Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-07-12
LEADS OFFICERS
FRUITLESS CHASE

st. Johnsbury. July 9.-May Hicks, the
22-year-old woman who Is held, with Mrs.
Alvin Remission and the latter's alleged
brother. John Kerwin, in connection with
the murder of little Alice Bradshaw, to
which the authorities claim the women
confessed, led the officers a merry chase
to-day in their search for the body Of
the crippled child. Despite the fact that
she has lied repeatedly from the moment
of her detention. they fell victim to her
wiles. and she had the dubious pleasure
of seeing them work to no avail. Mean
while. the body is still unbound.
All the farmers Of the surrounding ter
ritory who have neglected their haying
for days returned to-day to complete
the harvest.
The father of Alice has offered a reward
of $500 for the recovery Of the body and
the child's grandfather, James Bradshaw.
will add 500 to it. The father Of the girl
was not at the house to-day when the
Hicks woman was there.
A belief, which is Of course mere con-
lecture has gained Roadway that the
women were assisted by third party. a
man. 1t is. like many Others only a
rumor. and has not been substantiated.
This morning. the woman. who seems
younger than her % years. and who is
amazingly COOL told Sheriff w. H.
Worthen that II they would take her to
the farm she would show them where the
body was buried. Accordingly. because
she actually seemed to be truthful this
time, the woman was taken to the Brad
| shaw farm. some eight miles from the
town, with States Attorney James c.
Campbell, Sheriff Worthen and his
deputies.
! Arrived there, the woman entered the
house. sat down and removed her hat. and
quite calmly and with all the assurance
in the world made herself ready. Com.
pleting her preparations she announced
she would lead them to the spot.
She trotted Oft through the pasture back
Of the house down and into n cedar
swamp, or bog, some 200 or 300 rods from
the house ard there pointed out a place
in a cluinp of cedars. where the mud wa
deep. and said the body would be found
there.
Although convinced that the body coult
not be there, because the women coul(
not have brought the body there withou
being covered with mire, together with
the fact that there were no tracks Of an!
kind, the men dug, even until they reached
hardpan.
The woman calmly watched them an,
even kept up a little play of emotion. say
ing "Oh, you must find her. will
show you where she is
Faced at last by the fact that her de
ception was fully realized, she then an
nounced she would lead them to anothe
place, and so the party followed he
again.
This time the trail led to an abandone'
road, which has not been used for 6
wears. The road is filled with logs an,
pieces of wood. and she pointed to tn
logs and told the officers the body wa
under them. The search was fruitless
and then the woman was brought bacl
to the jail.
This afternoon Sheriff Worthen tool
a different method and sent for tn
woman's father. John Hicks Of Newbury
The father went to the jail and visite
his daughter in her cell. He pleaded wit
her to reveal the hiding place Of tn
chIld's body, and at length she said sh
would really tell him,
: Then she drew little chart. or roug
: sketch. of the swamp and neld back O
the house. and indicated the spot wher
she said the body lay.
; Hopeful again. the party set OF. bu
this effort proved as fruitless as the nrs