The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-03-16
Nothing Heard of Woman Since
Fateful Saturday Night
Two Weeks Ago.
DOUBT NO LONGER EXISTS
SHE WAS DROWNED IN OHIO
Insurance Company Will Pay Reward
of $25 for the Recovery Of
the Body.

Nothing has been heard of Jessie
Dratton since that fateful night TWO
weeks ago when she in company
with Nose Endicott went down to d
barge in the Barrett fleet moored
just below The Halliday,
1t was about s o'clock Saturday
night, February 2S. that she ls.t
the Silver Moon restaurant, 4Aa
Ohio street, with Endicott saying
that she vas going to the movies
but, however, turned soathward,
this action provoking piece of
repartea from her friend Florence
Davis, employed at the restaurant,
who said: funny way to so to {
picture show, kid"
The following morning, Sunday,
Florence Davis was aroused by En-
dicott who demanded to know tic
whereabouts of his brief acquaint-
aucc of the previous night. lie
claimed that Jessie Bratton had rvb-
bed him, which later was found 10
be untrue as Endicott had left his
moncy, $50 with the proprietor cf
the restaurant.
Late: in the day Endicott was ar
rested for being intoxicated anl
lodged in Jail in default of the pay
ment Of IS fine and costs which
was assessed against him upon his
plea CT guilty. He remained in jail
for two days and then paid the bal.
ancc Of tae fine and was released.
He was seen about the city a couple
of days ago.
Endi2ott when intcrrogated Gy
the police in regard to the Bratton
woman said that he did not know
where she was or when she left tho
boat rs he was in a drunken stupo"
and asleep at the time. He was
not sure about being robbed, prob
ably not remembering the deposit
Of money made with the proprietor
OF the Silver Moon restaurant.
Jessie Bratton came to Caao
about three months ago from Gary,
Ind, first stopping off at Shoals
Ind, for a brief visit with her aged
mother, Mrs. Matte Shaw
Her mother arrived in Cairo sCv-
eral days ago and when seen yester-
day afternoon was hcartbrokCn over
the disappearance of her daughter.
She Is the beneficiary of life instr
ancc policy left by her daughter in
the Prudential eLife Insurance con-
pany, who will pay a $25 reward for
the recovery Of the body of ier
daughter. Mrs. Shaw. is satisfied
that her daughter fell in the river
and was drowned. She feels, al.
though she did net see Endicott
while here, that he had no direct
hand in the disappearance or drown
ing of her daughter.
The approach to the Barrett
wharfboat to which was attached on
the outer side the boat to which
Endicott escorted Jessie Bratton, IS
by a long timber or spar about -
or % feet in length on the top of
which Is nailed two planks each ten
inches in width making a walk
twenty inches wide. This is in
clined at an angle of 25 percent.
That night the river registered %
feet on the guage &C more than yes
terday and the Barrett wharfboat
was we'll spared out from the shore
and the gangway had possibly a
greater pitch.
1t was when leaving the boat al
midnight she essayed the difficult
feat of walking alone down those
two narrow planks from which she
slipped and fell into the river, tn,
current which runs swift carrying
the boiy under some of the barge;
or a steamboat moored below.
The strictest search brings tc
light 70 one who heard STREAMS
when The woman fell into the river
In the little house which the paii
occupied on the barge has beer
found two round elongated side ha,i
rats, a celluloid tucking comb ant
a handkerchief which belonged t,
Jessie Bratton. The fact of Tho
finding of the comb and the hand
kerchief indicates nothing unusua