The Washington times., 1921-01-26
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RETURNSD DEAD
Body of Cora Patterson Arrives
Home Mysteriously-
Vanished in 1919.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. 20.
Mystery surrounds the arrival
here Of a girls body, said to be that
of Cora Patterson, twenty-eight, OF
Ludlow. Long-distance telephone
calls from Boston and New Haven.
Conn, with instructions concerning
the body deepened the mystery.
ASK FOR AUTOPSY.
Miss Patterson was reported KID
mapped In September, 1919, by "a
Springfield man. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Patterson, the young woman's parents
have asked for an autopsy.
According TO the authorities at the
City Hospital in Boston, where the
woman died she was the wife OF Clar-
ence Edward Magee. OF Springfield.
According to the parents IL was In
Magee's machine that their daughter
was taken away. Magee can't be
found.
Miss Patterson was the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Patterson, or
Howard street. Ludlow. Late In Au-
gust, 1919, she was brought to the
home OF her parents from SprinEneid
seriously i'll. BY advice of a physician
she slept outdoors. using the front
veranda as a sleeping porch.
HOW KIDNAPPING OCCURRED.
During the night Of September IL,
1919, she was spirited away. Her dis
appearance has always been mys-
terry. The only clue was note,
signed in her name, but In masculine
handwriting. found on the perch the
following morning. 1t was on leaf
torn from a small note book and said:
I'm going away. Don't worry
about me-"
1t was believed she had been kid
naped as tracks OF an automobile
were found where car had been
stopped in the street in front OF the
Patterson home.
Members of the family felt positive
she had been carried away. as she
was so weak she was unable to walk.
Investigation covering a period OF sew
eral weeks followed. The family did
not care about undue publicity, but
they traced clues that led to all parts
OF the country. Finally they gave up
in despair.
From the morning the note was
found until Sunday they have never
received communication of any
kind nor have they been able to OBJ
tain any trace of her whereabouts.
The first word came from the Spring
position should be made of the body.
MAGEE GAVE FUNERAL ORDERS.
The Boston undertaken who sent
the body to Springfield said Magee
made all arrangements and was
deeply affected. A post card dated
Worcester came to the undertaken
from Magec yesterday instructing that
the personal effects be sent to Ludlow.
Cora Patterson at the time of her
disappearance was employed as a do
nestle at the home of Clarence Magee.
Shortly afterward Magee disappeared,
leaving his wife and children in
Springfield.
BOSTON. Jan. 23.-Cora Patterson
Magee. thirty years old, the Ludlow
girl whose parents are reported to
have engaged detectives to investigate
her death, died from anaemia. accord
ing to Boston City Hospital doctors.
who performed an autopsy after her
death on January 20. The autopsy
was performed under the direction Of
Dr. Mallory, at the City Hospital
mortuary, and failed to reveal any
thing of a suspicious nature. She
was admitted to the hospital January
IL. She was admitted under the name
Of Cora Magee. wife of Clarence Ed
ward Magee of. the South End.
Dispatches from Springfield state
that her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Patterson, Of Howard street, Ludlow.
claim that Magee, who previous to
September, 1919, lived in Spring field.
disappeared at about the same time
as their daughter.
MAGEE DEEPLY AFFECTED.
w. II. Graham. the Boston under