Putnam patriot., 1926-04-02
East Thompson Farmer Wants 10 Locate M te, But Does n't Want Her Back p-otb-r whorl Wife Nursed Has Also
 Disappeared

Herbert J. Rabbit of East Tbomp- farmer fifty years old has z.grh. the aid ef the police of Web s+.r in locating his wife. Bernice Bab- f5r Mir. Rabbit gave the police the ,rspression that it was not so much tkit he wanted Mrs Rabbit back on +L farm as that he wants to make F5r return S95 cash money that she raeeiyed from the sale of four head Of cattle and sixteen chickens.
 According to the husband, the wife Iaft last week Thursday. He thought tba. she might return and did not wake her absence known for a week. His suspicions were aroused when he fepnd she had sold the chickens and s,nrk and now he believes that she ln- tends to make her absence permanent.
 Mir. Rabbit said he was willing to spend sf00 fa leeata his wife. He Is angry that sh s-ld he cows and the chickens. and dols.y angry that she made A poor sale. he claiming that she should have gotten a better price. He iptipates that Mrs Rabbit Will not he welcomed back if located, but that, if possible. lie will bring charges against her for taking the money re- esived from the sale.
 Brother Absent
 The Webster police made an immedi- iii. investigation and believe that Mrs. Rsbbitt took a bus for Providence. Not only has his wife. the cows and chickens disappeared from the farm, Ia. Nr. Rabbit also informed the pc Fee that his brother, who was n sort of baarder on the farm, is also missing. Nfr Babbitt iutimated that in his opin- Isn when his wife is located the broth er will be found not far away. Things hat he paid no attention to at the tune now stand out suspiciously in his mind.
 In personal investigation made by Mir Rabbit in Webster. he learned that beside the cows, chickens, brother and wife. he IS minus one family horse. Mrs. Rabbit. he learned. drove the horse hitched to q buggy to Webster and went to a livery stable. Here she paid $500 to have the animal shot, saving that the old gray mare wasn ' what she used to be. and that she had TO more use for her.
 The Babbitts were married five vearg ago and. according to Mir. Bah bitt. all went well until the brother vas taken i'll and was taken into his home to recuperate Mrs. Rabbit acted as nurse and the convalescence. if now appears to MT Bahbitt. was somewhat protracted. and even when apparently well again the brother seemed loath ta leave the farm wbefe Mrs Rabbit had acted as nurse to him
 No Life on Farm
 Last week Thursday Nr. Bahbitt went away to work, taking his dinner with him. When he returned home there Was an unusual quiet about the homestead and little sign of life eN- cept among the remaining barnyact stock It was then that he learned that the cows and chickens were miss ing When supper time arrived he also found that his wife was not there to get the evening meal. Even the broth CT. who had seemed to enjoy life on the farm. was absent.
 Mir. Rabbit was up early Friday morning to do some detective work. He found that neighbor had purchas- cd the cows. When told of the sltua- tion the neighbor made an effort to stop payment on the check he gave Mrs. Babbitt A hurried trip to Web ster disclosed that Mrs. Rabbit had not been to the home of friends Mon day night a description of the missing woman was broadcasted from station WKBE, Webster and more details learned strengthened the husband be- lief that his wife did not intend to re- turn
 Mrs Rabbit is described as forty four years of age light hair and blue eyes, and wearing a blue serge suit. She Is slightly lame and walks with il noticeable limp. MT Babbitt is much wrought up over the, sale of his cows for sg5, saying that they were actual. ly givef away al that price. No trace of the brother has been found. Mrs. Rabbit {. ' Webster on the bus alone.