New Ulm review., 1913-01-08

u Trace Of Missing eIli
No information has been discovered
which will lesd 10 the solution Of the
|mystsry Of the dtssppesrsnce Of Miss
Aug tsta JennioR from s.. Alexander's
Hospital nearly three weeks sgo. No
si9s. o. her has besn found, no resson
Tor hsr absence has developed and
hsr relatives and friends are left
more in the dark thsn ever % dsss 60
Ibs a3d no hint Of = clue 10 discovered.
The touog woman hss apparently dis.
sppepred o completely o tho she
hsd dissolved into thin air.
A tuln0r WAS current lsst week thst
M hs,dy Of tho unfortunste girl had
- nSiouni IN tho woods on the Albert
B,stlgrr farm 10 Milford. Il wss
repossed Ihat she vas found seated o.
tho foot Of . tree, leaning sestns, The
'ruot. us.d, whether from exhaustion
.,r cold or hunger, did not sppesr 10
tho report. Tho rumor spread slI
over the city and country side and
~ss practically the same wherever
heard but its source could not be
lessned and it gradually died out,
'e.vine the ystery deeper than
beanre.
The story of the dissppearaoce -
b,ld 10 our columns two weeks ago
rrmslns tho same. She had been vt
.be hospital taking treatments for
melanchulia. Tne nurse. and atsen.
dsais could scarcely believe she b. d
spy Serious meutsl trouble because Ot
ser Kindly, friendly disposition and
oscatss she vas sppsrently rational
% ell matters. she complained q
|,ioss Of being worried and sfr.id that
|s0mehsrm MAS coming 70 her. She
seemed 10 feel that sOme one wanted
so hprt her but exhibited no other
stRno OF dement18.
She had several ttmes asked the
nurses II it could not be arranged thst
shs could stay at the hospital and
work because she felt 90 secure and
.~esase she liked the surroundings
The. moroing Ut the day she OILS.
appeared she hsd told the sisters that
she wished to write 10 her brother,
aeLfy Jenning Of Morgan, to come
heiose Christmas and make arrange.
mems tbst She might remain at the
hosr!,sl indefinitely and : letter
sfiSsu BY her 10 niece on Decefnber
9th ~as found after her disappearance
10 which she also spoke Of how
pleasant she found it 1T the hospital
| aud her desire to remain there. The
sisters to please her had promised to
try 10 arrange the matter and Miss
Jennings was particularly bright and
cheerful the moruiug Of the day she
Misrepresentation this makes the
my stery harder to solve than II she
had exhibited sens Of dissatisfaction
or extreme melaDchOlis.
Miss Jenning had been under Il Q
special care Of Mss Helga Bolstsd
while at the Hospital but Miss Bolstsd
vas called home and It was not
thought necessary TO wstch Miss
jennings closely. She had been
allowed TO walk on the hillside to get
an airing ut different times snd
Thursday afternoon Dec. 10Th, "
| about two o'clock she was seen to
cone in from q walk and then to pass
out again. She walked up and down
he hill. No ono hss been found who
noticed her acting st al suspiciously
or speaking to any ono but at four
o'clock II vas found that she had
utn'rly disappeared. Search vas made
and it was found that she had walked
to the Chapel and back but no other
signs were TO be seen.
Search vas made at once along the
roads leading through Milford, With
no result; inquiries st tho local rail-
way stations developed nothing; tho
locsl police discovered no trace Of tho
missing girl in the woods and fields
about the Hospital and in the c0uotry
adjacent. Friends, scquaiotaoces
aud relatives were all communicated
with but to no avail. Absolutely 90
clue has been offered except that IT.
was reported that young woman
answering 70 the description of Miss
Jeoning had been seen At the Omaha
station 'in st. Peter. A complete
description of the miss!np girl appears
in another column Of this issue. Any
Information or suggestions as to
g.. h~~ t. oru nno>