"An area wide police search for a 72 year old Attica woman, a former school teacher, is being continued by the Indiana State Police, Fountain County authorities and the Attica Police Department. The women, Miss Leona Disseldorf, has been missing since September 26. No concrete clues to her whereabouts have been found and she was still missing this morning, according to Attorney Robert E. Clemence, her guardian. Several rumors saying that her body had been found are false, according to Attorney Clemence.
A search for Miss Disseldorf, who had been married once years ago, was instituted by the Attica City Police last Thursday morning, October 2, after they had been notified that she hadn't been seen around her home since the previous Friday.
Miss Disseldorf was a familiar figure in Fountain and Warren Counties and she had often been seen walking to different places in this area. Search of her home by the Attica police, accompanied by her cousin, Mrs. Mary Conner turned up nothing to indicate where she was.
It has been learned that Miss Disseldorf took a taxi to Williamsport on Thursday, September 25, after which it was erroneously reported that she was carrying a large sum of money. This report, however, was not true, as she didn't have enough money with her to pay her taxi fare.
County roads and a farm owned by the missing woman were searched by authorities after a check of her home revealed that between 25 and 30 coats and dresses are still in her house, indicating she did not plan an extended trip. Her dog and several other pets were still in the house when Attica police entered last Thursday. The missing woman was described as being about five feet, 10 inches tall and weighing 115 or 120 pounds. She has dark hair and wears glasses." - Covington Republican, October 9, 1958
"The badly decomposed body of an elderly woman, unofficially identified as that of Miss Leona Disseldorf, age 70, of Attica, who has been missing from her home since about September 26, was found Monday afternoon, November 10, submerged in a deep well at the Mary V. Hickman farm, six miles north of Covington. The farm home there has been vacant for the past couple of years and was formerly occupied by J.L. Bodine.
The body, hands and feet tied with pieces of plastic clothesline and weighed down with bricks, was discovered at about 3 p.m. by Guy Grady and son, Gene, Attica farmers who farm the Hickman land, and by Bill Young and Donald Hunt, both of Covington, who were hunting in the vicinity.
The Gradys went to the well to get water for their tractor. They were able to pump only a little water, the odor of which was putrid. Thinking an animal was in the well, they removed the three 2x8 boards, which covered the well and dropped a length of barbed wire into the well. The wire came back covered with what appeared to be human hair. Thinking they could see a human form in the 10 feet of water, in the 25 or 30 foot well, the Gradys called Deputy Sheriff George E. Cruea.
Police authorities said the hands were bound to the neck and the ankles were tied together with the plastic clothesline. Bricks were attached to the body by several strands of wire wrapped around her waist. The exact cause of death has not yet been determined due to the decomposed condition of the body. The victim was attired in white shoes, a print dress and she wore a necklace of blue-white imitation pearls. The missing Miss Disseldorf was said to have been collector of costume jewelry.
The body was buried Wednesday afternoon under the name of Miss Leona Disseldorf, a former Fountain County schoolteacher, at Riverside Cemetery at Attica." - Covington Republican, November 13, 1958 (Obituary compliments of the Fountain County Genealogy Society)
A search for Miss Disseldorf, who had been married once years ago, was instituted by the Attica City Police last Thursday morning, October 2, after they had been notified that she hadn't been seen around her home since the previous Friday.
Miss Disseldorf was a familiar figure in Fountain and Warren Counties and she had often been seen walking to different places in this area. Search of her home by the Attica police, accompanied by her cousin, Mrs. Mary Conner turned up nothing to indicate where she was.
It has been learned that Miss Disseldorf took a taxi to Williamsport on Thursday, September 25, after which it was erroneously reported that she was carrying a large sum of money. This report, however, was not true, as she didn't have enough money with her to pay her taxi fare.
