New-York tribune., 1920-11-13
Bodyof ofWon1an,
Gone 4 Years.
Sought in Well
Bones Found Will Be En-
amincd to Determine if
They Are Human; Step
son Denies Murder Tale
Husband Leaves Town
Va. Respected in Church
Circles; Gave Lad $25
Before He Wen, Away
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eas|at Ukspdtch - The 2fNoAHe
rANCDON, N. r., Nov. l2.-lntercst
8, the strange disappearance Of Mrs.
blanche Wright Whitney, wife of
~.slthv farmer, leading churchman and
.oun official, four years ago, was re-
lived to day by story told the officials
~ efteen-yesr-old John Whitney, the
roman's stepson.
yourg Whitney says his stepmother
r.s murdered and that her body first
xss hidden in hay NOV, and later
snr;sd in we'll behind the barn.
cssrch Of the we'll to-day. aftcrc rocks
and debris had been removed, disclosed
hone,. but the officials believe them to
+. skunk bones, and will continue their
s.orch until every we'll on the farm has
been examined. as well as the swamp
area back Of the Darn.
County Solicitor Hurd, Of Claremont,
6ccl.ie Iii, thai ne b,.ieNe ea t. e
sodv of Mrs. Whitney was thrown into
.bs abandoned we'll four years ago, and
,ha. search r- all r e.
,on He has directed High Sheriff Bar
Ton. Of Graydon, to have the farm
searched from one end to the other.
Father Leaves Town
william B. Whitney, husband of the
woman, left Langdor October 80, Civ
inc his son Chester check for $25,
wbjch the hank later dec AIRED worth
less, and. gong t. Bellows Falls pur
chased complete outfit of clothing
.or which he gave a check for $71, said
N he worthless. Before leaving town
he drew $1,000 on q sawrnlll payroll
s,rount, s2.l00 from bank to pay OF
2 mortgage and various small sums N
,asa. ii is SAID he did not meet the
payroll and did not pay off the mort
Charges that Whitney was forger
and fugitive from justice took the town
by surprise liz Was indicted NJ New
mort. the Shire town, Tuesday, but
Iangdon heard nothing of it until the
weekly paper arrived to-day. The in
dctment charged forgery OF an order
On the town treasurer
Chester Whitney. nineteen years old.
who runs the farms, calls Johns story
myth J hn, who lives ct Bellows
Falls. rcpud ated his story before the
grand Jury, but Sheriff Barton says he
has two witnesses to young Whitney's
statement. The County Solicitor, says
whitney. then known as Arthur C. Doc
little. flo1 Madison. Nc, TO escape
prosecution for forgery, going with his
first wife and their four sons to Nill-
inrs. Mont Mrs. Doolittle died at New
Haven, Conn
whitney, as he was then known
cane TO Langdon about eight years ago
with his four sons and his second wife,
said to have been Dlenche ". Wright
Of West Jefferson, Ohio. Her money
It is sa,d. paid FOR the three farms pur-
chased in Sullivan County. Whitney
MADE friends easily, and was soon
prominent in Langdor.
Popular in Town
Mrs. Wnitney's disappearance four
years ago was explained at the time
by Whitney with the statement tina,
she had gone 20 visit relatives. In
eFectual attempts were made by the
relatives to trace her and finally the
matter was dropped. Whitney and his
wife participated in a church social the
night before she disappeared.
Whitney's popularity in the town
where he was leader in church cir
cles, road agent and considered one Of
the most well-to do and prosperou:
farmers in the county, went long way
toward ofsettine the aefect of goss' +
about family QuarrelsY