The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-19

That is the last word Miss Shake
and the Ccdys have Of her. When
she left the Cody hospital she had
| but n change Of clothing, the bulk
of her belongings being now at the
hospital. Not 80 much as a telephone
message has been received since that
afternoon of Dec. 8.
The above refers to a young woman
who spent the summer in Madison,
employed as nurse in the local hos
pital. With two other nurses she
gave up her position last month and
the day before Thanksgiving they de-
parted for Minneapolis where they ex.
pected to obtain employment. The
mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Vet
~terlein attracts special local attention
in view of the fact that with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. s. Currsn,
she resided in this city in her child
hood, the family removing from Madi.
SON when she was perhaps six or eight
years old. Her father was a lawyer.
and for a time occupied the position Of
county clerk by appointment. Some
how he did not succeed in his business
here. He was of the Col. Sellers type
of man-always at the threshold OF a
fortune of millions to be derived from
coal mines, gold mines and other en-
terprises in which he alleged he was
interested in different parts Of the
country. The family removed from
Madison more than twenty years ago,
and are remembered only by early
settlers. Little was heard of the
family after they left Madison. but
a few years later word was received
that Mr.. Curran had died somewhere
in Iowa. 1t seems that Mrs. Curran
with Fannie and a younger sister re-
moved to the east, taking up their
home in Philadelphia where thew had
family relatives. Early the past sum-
mer Mrs. Vetterlein arrived in Madi-
son unannounced and became u guest
at the Lake Park where she remained
a week. Recalling the ame of q few
families with whom her parents had
been acquainted. she called upon them.
but of course was not recognized until
she had introduced herself as Fannie
Curran when she was remembered and
given proper hospitality. To those
whom she met in this city she relat-
ed about the same story of her mar
riage, etc.. rs is given in the story
taken from the Minneapolis news
paper. Her coming to Madison where
she had neither relatives nor acquaint-
ances she explained resulted in q desire
to visit the town in which she had
passed a norton of hei childhood.
Mrs. Vetterlein is rather an attractive
appearing woman, somewhat inclined
to romantic visions, not unlike her
father as he is remem bered in this
characteristic. Her parents were of
the Catholic faith in which denomin-
alton Mrs. Vetterlein is a communi-
cant, and reRula rly attended Catholic
church service during her stay in
M adison this summer. Her mysterious
disappearance has created something of
a sensation among those in Madison
who know her. And they are at a loss
TO account for il as she is q mi of
apparently much experience 10 the
ways of the world. During her stay
in Madison it is not known that she re-
ceived any financial assistance from
: her father -in-law, referred to by her
In relating her family connections.
The Minneapolis journal received in
this city today gives the following &C
count of the case and the return OF
Mrs. Vetterlein:
Unable to account for her where
abouts since she drank a ~teaspoonful OF
brandy, purchased in Minneapolis and
: taken, she explained, to prevent
: diphtheria c~ontsgion, Mrs. Frances
Vetterlein. a nurse of the Cody hos.
pitsl, 1876 Lyndale avenue N, returned
to the institution today. after "A mys.
| tel ious absence of eleven days. The
woman's mental condition was such
that Mrs. William Cody. head Of the
, hospital, said she will be placed in the
: care of friends until relatives. living
9 either in New York or Philadelphia,
5 can be communicated with.
Mystery surrounds the past of Mrs.
! Vetterlein, and the only explanation
of her absence to the hospital authoii-
utlts was tudt ucChusC VI cACcbsiNo BIlcl
? at being separated from her two sons,
4 aged 10 and I2. who are in school at
! Buffalo, N. T., at Christmas time,
she became respondent.
"She acted strangely" said Mrs.
d Cody. ''When she returned the other
> nurses were afraid to answer the bell
J so l let her in. She could tell me only
that che remembered nothing after
Itelephoning to me Dec. 8, from a no
= tel, except that she had purchased 9
! bottle of brandy and had taken a tea.
. spoonful to prevent diphtheria conta'
. gion. She had an idea that she had
Q taken II car to st. Paul. and had beer
in a rooming house there since that
I time. She explained that her grief
ut being away from her two boys al
Christmas time WAS more THAI shs
! could bear, and she was possessed Of
an uncomfortable desire to be away by
herself
Mrs. Vetterlein, who IL SO years Of
age. came to the Lyndale institution,
according to Mrs. Cody. from a hos
pital at Madison, s.. D., where sh'