Evening star., 1927-10-26
HUNT FOR WOMAN
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Martinsbrrg Clue Being
Traced as Appeal Is Wired
to New Hampshire.

Raaled by n multiplicity of trails
which led nowhere, dogs and men IN
search of Mrs. Ann Ramsey forhosh'
wife of Rev. Dascomb +. Forbush'
nastor of the First Congregational
church. Canandaigua, \. Y, who as
onnaared a week ago tonight. ahan'
Gonnd a thick woodland near Western
.vonue early this afternoon ana re-
,urnnd TO the headquarters or the
nosse Of searchers at the New Wins
ton i.ntel. -
While detachments of mon. most or
+hnn, fellow townsmen of the or
bushes. hunted vigorously IN the
vicinity OF Washington for traces OF
the missing woman. authorities AT
Slartinsburg, W. V, wired that they
were investigating reports that Ii
strange woman had pawned ring
there, saying she desired funds TO 20
to Akron, Ohio, and that a woman
presumably the same one, mas neeA
soliciting funds for foreign mls'ions
in the vicinity.
Wire to New Hampshire.
Mayor William J. MacFarlane OF
Canandaigua, who remains AT the
hotel, receiving incoming information
and directing the disposition of the
posses, wired this afternoon To 1rlehds
at Canaan, \. H.. in the White NOUN
tains. where is located the forpush
Summer home, in the belief that she
may try TO make her way 10 hef sum
ner cottage where she spent many
hanpv hours. Mayor MacF'arlane re-
called that last month when Mrs. + or
nush fell victim TO an obsesson which
iponels her to seek solitude and ienoS
her the delusion that she Is being
,ursued. she fled in the direction OF
her Summer home.
In addition to the posse which
comhed the woods near western ave
nue., about a mile from CheVy Inase
Circle, two other posses are TINS after
noon In Rock Creek Park, Whlle NeN.
Forbush led fourth party along the
northern banks of the Potomac as lar
us Chain Bridge. The parties IN the
mark operate under the direction OF j.
W. Jenkins, former resident OF
Washington. and Arthur Mckinney,
Rov Scout executive, of Rochester,
\. Y.
Ploodhounds, which were withdrawn
Yesterday afternoon after long and
futile search, We're recalled hastily
shortly after midnight, when a woman
answering the description of the miss
ing wife of the minister was seen by
a colored man and an engineer OF
switching engine near Blair road and
Rittenhouse street.
Trail Proves Futile.
Cant. C. P. NJ. Lord of the thirteenth
precinct headed a police detail which
was Joined by the loyal hometown
posse from Canandaigua and searched
the vicinity until late this morning,
only to find that the woman seen by
the two men appears to have been one
of the nurses at the Eastern Star
Home.
The scene of the quest was suddenly
shifted when information was received
that two colored women late yesterday
had seen a woman resembling the de-
scrtption of Mrs. Forbush leaning
against a tree in an apparently ex-
hausted condition. The searching
party this afternoon was directed to
the spot where the woman was seen
and the dogs were put on the trail at
that point.
The posse from Canandaigua was
Increased today by the arrival OF an
other automobile load of citizens,
eager to aid the pastor in the search
for his wife, who is the victim of
an obsession which impels her to seek
solitude. Efforts of the searchers are
hampered by a tendency which she
has manifested on her two previous
disappearances, one eight years ago
and the other last month, to believe
herself to be pursued, making her
hide deeper in the underbrush as her
anxious friends draw near.
More Friends Coming.
Additional members Of the home
town posse arriving early this morn
ing after an automobile trip in which
they cut the train time by three hours
are: Ben HiIliegas. William Welch
and Guy Raines. They reported that
another contingent plans to leave
for Washington today.
County, y. Y, and Deputy Sheriff
Forbush, have been engaged in the
search day and night. stated this
afternoon that unless a positive clue
develops that indicates that the search
is nearing successful conclusion, they
will return to Canandaigua tomorrow,
leaving the new detachment of citi
zens to accompany the Rev. Mr.. For.
bush in his efforts to locate his wife.
Another clue furnished by a resi-.
dent of Harrison street, Chevy Chase,
proved futile when police questioned
woman who had been seen in that
vicinity for the past two days and
learned that she was a stranger in
the city who had been looking for en-
pioyment.