The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-09
2jAtE WIDE SEARCH
BY POLICE CONTINUES
photograph of Woman CT Mystery
VINO Died in vicksburg Hospital.
after Registering From This CITY,
which Appeared In The News Ex.
e'uslVely, Being Used in Search.

The identity Of the young woman
OF mystery whose body lies in an un-
dertakng establishment in Yicksburg.
while the police Of all Mississippi are
trying to locate her relatives. is still
unestablished.
kNTwo of the three clues on which the
Y police of Hattiesburg have been at
4 york since they were first called upon
to identify the woman, have netted
them nothing.
A third is being run down today.
Chief Bennett said this afternoon that
by midnight he would either have the
identity of the mysterious woman who
died in the Vicksburg Charity Hos
pital week ago tomorrow, positively
established or else would definitely
find that she is unknown here.
The photograph a. the mysterious
woman which appeared exclusively in
The Hattiesburg News before any 9TH
er Mississippi newspaper could obtain
it, caused much interest in the city
and adjoining county.
4. From the meager description sent
by wire from vicksburg several days
ago, many Forrest county persons
thought they knew the woman Her
photograph further convinced many of
them that the face is familiar. It has
not been positively identified, how
ever.
Clue Leads to SumraIl.
One of the clues Of the police has
lead them to Sumrall 1t was stated
othat woman answering the descrip-
Jtlon of the dead woman, and resem-
&Hng her photograph, was known
there. Copies of The News were dis,
patched there, and this afternoon
former acquaintances Of the woman
are inspecting it.
Whether the woman committed sui
eide, was poisoned or died as a result
of criminal operation, has not been
definitely ascertained. An autopsy
has not yet Been performed, but this
may be done within a short time.
Chief Bennett learned today that a
few hours before the woman was TAX
en- from a room in the Washington Ho-
tel, Vicksburg. to the hospital where
she later died that she had burned
every bit Of paper and other identifi-
cation marks which might lead to her
friends or relatives. She told maid
al the hotel that she did not desire
any Of her friends or relatives to know
of her condition.
From vicksburg today came the fol
lowing dispatch:
Chief Groome yesterday morning
received most pathetic letter from
one Miss Myrtle Williams, of Newton
Miss. Making inquiry concerning the
Young woman who died here, asking
for complete description. etc, believ-
ing that It was possible the deceased
might be her mother whom she says
left home recently after having often
Walked of suicide" Some of the things
Written point to a similarity in ap-
- Ynarance with the unknown dead wom-
~ an here, but Chief Groome is sure that
they are not one and the same from
some other parts of the letter from
the Newton lady He has written fui-
" in reply to the letter Of inquiry.
New Orleans Asks.
"Anotber letter just received was
from Mrs. s. C. Brand of Station b.
pFp. no. 2, New Orleans, who ASKS
for information concerning the De
ceased saying that she had "a relative
who has disappeared" Chief Groome
has written full particulars IN reply
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