The Washington times., 1922-05-15
MRS. LOCKWOOD
MISSING WIFE,
.|SF0UND IN n. Y.
Called on Friends There, Says
Spouse Of D. c. Realty
Man.

The mysterious disappearance
of Mrs. W. p. Lockwood, wife Of
realty operator at 1410 G street
northwest. missing since last
Wednesday morning at 9:30, was
cleared up today when the hus-
band of the missing woman mott
fled the police that he had found
his wife in New York with friends
Of the family.
Mystery Is Cleared.
The circumstances surrounding the
woman's disappearance, after re-
ceiving a mysterious phone call at
the place OF her employment, w. Il.
Roberts & Co. printing establishment,
1915 H street northwest, early last
Wednesday, led the husband 70 be-
lieve that his wife had been mur-
dered for 81, 900 worth of jewelry that
she had removed from a safety de-
posit box the day before.
The reason given the police today
in explanation of his wife's disap-
pearance was that she had suffered
a nervous breakdown. and while in
a state OF temporary insanity had
boarded New York train about
noon on Wednesday going to the
home OF friends there.
Mr.. Lockwood today denied that
there was any man in the case.
MY wife, believe, was suffering
from temporary insanity, and is now
in a highly nervous state" Mr.. Lock.
wood said.
"She states that she does not clear
Ia,
just what the telephone call was at
$3.50 on last Wednesday morning, fol-
lowing which she put on her hat and
coat, and departed from her place of
employment, without making an ex-
PLANTATION az TO her movements. 5
No Man In the Case.
There Is not, and l have never
believed that there was, another man
in the case. My first fear was that
my wife had met with foul play, due
to the fact that she had taken from
a safety deposit vault 81, 900 worth of
jewelry on the day previous" Mr..
Lockwood declared today.
A woman believed to have been
Mrs. Lockwood was found on Wed
nesday about noon by w. c. Oliver.
Sixty first and Franklin streets,
Capitol Heights, walking on the w.
B. and A. tracks. Oliver states that
he stopped his car and asked the
woman II he could give her a lift.
She got in the car with him and
stated that she was going to walk
to Baltimore. Oliver told the police
that he informed the woman II
would be impossible for her to walk
to Baltimore so she requested that
ha af hn on fnf Oa ~
where she stated she would catch a
car and ride over.
The woman, who Oliver states re.
sembled the picture OF Mrs. Lock.
wood published the following day
in The Times. got out at the Dis
trict~ Line and is believed to have
either gone on by interuSban to
Baltimore, thence to New York, or
to have returned to Union Station
and caught the train for New York
there.
Mrs. Lockwood. who is thirty.four
years old and the mother Of two
children. is now being cared for by
friends at Chesterbrook, near Falls
Church, Va, where their home is
located and will return to Wash
ington the latter part OF this week,
or as soon as her nervous condition
will permit, Mr.. Lockwood said.
Lockwood states that he learned
of his wife's whereabouts though a
telegram received late Saturday
night from the friends In New York
with whom his wife is stopping. He
Immediately went there. He return
ed TO Washington this morning and
notified the police department, who
have been searching for the missing
woman since last Wednesday.
Reported to Police.
One OF the circumstances which
clothed the woman's disappearance
in mystery was the fact that on
last Tuesday-the day she took her
jewels out of the safety deposit box
she had her picture taken. On
Wednesday morning, the day of her
disappearance, she came to town
early, went to her husbands office,
at 1410 G street, and placed the new
picture on his desk. No note or ex-
planation was given.
On his arrival at his office Lock
wood observed the new picture and
called his wife on the phone, where
he supposed she was at work, to
comment on the picture.