Putnam patriot., 1927-11-17

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 According to Mr. Seward. Sheldon called at his office and left there around six o'clock in the evening af- ter they had transacted their basi- ness. While talking with Mr. Seward Sheldon stated that he had friend with him on the trip. This strength ems the belief that Sheldon was moi the only occupant of the car when it went into the rfver at WilsorviIle Nothing was said by Mir Sheldon t0 Nr. Seward tq throw any light on whom the woman might have been. As far as known Mir Seward E the last person wha Rnew Sheldon ta see him alive
 What Sheldon might have done sf- ter he left the Seward home is not known. He might have stopped for supper or visited friends Eventually he left for the return journey to WafertoWH Apparently he made the wrong turn at WilseHvilie He left the state highway and turned east The evidence surrounding the scene of accident leads to the belief that he was travelling rapidly
 Struggled To Escape
 When the ear was lifted to the river bank by wrecker from Web ster Sheidon's body was found crouch. cd down on the right side in the front seat. This makes # look as fl he had struggled to get from behind Inc steering wheel and out Of the ear. One of the windows of the ear was open which made # possible for he woman. f there was one in the car to have escaped or if drowned. for her bodp Co have faated from the car
 Sheldon Was employed hy Hood Mix Company If Boston This might ac= count for the bottle of milk found in the ear hui f does not account for the woman hat and poeketbook nor for the base ball.
 N there was almost conclusive evidence that there was mare than one occupant of the death ear the state noEjea immediately began opera lions in conducting q search for the body of 3 woman Grannllng h8#ks were brought td the scene and later he water eas drawn daWa an3 she muddy bottom zeranped hut without fasuit.
 The water heiHe nnu ual#y biet is possible for il body fa have iaaaeI aeer She dam and been carrHed 8aaH Inc riFer If this k so fhrr fhe haAs miFHf be anywhere betWeeH Wilson xills 4ad North Grusvpnariaie
 Burial East Putnam
 Nhle the police were maki heir search faf another body the bedy af Sheldon was claimed hg Mr and Mfs Roberi Rcardon of Avon. Mas. Nlfs. Reardon was Miss Florence Sheldon. sister of he dead man. The body Has taken to Massachusetts where a fune ral service was held after which t was brought back to Putnam for ba= rial in tha East Putnam cemetery.
 While dragging the riVer and mill pond Al Hllsonville the state police through the assistance of the Boston police. were trying 10 cheek up from the starting point IS to who might havp been in the death car. In the wo= man pecketbook was found a let ter addressed and stamped ready for mailing The Boston police inter viewed the man 70 whom fl was addres sed He tuid the officers that he knew the erI, a Marline Keith 2l, while she Was working in restaurant but she had left the restaurant October
 2ua Further investigation brought .oaf that Miss Keith had been seen by friends it Boston. November 9th, the day before the tragedy. Up to Tues day morning the matter nf another occupant of the Sheldon ear was as BHafH q. a mystery as ever.
 No Further Grapplng
 Since Tuesday there has been no fui ttcr efpplng for the body of the drowned woman The stream below Che dam has been patrolled but noth ing has developed A further effort to locate the body will be made Sat urd8y after the Grasvenerdale mills close. when the rIver will be drawn as low as possible and a further search conducted Those who visited the scene and saw conditions inside the automobile when if was removed from the water are confident that Sheldon had company on his trip to Putnam They feel equally confident that if it was q woman and she was successful in getting free of the ear there was but a chance in a thousand of her reaching shore. Flash boards off portion of the dam cause an unusually strong current in the unusually high water. Ii Is reasoned that being un- able to reach the river bank the per son who esaped from the car was without doubt swept over the dam and down stream.
 Officers in Boston. working to iden- tify the passenger who left there with Sheldon. are convinced that t was the girl known as Marine Keith but whose name the police believe to be other than "Marline Keith" a name they are convinced she assumed when she arrived in Boston from New Hampshire 10 work as a waitress Feeling sure that Sheldon and the girl left Boston at midnight Wednesday, the police are unable to trace the car CT the passengers after this hour It was the next day that they arrived in Putnam