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ANOTHER WELL
Chester Whitney Tells Officers of Pos
sibIe Hiding Place of Woman's
BOdy-Find Piece of Cloth.

LANGDON, \. H., Nov. 17.-Con-
tinued severe weather made it in1pos-
sible today to continue search for the
body of the second wife of William 3.
Whitney, and the task of clearing the
well on the abandoned Whitney farm
was not resumed as officials intended.
Pieces Of cloth, thought to be from
woman's dress, and a button apparently
from a woman's underclothing. were all
that was found in a well at the aban-
doned farm yesterday, at which Chester
Whitney indicated his stepmother's body
might be found.
Deputy Sheriff j. w. Davidson, who
was in charge OF the work, dug out the
ter Whitney, who arrived after the job
was well started
Chester went about 100 feet away,
pulled up some boards and rubbish and
brought to view the opening of another
well, about Is feet from the highway.
This, he declared, was the one he had ref
erence to when he told his stories about
the water having an offensive smell and
which had changed IN taste shortly after
the disappearance of his step-mother.
The top of the well is only three feet
across, but it grows larger in circumfer-
called his men. who were Selectman K.
A. Hall, Ex-Selectman II. A. Holmes,
Eddie Bates and George Holmes, to the
SPOT and a fence rail was used to sound
the well. The rail was too short and it
was concluded that the well was about
% feet deep and contained 10 feet of
water. The well is hidden from view
from the highway by growth of shrub
pine trees.
At the bottom of the well pointed out
by Chester there are stones Chief OF PO-
lice White and EX-Sheriff King probed
well that they found the stylish woman S
shoe, and Chester found similar shoe
some time after. Mrs. Whitney is said
to have worn such shoes, instead of the
customary shoe worn by women in the
farming districts.
Deputy Sheriff Davidson. who has
charge Of the Investigation during the alb
sence Of Sheriff Barton. who is attenIng
court at Newport, said yesterday:
This investigation viii go right along
even though Whitney is behind the bars.
Unless something comes from cleaning
out this well, which Chester refers to. I
am going back to the Whitney homestead
for it is my belief that that Is where we
viii seCure results.
Il have little faith in these confessions
of Chester and Ben. If they lied about
the matter in the first place to shield
their father, it would not be anything
strange if they are not telling the truth
now. and I feel that they have again
| stretched the truth, to distract our at
| teution from the home place.
| Il have a strong idea that if the body
was buried it was beneath the kitchen
floor in the J. of the house. l have in.
vestigated and there are some very sig
nifcant indications. 1t is an ideal spot
to hide anything. as an ordinary observa
| ton would not draw it to ones attention
There is also the foundation Of the
| sile which Joins the barn and but 20 feet
from the kitchen door. If I am not mis-
informed the building of this silo fouuda
ton was going on at about the time q
Mrs. Whitney's disappearance and with
| the sanction Of Sheriff Barton and Sole
itor Hurd | am going to give these tive
| places most thorough examination
Miss Mary Rankin is the new county