The Hattiesburg news., 1915-03-11
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Hattiesburg department, Is comforting
with the various railway representa-
tfves. In this way. every nook and
corner of Mississippi will be secured
in the work of trying to identify the
mysterious person.
y Who she is and where she is from
is as much a mystery today as it was
nearly two weeks ago when the pretty
young woman registered at the Wash
ington Hotel in vicksburg under the
name Mrs. A. A. Thompson. Hatties-
burg, Miss was given a room, AMI
later was carried to the Charity Hos
phal in dying condition.
Every clue which the police of Hat
tiesburg and the departments of the
other Mississippi cities have investi-
gated, have taken them against a
stonewall. The report from Meridian.
that the woman might be Mrs. T. A.
Wright. of that city, was exploded to-
day. Several persons saw Mrs. Wright
after the day the woman died In the
Vicksburg hospital. and correspond
ent Of The News at Newton positively
ascertained that Mrs. Wright was Wis
iting near that township.
Follow Every Thread.
In the meantime, Chief Bennett and
his men are following every thread
which might lead to Identification
Much time has been lost by the de-
partment by chasing unfounded ru
mors. Many Of these we knew at the
beginning were without foundation"
Chief Bennett said today, "but we are
anxious to clear up the mystery and
for reason did not hesitate to investi-
gate them"
Following a description of the ar
ticles found in the woman's grip at the
Vicksburg hotel, which appeared ex-
clusively in The News yesterday. the
police called upon the various depart
ment stores and shoe and clothing es-
Adjustments today to ask If any OF
the articles described had been pur.
chased here. The task necessarily is
big one, and It will be a couple OF
days before complete report Is made.
Nothing about any Of the clothing IN
dicated the town in which 1t had been
purchaaed
From Meridian today. The News
received the following dispatch:
Not Mrs., Wright
"The only new development yester.
day in the case Of the mystery WON
an" who died last week under peculiar
circumstances in vicksburg was the
fact that J. d. Parker and W. NJ. Bur
ton, Of Neshoba county. who are
Jurors In the federal court, called at
the police station and after looking at
the picture of the woman declared
that In their opinion the woman was
not Mrs. T. A. Wright, who is missing
from her home in this city. They
stated that Mrs. Wright was In Phil
adelphia at the time that the woman
in vicksburg is reported to have died
The picture Is said TO bear strik-
ing resemblance to Mrs. Wright and
her husband was unable to say wheth.
er 1t was his wife or not.
"The gentlemen from Neshoba ooun.
ty state that Mrs. Wright told people
at Philadelphia that she was living in
Columbus"
Mrs. WrIqht Located.
Newton, Miss. March 11.-Your cor.
respondent has learned that the "mys-
terry woman" who died at vicksburg
last week is not Mrs. T. A. Wright. of
Meridian. Mrs. Wright, who was for
merly Mrs. Liddell, Is now with rela.
tives at Deemer. Miss.
Grand jury to investigate.
Vicksburg, Miss. March lit Is
the intention OF Chief Of Police Groome
TO place before the grand Jury that
oonvenes here the latter part OF the
month, all Of the data that he has
been able to get together concerning
the recent death Of the unknown wom-
an who registered at the Washington
Hotel as Mrs. A. A. Thompson. Hat
tiesburg." and at the home Of officer
t'hn Ne6. as Mrs Cameron. Of Me
rsdian."
! Chief Oroome stated that he tbinLs