The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-19
LONELY
GRAVE SACRED
TO EVERY ONE
Still UnSoIved is Tragic Mystery
That HoverS over the
Little Mound.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. June 10
Nothing ever happened at Ellis. Mo.
except once. In all human prob.
abilities nothing will ever happen in
that place again. A history Of tho
station would consist Of volume Of
blank pages. with one out of the lot
barring at incomplete record OF u
.,Igedy. written In rod.
Party missouri. Kansas and Texas)
trains stop ut Ellis on siziHl. II iF
;iaE station on the tlm1 tables. but
nothing resembling n town is there.
Occasionally n farmer living In the
neIghbOrhOod. boards train or
alights. but OS n general rule the
trains speed past as though Ellis
meant nothing whatever in thelr
rumbllng lives.
A little white headboard at the
head of IL small mound Is the only
visiblc reminder Of the only thing
that ever happened at Ellis. You
can soc the grave froI7 the car win
dow, II Is not more than twenty
feet from the tracks. up on the slight
ombankment that is made from the
earth BhOveled up when the eXcavO-
tIon was made for the tracks. ANY
conductor on any Of the trains that
pass will be quite willing to point
II out In passing.
Story Of n Man and n Woman.
That which happened was on n
spring night more than thirty-hve
years ago. A man and woman who
had tickets to Ellis alighted late in
the afternoon. The story has been
kept alive by word OF mouth, so nat
urally the details are somewhat mex
act. II Is said of tho girl. however,
that she was yOung-in her early
twenties, perhRps-Rnd well dressed.
OF tho man not scrap of description
remains. Apparently there was not
anything about him to attract even
the casual attention Of the trainmen
or passengers.
Several persons on the train noted
them as they started eastward down
the tracks. 1t was accepted that they
were walking out In the country to
visit relatives or friends on some Of
the nearby farms. The train steamed
away and out Of sight.
The next morning u gang Of track
labOrors found the girl dead beside
the tracks. There was revolver
wound in her head. No sign Of n
struggle was apparent. She was ly-
ing as peacefully as though she was
asleep. The ground about was dry,
and neither she nor her companion
had left any footprints. The alb
sence Of footprints gave no clew as
to the direction taken by her slayer.
Her Identity Mystery.
II was not suicide, for there was
no weapon beside the body. The body
was not identified. There were no
marks on the clothes. There was no
pocketbook, NO rings, lockets or any
thing that would indicate who she
wBs or from where she had come. All
that remained was the body Of
young woman who had been youDs
and beautiful.
An inquest was held on the spot.
but nothing was developed. A search
for the man was made, but he had
disappeared. So they buried the dead
girl where she had been murdered;
without a coffin. as the story goes.
1t seems strange the case ended so
quietly, but there were no relatives
OF the girl to inspire a search. The
man was gone. NO one knew anything
about the case and Il ended right
there.
No reports OF 4 missing girl an
swered the description OF the body
found were circulation. II she had
a father and q mother living they