Evening star., 1927-10-21
WOMAN IS SOUGHT
IN VIRGINIA HILLS
AII-Night Search in Southeast
for Minister'S Missing
Wife Is Futile.

Tired after a futile allnight search
through the woods near Hillcrest, but
spurred on through his anxiety over
the disappearance Wednesday night
OF his wife. Mrs. Ann Ramsey For
bush. victim of an obsession which
causes her to seek solitude in the
woods, Rev. Dascomb E Forbush
pastor of First Congregational Church
Canandaigua, n. Y, led a searching
party this morning to the wooded
hills of Arlington County. He also
offered a reward of 5000 for the re.
covery or information which might
lead to the recovery of his wife.
Acting on a. report that woman
answering the description of Mrs,
Forbush, who left keith's Theater
Wednesday night by one exit while
her husband was watching for her by
another. had been seen in the vicinity
OF Good Hope Road and Thirty.third
street southeast, special detail of
police of the eleventh precinct
searched for her all last night and
until 1880 o'clock this morning.
Brother Joins Search.
The police detail. commanded by
Lieut.. j. w. Mccormick and accom-.
panied throughout the long search bv
Rev. Mr.. Dascomb, withdrew when it
developed that the woman believed by
residents OF the vicinity to be Mrs.
Forbush was another woman, walking
through patch Of woods on her way
to work.
Mrs. F'orbush was wearing a small
brown hat; brown coat with a rae.
coon collar; brown dress, hose and
shoes. She has light bobbed hair.
She is 33 years old.
Rev. Mr.. Forbush was Joined this
morning by his brother, Bliss For.
bush, secretary of the Quaker Meet.
ing. Baltimore. and the two set out
this morning for an intensive search
of the territory lying Immediately
across from the District on the Vir-
ginia side of the Potomac.
May Have Crossed Bridge.
A description of the missing woma n
was broadcast last night through
WRC and the radio will be used again
today in an attempt to enlist the gen.
eral public in the search. Boy Scouts
were requested today to aid in the
search and the cooperation of school
children throughout the neighboring
rural districts is being sought. The
Costello Post of the American Legion
offered its assistance. Believing that
sightseeing trip to Arlington a few
hours before her disappearance may
have unconsciously Influenced his
wife's actions after she wandered from
the theater, Rev. Mr.. Forbush ex.
pressed the opinion that she may have
crossed the Highway Bridge and hid.
den herself in the woods bordering the
Potomac.
On her previous disappearance
three weeks ago, the first in eight
years and the second since she SUI.
fered an attack of influenza during
the World War, Mrs. F'orbush was
found after two days crouching in q
thicket 200 miles from her home, not
far from the road where she had
abandoned her car.
Receives Many Calls.
Since she left her pocketbook with
him when she left the theater, Rev.
MIR. Forbush is inclined to believe
that she could not have gone far,
and is either concealed in a thicket
in one Of the parks here or is hiding
in the woods in nearby Virginia.
Authorities of counties adjacent to
the District Of Columbia in both Vir-
ginia and Maryland are aiding in the
hunt, and a descriptive circular will
be sent today through local police to
the police of neighboring cities and
towns.
Rev. Mr.. Forbush expressed his ap-
probation today Of the sympathy
by the people of Washing
ton as well as by the authorities. He
said that he has received numerous
telephone calls from men and women,
strangers to him but all actuated by
a desire to do all in their power to
relieve his anxiety and aid him to
find his wife.