The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-05-25
Mrs. Dennis and Sister, Thought
to Be Dead, Are Now Lo-
Gated In Alaska Town,
Says Chief.
MURDER WAS SUSPECTED
Following Strange Disappear.
ance, Innes and Wife Were
Tried on Murder Charge
Failed to Convict.

Seattle. Wash. May 23.-Mrs. Eloisc
Nelms Dennis and her six.er, Miss Be-
atrice Nelms, of Atlanta. Ga. in con-
nection with whose mysterious disap-
pearance two years ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor e. Innes, OF Eugene, Ore, were
tried in San Antonio, were living in
Seattle and Snohomish, 80 miles north
of here, until August, 1915. according
to information gathered by j. f. Byl-
ling, chief of police of Snohomish.
Bylling said he had not positively iden-
titled the women, but he said he had
reason to believe they were the missing
helms sisters. ..
Bylling said that the evidence he had
gathered indicated that Mrs. Dennis
had lived here and in Snohomish as
Mrs. Patrick Buckley, wife of q former
Snohomish saloonkeeper. Mrs. Buck
ley's name was Eloise. Her sister, Be-
atrice, Bylling said, lived In Seattle
until August, 1915, when they went to
Alaska to join Buckley, who left Sno-
homish in October, 1914. He did not
know their present whereabouts.
Went to Alaska.
The BuclSleys went to Snohomish in
the summer of 1914, Bylling said, and
Buckley conducted saloon until Octo-
Der of that year, when he sold out and
went 10 AldShd, leaving MIS-. buckley
in Snohomish. Her sister, he said,
lived on Tenth avenue in Seattle, but
he did not know the exact address, nor
did not know the name by which she
was known. Mrs. Buckley, he said,
had property I'm Seattle and spent part
Of her time there before going north.
Bylling said that Mrs. Buckley, with
whom he was acquainted, never men,
toned the helms nor Innes case in his
presence and, although she did not say
she came from Atlanta, she frequently
referred to the fact that she had lived
In Georgia. Bylling said he believed she
Joined Buckley in San Francisco two
years ago.
Describes Woman.
Bylling described Mrs. Buckley as
stout woman, feet inches tall. 80 to
35 years Of age, of dark complexion
The names Of Patrick Buckley, Mrs
Eloise Buckley, Mrs. Eloise Dennis and
Miss Beatrice Nelms do not appear in
any Seattle directory.
M. j. McGuinnes, former city attor-
ney Of Snohomish, who was attorney
for Buckley, said that the property held
by Mrs. Buckley was held in the name
of Mrs. Eloise Dennis. Mr.. McGuin-
ness said he learned this when he came
to Seattle with Mrs. Buckley to trans
fer the property which she sold before
going to Alaska.
Tho Case. .#
Atlanta, Ga, May 22.-MeEsages to a
local newspaper purportlIg to come
from Chief of Police Bylllng, Of Sno-
homish, Wash, and from an individual
signing wv. J. McGuinness," OF the
same town, say that Mrs. Eloise helms
Dennis and Beatrice helms, sisters,
who disappeared from their home more
than two years ago, are alive and liv
ing in Alaska. Victor Z. Innes and his
wife were tried in San Antonio on
charges of killing the women, but it
never was proved they were dead.
Innes and his wife were freed on that
charge, but are in Jail here facing in
dictments alleging larceny after trust
in connection with the Nelms disap-
pearance.