
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