Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1914 — BROTHER OF MISSING WOMAN WAS ALARMED [ARTICLE]

BROTHER OF MISSING WOMAN WAS ALARMED

Feared That Sister May Have Been abouts a Mystery. The Republican has been unable to* secure any Important now information concerning the mysterious disappearance a month ago of Mrs. “Larsh” Thomas. We have been able, however, to learn somewhat mere concerning the visit here of her brother, whose name is Mace. Also that he came here believing that his sister may have been foully dealt with and that he secured the services of Sheriff Hoover and made inquiry of neighbors to ascertain whether Mrs. Thomas had been seen since the date of her reported disappearance. Mr. tMace stated to Sheriff Hoover that Thomas had written a letter to relatives informing them of his wife’s disappearance. The letter, however, was not written until she had been gone some three weeks. This aroused the suspicions of relatives, who had been informed by Mrs. Thomas some time ago that she had cause to be jealous. They believed that she would come to them in case of further trouble and when the letter from her husband was received stating that she had been missing for some time they naturally ■ became very much alarmed and imagined all sorts of -things. Mr. Mace was informed by neighbors that Mrs. Thomas had left her home on the date reported by Mr.

Thomas, namely, May 20th, and that she had taken a suit case and had apparently gone away on the train. She had not talked with any of them, however, and they did not know where she had gone. No one at the depot was able to say whether or not she had gone It is understood that one woman scored Thomas bitterly to his wife’s brother, informing him that he had associated with other women and that her jealousy was well founded. After interviewing neighbors the sheriff accompanied Mr. Mace to a local bank where Mrs. Thomas kept an account and it was found that she had drawn S3O on the date of her disappearance. She had other money tn the bank and it is expected to learn something about her whereabouts in this way, if indeed, she has not committed some rash act while mentally irresponsible. It was known that she was terribly depressed upon the occasion of her first departure, when neighbors had told her things about her husband to make her jealous and there is therefore ground for fear that she may have taken her life. Before her marriage Mrs. Thomas has been employed in restaurants in this city. She was a most exemplary woman, being a church worker and a woman of intelligence. She owns a farm not far from Sheridan and was not compelled to work, but did so through choice. The Republican reporter did not get to interview Mr. Thomas, who has ,been working in the country. It is not necessary at thils time to mention the name of the woman with whom the is charged with associating. But it is a very important matter to find out where Mre. Thomas has gone, and whether or not she is now living. There is a mystery in her continued absence and her failure to let her relatives know where she is that can only be solved by learning where she is at this time. Jealousy whether well founded or not might cause any woman to commit a rash act, while clandestine love affairs are sometimes responsible for the most horrible crimes and the absence of Mrs. Thomas constitutes sufficient cause to warrant a sweeping investigation.