Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-22
RELATIVES SEARCH
FOR MISSING WOMAN
FRANTIC klNSMEN ecoUR CEN
TRIAL IOWA FOR MRS. MA
TlLDA c. BUNCE
FOUND HERE AFTER
AN ALL-DAY HUNT
Enroute From Oskaoosa to Nevada,
Mrs. Bunee, Wto is 68, Got Off by
Mistake at Grinnel-Csme to TINS
CITY in tho Night, Where She Stays
With Friends.

search that extended all the way
from Oskaloosa, thru this city, to Ne
yada and in which anxious relatives
railroad officers and employees, police
and friends, engaged Tuesday, Tuesday
ais,ht. and today, ended happily this
forenoon in the finding of the object OF
the search, Mrs. Matilda c. Bunce'
aged IS, Of Oskaloosa, and formerly OF
his city. Mrs. Bunce disappeared
mysteriously en- route from Oshaloosa
to Nevada
The woman was found at the Friends
church this city Tuesday night, ana
this forenoon was joined by anxious
sons from Oskaloosa and Nevada VINO
come here and Joined in the search.
Got Off at Grinneil.
In the search anxiety and trouble
were caused by Mrs. Bunce, in a mo-
ulent OF forgetfulness, getting on the
1rain at Grinneu. She had frequently
made the journey before, and had even
travelled far into Canada alone. But
Ai1no .ars. Huaca IS q spry old lady, her
son. J. Edward Gunder, OF Oskaloosa,
with whom Mrs Bunce has been stay
ing. took the precaution 10 send his son
&c The station with his grandmother,
get her ticket, and see that she was
safely aboard. AS another precaUlon,
Mrs. C. A Gaunder. Of Nevada, the
,1aughter-ia-law, to whose home Mrs
Bunce was gong, came 10 this city 10
meet Mrs. Bunce.
Doesn't Come; Search Starts.
Mrs Gunder was here 10 meet the
north bound NJ. & ST. L. passenger on
which Mrs. Bunce left Oskaloosa, but
Mrs. Bunce did not get Oft the tram. y
search Of the cars showed she was not
aboard. Then the hunt for the missing
woman began. The telephone wires
were kept alive between this city, Os-
kaIoosa. and Nevada, notifying rela-
lives and ~ & ST. L. officers. The con-
ductor of the train was got on the wiTe
ct Albert Lea. He did not remember
che old lady passenger.
Search This City.
On the evening train there came
from Oskaiocsa J. Edward Gunder, the
son He personally searched this city,
and enlisted the aid of the police. But
sirs. Bllnce COLD not De found. Before
Mr. Gunder arrived here word had
been sent to the Nevada Gunders that
Mrs. Bunce had been found. But II
was 10 O'Clock at night, and word could
not be got TO the son, who was search :
ing in this city.
Goes to Friends Church.
j. Edward Gunder was still search
ing this forenoon when his brother, c.
A. Gunder, of Nevada. arrived and
brought the news thai their mother had
been found and was in this city. Either
vi en-
of forgetfulness, Mrs. Bunce got off
the train at Grtnnell. Passengers Of
the train were found who remembered
the old lady was on the train at Lacey,
the first station north Of Oskaloosa.
NJ & ST. L. officials had the Grin
nell station searched when the rela-
tives got the railroad interested. But
Mrs Bunce was not there. She had
gone from the station to the house of a
friend, and there spent the day.
Goes TO Friends Church.
Boarding the evening train Mrs
Mrs. Bunce came to this city. II was
getting dark when the train. which
was late, arrived. Mrs. Bunce IS saiG
to have paid no attention TO Charles
Deuel., train caller, when ne asked hel
where she was going. She sough
Officer John Weaver and asked direc-
ton to the home of friend. To-Day
was learned that Mrs. Bruce Went t.
the Friends church, where friends wh'
know her met her. From there sh
vas taken to the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
F. A. Havens, 4O4 West Linn street
where she spent the night. There he
sons found her this forenoon and &C
companied her to Nevada nightly re
iieved that they had found her an
that no harm had come to her.
Formerly Lived Here.
Mrs. Bunce is former Marshall
town woman. Her second husband wa
c. D. Bunce. and she and her husban
lived on either North First or Secon
streets. After Mr.. Bunce's death Mr.:
Ounce went to live with her sons. Sh
has not lived in this city for six Q
eight years.