The Washington times., 1927-10-25
sen. B()RAH
PARTY TO
HUNT

Led by. Queen and Hobo, two
prize bloodhounds from the
District workhouse kennels at
Occoquan, Va, searching
party, in charge Of Detective
Sergeant Henry NJ. Jett, today
was believed to be near dis
covery Of the identity Of the
woman who, last night, was
seen to plunge into a thicket
of Rock Greek Park and who
is believed to be Mrs. Anne
Ramsey Forbush, New York
minister s wife, who disap-
peared here last Wednesday
nig
Man In Bush Found
While the hloodhounds skirtcds
ravines and the creek bed iii fol-
lowing a zig-zag trail, 4 negro,
who gave his name as Ira Smith,
was found lying beneath a bush.
After questioning, he was released.
and the search proceeded.
Trailing the posse was Senator
William E. Borah on his new
mount, Governor" and in the
party were several residents of
Canandaigua, N. Y, home of the
missing woman. They were A. G.
Thompson and A, M. Johnston.
Husband in Baltimore
The Rev. Dascomb F'orbush, hus-
band of the sought woman. was not
present as the hunt progressed. He
was summoned to Baltimore to at
tend the funeral of his aged father,
who died Sunday.
The search through Rock Creek
Park was instigated when Louis
Wright, Of 1921 Newark st. N. W.,
reported to police that he saw a
woman answering Mrs. Forbush's
description emerge from the woods
and, when he followed, disappear
into thicket.
Seeks Woods Solitude
1t now lacks only one day of
being a week since Mrs. Forbush,
thought to be suffering from a
mental arrangement, waved good.by
to her husband in Keith's Theater
and disappeared.
The strange malady which has
seized upon Mrs. Forbush compels
her to- forsake the company of
friends and family and seek soil.
tude in the woods. Twice before
she has disappeared in such a man.
ner.
Since her last disappearance. the
woods In and around Washington
have been thoroughly searched but
no trace of her has been found.
Mrs. Forbusl1 first ran away and
concealed herself in the woods about
three years ago. She was gone two
days before a party Of searchers
located her.
Active In War Work
During the war she took an
active part in war work in Balti.
more, and so overtaxed her strength
that she contracted q severe case
Of influenza.
For six months she lay uncon.
hcious in a hospital. Medical au.
Ethorities say her solitude complex
t%S an aILef erect or the illness.
! Her second disappearance came
about two weeks ago. At dinner
with her four children ana hus-
band she had appeared her normal,
cheerful self But that night she
took her husbands automobile and
drove- 200 miles in a pouring rain.
AT desolate spot she abandoned
the car and hid in a dense thicket
on the shore Of a lake. She re-.
fnained there for three days. never
leaving her hiding place until
/ found by two friends Of the family.
Very Strong Type
As the days go by and Mrs. For.
bush remains unbound. apprehen-
sion grows as to her physical vel
fare. Prominent physicians familiar
with her case point out, however.
that she Is a woman of remarkable
physique, having been a leader in
woman's athletics at Oberlin Col
lege, and they believe she can live
for two weeks or more unless she
contracts pneumonia or some
similar disease.
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