Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-12-12
Said To Be Miss Helen CanneI Of Alton Ill., Formerly In
Business In St. Louis.
SWORN STATEMENT YESTERDAY
Smith Said He Had Not Talked Before Because She Asked
Him Not To Tell Who She Was

Frank Smith, the Cerulean Springs
liveryman, yesterday came to town
and calling at the Office of County At
torney Ira D. Smith, made a sworn
statement in which he identified the
woman who gave her name as Kathe-
rine D. Denton as Miss Helen Can
nell, of Alton, I'll. He said she had
several brothers and sisters at Alton,
one of the brothers in the hardware
business. He said he first met Miss
Cannell while she was keeping to-
bacco store and news stand on La
fayette avenue, st. Lonis, about a
year ago. He was in the habit of sell
ing tobacco in small quantities and
was in St. Louis on that business at
the time and had a business transac-
ton with.
He was again in St. Louis from Jan.
to April of this year and saw her
again, but only had business deals
with her. She told him she had been
school teacher, and that her parents
were dead and her home had been in
| Altou.an that she was never married.
Some time later he was in ST. Louis
and learned that she had closed her
store and gone back to Alton, which
is 20 miles from st. Louis. She owed
him a balance on a bill and he went to
Alton and saw her there and learned
that her brothers and sisters lived
there. Afterwards ne said Miss Can
nell appeared to be 35 or 40 years Of
lace. She asked him time or two to
lend her money but he had never
done so. She wrote once asking him
to lend her 500 but he never ans
wered the letter. When she appear
ed at Cerulean Springs early on the
morning of Nov. 29th, he had not
been appraised of her coming and was
surprised to see her. She told him
she was travelling under an assumed
name and asked him not to disclose
her real name, as she did not want
her people to know she was here.
This was the reason he did not dis
| close her identity when questioned by
. Lieut.. Hawkins. Miss CAMEL asked
; him TO lend her 500 and he told
her he was not in position to do so.
She then asked him to bring her back
/ TO Hopkinsville, as he told her he was
! about ready to start in buggy. He
says they came by the Princeton road,
| meeting various people, only turning
: out of the road once. At Sinking
Fork they turned into the woods a
; little way to look for some persin m ms,
but did not find them. Upon reach
ing Hopkinsville he took her to the
Hill House TO wait for the 7:05 train
for ST. Louis. He asked her if she had
money enough and she said she lack
; ed some and he gave her s.. She re-
turned 81 saying 81 would be enough.
He next saw her on the Princeton
road when he met her as told by the
little girl with him at the time. After
they babe each other goodbye ne
. never saw her again. He told her
she was liable to miss her train and
she said she would get back in time.
. He said he returned to Cerulean to
: supper and went to his room about
. II o'clock and went to bed. That he
was innocent of any wrong doing to-
wards the woman and had never at
any time had any improper relations
with her and that SO far as he knew
she was lady above reproach. He
did not know why she was travelling
under an assumed name.
e County Attorney Smith called UP
0 the Chief of Police at Alton but could
a not make him understand over Va
: phone and at noon wired him toy{
e yestigate and see il the woman .
; known there and TO notify her pei =
0 or fr ends. Nothing haa been hs
al m.