The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-06
Body of Lula FrakeS Discovered
by Russell Hustled
WAS LYING, AS IF ASLEEP, BE-
HIND CLUMP OF BUSHES.
Alleged Breaking Of Engagement by
Lover on Day of Disappearance Is
Feature.

Lying on the right side, with hands
under her face, as if in peaceful sleep,
the body of Lulu Frakes, the nurse
who disappeared from the Twin Falls
hospital Tuesday afternoon, was found
at 10:30 this morning by Russell Hus-
ted, boy scout about a mile below
the city in the Rock Creek canyon.
She had removed the brown coat
which she wore and ha folded it for
pillow. Though there was no super
ficial evidence of the ict the opinion
is quite generally exI 4essed that she
took a dose of morphine, crawled IN
by the rocky cliff under the clump of
small willows and went to her last
sleep. The reported receipt of letter,
alleged to constitute the breaking of
an alleged engagement, from her
sweetheart, Neil Mckay of Rogerson,
on the morning of the disappearance,
is striking feature of the case.
Il suppose that we will hold an In
quest, but we have no evidence on
which to base one yet" said Coroner
c.. ]. Crosby when asked in regard to
the matter, Just as THE TIMES was
ready for press "It may be as you
suggest, that it is probably a case of
suicide, but there is no use in sur
missing at present. We are trying to
gather all the facts that we can about
the case. We found nothing on the
body which would constitute evil
dence."
AS soon as the body was found, sig
nails were fired and the nearest tele-
phone used to bear the message to the
city. where the whistles were blown to
show that the long search in which
hundreds of men and boys were en-
gagged was at an end.
Miss Frakes, who had been in the
hospital for the past two years, had
been working on a special case for
more than a week and on Tuesday was
in an unusually tired condition. Miss
Ida Craycroft,. one of the proprietors
of the hospital noticed that she seem
| ed exhausted and about 200 O'Clock
in the afternoon told her to take va
cation for a few hours, saying thai
some of the others would look after
her patient during her absence. She
assented and throwing an old brown
coat over her uniform she went ou
walking westward from the nurses
home. AS Miss Frakes had been work
ing so long on the special case anc
had many friends, her prolonged alb
sence did not create any uneasines'
as it was thought that she had drop
ped in on friend and decided to sta!
over night. In the morning, however
Miss Nesbit, who is a partner of Miss
Craycroft in the operation of the hos
pital, took another nurse and began
search, which, when it did not resul
In getting track of the missing girl
was followed by a notification of tn
sheriff's office and the city police /
vigorous search was at once institute'
that continued all day Wednesday AM
all the following night. Numerous re
ports were in circulation, all of whicl
were promptly run down, only to fin
that they were groundless. Neil Nc
Kay, who was alleged to have writer
the letter breaking the alleged en-
gagement, was notified by telephon
and came to the city to join in tn
search.
Al examination of the room of tn
missing girl revealed the fact that he
hypodermic needle had disappeared