County roads and a farm owned by the missing woman were searched by authorities after a check of her home revealed that between 25 and 30 coats and dresses are still in her house, indicating she did not plan an extended trip. Her dog and several other pets were still in the house when Attica police entered last Thursday. The missing woman was described as being about five feet, 10 inches tall and weighing 115 or 120 pounds. She has dark hair and wears glasses." - Covington Republican, October 9, 1958
"The badly decomposed body of an elderly woman, unofficially identified as that of Miss Leona Disseldorf, age 70, of Attica, who has been missing from her home since about September 26, was found Monday afternoon, November 10, submerged in a deep well at the Mary V. Hickman farm, six miles north of Covington. The farm home there has been vacant for the past couple of years and was formerly occupied by J.L. Bodine.
The body, hands and feet tied with pieces of plastic clothesline and weighed down with bricks, was discovered at about 3 p.m. by Guy Grady and son, Gene, Attica farmers who farm the Hickman land, and by Bill Young and Donald Hunt, both of Covington, who were hunting in the vicinity.
The Gradys went to the well to get water for their tractor. They were able to pump only a little water, the odor of which was putrid. Thinking an animal was in the well, they removed the three 2x8 boards, which covered the well and dropped a length of barbed wire into the well. The wire came back covered with what appeared to be human hair. Thinking they could see a human form in the 10 feet of water, in the 25 or 30 foot well, the Gradys called Deputy Sheriff George E. Cruea.
Police authorities said the hands were bound to the neck and the ankles were tied together with the plastic clothesline. Bricks were attached to the body by several strands of wire wrapped around her waist. The exact cause of death has not yet been determined due to the decomposed condition of the body. The victim was attired in white shoes, a print dress and she wore a necklace of blue-white imitation pearls. The missing Miss Disseldorf was said to have been collector of costume jewelry.
The body was buried Wednesday afternoon under the name of Miss Leona Disseldorf, a former Fountain County schoolteacher, at Riverside Cemetery at Attica." - Covington Republican, November 13, 1958 (Obituary compliments of the Fountain County Genealogy Society)
"An area wide police search for a 72 year old Attica woman, a former school teacher, is being continued by the Indiana State Police, Fountain County authorities and the Attica Police Department. The women, Miss Leona Disseldorf, has been missing since September 26. No concrete clues to her whereabouts have been found and she was still missing this morning, according to Attorney Robert E. Clemence, her guardian. Several rumors saying that her body had been found are false, according to Attorney Clemence.
A search for Miss Disseldorf, who had been married once years ago, was instituted by the Attica City Police last Thursday morning, October 2, after they had been notified that she hadn't been seen around her home since the previous Friday.
Miss Disseldorf was a familiar figure in Fountain and Warren Counties and she had often been seen walking to different places in this area. Search of her home by the Attica police, accompanied by her cousin, Mrs. Mary Conner turned up nothing to indicate where she was.
It has been learned that Miss Disseldorf took a taxi to Williamsport on Thursday, September 25, after which it was erroneously reported that she was carrying a large sum of money. This report, however, was not true, as she didn't have enough money with her to pay her taxi fare.
County roads and a farm owned by the missing woman were searched by authorities after a check of her home revealed that between 25 and 30 coats and dresses are still in her house, indicating she did not plan an extended trip. Her dog and several other pets were still in the house when Attica police entered last Thursday. The missing woman was described as being about five feet, 10 inches tall and weighing 115 or 120 pounds. She has dark hair and wears glasses." - Covington Republican, October 9, 1958
"The badly decomposed body of an elderly woman, unofficially identified as that of Miss Leona Disseldorf, age 70, of Attica, who has been missing from her home since about September 26, was found Monday afternoon, November 10, submerged in a deep well at the Mary V. Hickman farm, six miles north of Covington. The farm home there has been vacant for the past couple of years and was formerly occupied by J.L. Bodine.
The body, hands and feet tied with pieces of plastic clothesline and weighed down with bricks, was discovered at about 3 p.m. by Guy Grady and son, Gene, Attica farmers who farm the Hickman land, and by Bill Young and Donald Hunt, both of Covington, who were hunting in the vicinity.
