Evening star., 1927-10-28
F0RBUSH FRIENDS
RETURN TO HOMES
SearChers Leave as All Clues
FaiI-Past0r to Continue
Hunt Here.

The last OF the Canandalguans left
for home this afternoon as the last
of several clues through which 1t was
hoped to find Mrs. Ann Ramsey For
bush. wife of Rev. Dascomb Il. For
bush, pastor First congregational
Church. Canandaieua. y. y. who dis
appeared the night Of October 10.
failed 10 materiallze.
Hope Of finding Mrs. Forbush with.
in a few hours was revived Temporal.
rilv this morning when -. Il. NichOl.
proprietor of The IIomewood, 1913
Thirteenth street. told of an apparent
ly dcmented woman who wandered
into Il room and refused to leave until
she slipped away early this morning,
when he went in search of the house
detective after questioning her. The
same woman had appeared at the
apartment house Wednesday, he said.
Except that she talked inCoherently
of walking through the woods and
losing % pounds and had a haggard
appearance. there was little in the
account Mr.. Nichols gave of his con-
versation with his mysterious guest
at | O'Clock this morning. to indicate
that she is the missing woman, al
though her costume reSembled that
worn by Mrs. F'orbush the night of her
disappearance.
Gives Wrong Address.
Detectives and members of the Can
andaiEuan posse went to an address on
Twelfth street. which the strange
woman had given a roomer In the
apartment house. but found that no
such woman had ever been there.
While recognizing the possibility that
the midnight visitor to the HomewOod
might be Mrs. Forbush, those in
charge of the search do not regard it
as likely. although they will continue
TO endeavOr to locate her.
Another hope of finding the missing
wife of the minister went glimmering
last night when it was established def
nitely that the woman who sold a ring
To John Schmidt. conductor of a train
passing through Martinsburg, w. Va,
was not Mrs. Forbush. The conductor
told friends of Rev. Mr. Forbush that
the ring sold to him was q. plain
sapphire and the woman who sold it
to him wore dark clothes. Mrs. For
bush's ring contains two diamonds and
a sapphire and she is dressed in a
brown costume.
Rev. Mr.. ForbuSh this morning for
the first time showed clearly the eff
fects OF the mental anguish which
he has undergone the nine days and
nights since his wife slipped from him
while attending performance at
Keith's Theater. victim of an obses-
sion which has twice impelled her to
seek solitude.
1T is a sort of DR.. Jekyl and HIr.
Hyde affair." the distracted husband
said prior to again resuming a search
along the banks of the Potomac River.
He was accompa MED by Arthur Nc
Kinney, Boy Scout executive of Roch-
ester, n. Y, who found Mrs. Forbush
on her last disappearance, and Cliff
ford Parmenter. also of Rochester.
The two Rochester men will remain
here and the departing Canadaiguans
indicated that another relay of home
town folk will arrive here late today
or tomorrow morning to be with Rev.
Mr.. Forbush In his quest.
Home Folks Will Aid.
1t is planned. they said. to have
constantly two or more of his fell
low townsmen here. although the
time has arrived when a large posse
OF searchers is futile. The small posse
viii prove sufficient to run Gown such
clues as may develop
W. II. Welch and Guy NJ. Taines
both or Canandaigua, searched again
on the Virginia side of the Potomac
this morning, while Ben Millegas re-.
mained here as the emergency man.
All departed for home shortly after
noon.
Rev Mr.. Forbush ana Mckinley
and Parmenter plan to remain at the
hotel this afternoon in readiness TO
respond to any hopeful call that may
come In. Bliss F'orbush, brother of
the clergyman, is in Baltimore at
tending to his duties as secretary of
the Park Avenue Friends meeting,
but expects to return here tomorrow