Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1909 — VASSAR GIRL DEAD IN WELL [ARTICLE]

VASSAR GIRL DEAD IN WELL

Mystery of Disappearance of Pastor’s Daughter Is Solved. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 7.—With the finding of the body of Marguerite Douerty in a cistern in her father’s yard, a mystery that had stirred the whole region was cleared. Miss Douerty, daughter of the Rev. William H. Douerty, left her home Sunday telling her mother she was going for a walk. She was a Vassar freshman but on account of illness had discontinued her studies.