The Gradys went to the well to get water for their tractor. They were able to pump only a little water, the odor of which was putrid. Thinking an animal was in the well, they removed the three 2x8 boards, which covered the well and dropped a length of barbed wire into the well. The wire came back covered with what appeared to be human hair. Thinking they could see a human form in the 10 feet of water, in the 25 or 30 foot well, the Gradys called Deputy Sheriff George E. Cruea.
Police authorities said the hands were bound to the neck and the ankles were tied together with the plastic clothesline. Bricks were attached to the body by several strands of wire wrapped around her waist. The exact cause of death has not yet been determined due to the decomposed condition of the body. The victim was attired in white shoes, a print dress and she wore a necklace of blue-white imitation pearls. The missing Miss Disseldorf was said to have been collector of costume jewelry.
The body was buried Wednesday afternoon under the name of Miss Leona Disseldorf, a former Fountain County schoolteacher, at Riverside Cemetery at Attica." - Covington Republican, November 13, 1958 (Obituary compliments of the Fountain County Genealogy Society)
A search for Miss Disseldorf, who had been married once years ago, was instituted by the Attica City Police last Thursday morning, October 2, after they had been notified that she hadn't been seen around her home since the previous Friday.
Miss Disseldorf was a familiar figure in Fountain and Warren Counties and she had often been seen walking to different places in this area. Search of her home by the Attica police, accompanied by her cousin, Mrs. Mary Conner turned up nothing to indicate where she was.
It has been learned that Miss Disseldorf took a taxi to Williamsport on Thursday, September 25, after which it was erroneously reported that she was carrying a large sum of money. This report, however, was not true, as she didn't have enough money with her to pay her taxi fare.
County roads and a farm owned by the missing woman were searched by authorities after a check of her home revealed that between 25 and 30 coats and dresses are still in her house, indicating she did not plan an extended trip. Her dog and several other pets were still in the house when Attica police entered last Thursday. The missing woman was described as being about five feet, 10 inches tall and weighing 115 or 120 pounds. She has dark hair and wears glasses." - Covington Republican, October 9, 1958
"The badly decomposed body of an elderly woman, unofficially identified as that of Miss Leona Disseldorf, age 70, of Attica, who has been missing from her home since about September 26, was found Monday afternoon, November 10, submerged in a deep well at the Mary V. Hickman farm, six miles north of Covington. The farm home there has been vacant for the past couple of years and was formerly occupied by J.L. Bodine.
The body, hands and feet tied with pieces of plastic clothesline and weighed down with bricks, was discovered at about 3 p.m. by Guy Grady and son, Gene, Attica farmers who farm the Hickman land, and by Bill Young and Donald Hunt, both of Covington, who were hunting in the vicinity.
The Gradys went to the well to get water for their tractor. They were able to pump only a little water, the odor of which was putrid. Thinking an animal was in the well, they removed the three 2x8 boards, which covered the well and dropped a length of barbed wire into the well. The wire came back covered with what appeared to be human hair. Thinking they could see a human form in the 10 feet of water, in the 25 or 30 foot well, the Gradys called Deputy Sheriff George E. Cruea.
Police authorities said the hands were bound to the neck and the ankles were tied together with the plastic clothesline. Bricks were attached to the body by several strands of wire wrapped around her waist. The exact cause of death has not yet been determined due to the decomposed condition of the body. The victim was attired in white shoes, a print dress and she wore a necklace of blue-white imitation pearls. The missing Miss Disseldorf was said to have been collector of costume jewelry.
The body was buried Wednesday afternoon under the name of Miss Leona Disseldorf, a former Fountain County schoolteacher, at Riverside Cemetery at Attica." - Covington Republican, November 13, 1958 (Obituary compliments of the Fountain County Genealogy Society)
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