The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-27
Oljl|A BOARD GIVES CANON lsl.. a
Clue TO Murder and A FONTlj III L:
Denver Police and Mrs. Adeline Jones, nee
Snider, in an Effort to Learn Own Iden-
tity--Mother Does not Divulge Secret.

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city:
sirs. Adeline Jones. the girl was
formerly Adeline Snider. popular
young lady OF this city. who lived
here many years ago She married
Iyfett Jones, son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Jones. an enterrrising young
business man of excellent qualities
Both of these young people were
raised In Canon City. and were mar
ried here several years ago. OF late
they have been living in Salt Lake
City, but "a few weeks ago paid visit
TO Canon City friends while on their
way 10 Denver TO live
Mrs Lizzie Snider. who has always
been supposed In Canon city to be
the mother OF Mrs. Jones. at one time
ran the Home restaurant. and also
ran boarding houses here.
twenty-five years ago last Friday
in Indianapolis. Ind. the portals of
1.-The Door Of Hope" swung closed
on mysterious chapter in the life of
Mrs. Adeline Jones' pretty young
Denver weman-and today Detective
Frank +. McCabe. aided by other
members OF the Denver police depart
ment To whom the young woman ap-
pealed began a probe that Is expect
ed TO bring the Girl name and a for
tnne. united her TO her mother. and
perhaps clear np after nearly quar-
ter OF century. an alleged murder
that has never been solved
Part OF the evidence in the case.
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significant. Is the TESTIMONY" Of
ouiia board TO the effect that the
girl IS not the dauehier OF the woman
supposed 10 he her mother that her
father was murdered and that her
real mcther Is living in Indiana. items
that the police say coincide peculiarly
with the qualifications OF the case as
they have discovered them.
Asks Police TO Establish Identity.
The case IS the sirsngesi the police
have faced in years. for Mrs. Jones.
wife OF former rcstonice empioye.
has asked that her identity be estsb-
lished and that her fosier-mothcr.
whom she had always believed TO be
her own mother. Mrs. L, Snider OF
1899 roarl street. be forced by law TO
explain WHY an alleged fortune. sup
posed to have been left by the girls
father. n Lafayette. Ind. butcher.
who Is thought to have been mnr-
dcrcd. has been denied her. and why.
after Mrs. Jones hpd stumbled upon
the fact that she was no, the daugh-
ter OF Mrs snider. the latter has re
fused 10 shed any light on the mystery
surrounding the girl
According 60 the story told TO the
police a few days ago b. Mrs. Jones.
vino Is slightly over %. and who has
lived practically all her lifc in Den
yer. !, was only by chance that she
found. through the village gossip In a
little Indiana town. where she was
Waiting with her supposed mother.
that she was not the daughter OF Mrs.
Snider. and that her earlier years
were shrouded in the deepest mystery.
Admits Girl Is Heiress.
Confronted by the girl. Mrs Snider
and others OF the Snider family. II Is
alleged. made statements. say the po-
lice. that the girl was an hciress. but
maintained that her attempts to
fathom her Identity must ever be
fruitiess. as her own parents were
dead and buried many years.
The facts, ns far as unearthed by
Detective McCabe. assigned to the
case by Chief OF Detectives Rinker.
seem 10 bear out the story OF the girl.
and have led the department TO be.
gin searching probe In Lafayette
and Indianapolis. Ind, To discover who
the Denver young woman really Is. II
II. is truc that her father was mur-
dered in the Hoosier meat market or
one of ,he two Indiana cities. and to
locate. IL possible. old friends OF the
girls parents. who may throw light
on the mystery.
Added to the complications sur
rounding the case are the statements
OF John Snider. ZIG East Poplar ave
puc. Canon City. divorced husband OF
Mrs. Snider. and foster father OF Mrs.
Jones. who has informed Detective
McCabe that the girl Is not his nor
Mrs. Snider's daughter. and tina, she
WINS picked Up" In Indiana % years
ngo, and that, uue to the efforts OF his
divorced wife to shield the girls past.
he never learned who Adeline actually
was.
oulja Board "falks."
Figuring in the case Is "The Door
'of Hope" In Indianapolis. an address
found on scrap of paper and turned
over to the police. which is believed
to be the key to the entire mystery.
According to versions OF the story
coming from Indiana to the police
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