Abilene weekly reflector., 1914-06-18

i tinued quietly all afternoon and In
to the night. No one reported hav-
4 ing seen Miss Pherson until this
p morning.
: 1t was thought at first that she
: might have obtained permission
3 from ]. e. Brewer to leave the store
for the day and an effort was made
, to get in touch with Mr.. Brewer
who had motored to Idana, in Clay
county. He could not be reached by
telephone there during the night,
and it was not until Mr. Brewer ar
rived home late in the evening that
the hope that he might know of the
woman's whereabouts was given up.
i 1t was decided to wait until morn
ing before starting a systematic
search of the town and the sur
rounding country, and the word was
passed around that unless definite
news should be forthcoming by
morning, the fire bell would be rung
and the whistle would be blown to
summon searchers to the city hall. |
1t was o'clock when the town was
startled by a proloV ID ringing of
the fire bell and the whistle sound
ed at intervals. When 40 men and
boys had arrived ct the city hall,the
party was organized into groups to
search the town wards The
groups were heade n ]. B. Case
in the second ward. Zen Dobkins on
the southside. H. Dss.Humphrey in
the fourth ward and L. A. Duck
wall in the third ward. Barns, out
houses and sheds were searched and
vacant houses were entered and
hunted over from cellar to garret.
As soon as Coroneg wagetnan found
the body the fire bell rang to re-
call the other searchers.
Left the Room in Order
The body of the woman was in
stopped position, her knees on the
floor. Her head had fallen over
against a bench, and one arm was
above the head, the other hanging
loose. Her hat had been on her n
head, but had fallen from her as Il
she fell forward. A wristbag and r.
gloves were at her side, and the II
cup and the bottle con- II
aiming the poison lay on the floor te
rhe act evidently had been COM II
nitted shortely after noon yester- :
lay as the body was purple when =,
Ound. The bag contained some
etters of recent date, a handker-
hief, receipt from the Fraternal
Md, of which the deceased was
member, and bank book, but no di
inal communication. Sa
The woman's room was found in liz
rder Her clothes were laid away Nj
eatly and nothing was disarrang- co
d. She had not suffered any money tt
,ss of consequence. 10
Ordinarily Miss Pherson went to IN
or homo nv ooino nm puckova o,,d MI
lrning east on Seventh, or she went OF
trough the alley between Buckeye =
I'D Kinney. Thursday just before I
BON C. S. Kraybill, who has a feed
ore on Buckeye, spoke to Miss |
herson when he met her by the
race Reformed church on Fifth
rect. He noticed nothing unusual
Miss Pherson's appearance or
ak. Mrs. H. c. Fritz, who lives 7
the corner of Fifth and Kinney, S
W Miss Pherson coming along
fth street, so that the respondent
,man must have gone north on
lney, entered the alley at the rear
the place where she was found,
d entered the outhouse to DESTROY
rseh. Had she come down the
ey from the other direction, Mrs.
ckwall would have been likely to
J her, as there is an open space
the rear of the Duckwall home.
Seemed Happy at Work
She had always seemed happy
l contented with her work at the
re-" ]. E. Brewer said today. Just
ore l left Thursday morning
given her some special work to -
and she had done it well and
erfully. She was a good clerk -
! no one at the store had any
ught but that she was entirely not
'py." you
Wednesday night, Miss Pherson late
been out riding with Mr.. and
!. c. s. Brewer in their motor
and had seemed in good spirits.
mt a wear ago Miss Pherson left