Rome Semi-Weekly Citizen
June 2, 1894
About 10 o'clock Tuesday evening, Miss Mary W. Armour, aged 70 years, disappeared very mysteriously from the home of her brother, Nicholas N. Armour, with whom she lived. At the time she went out of the house with a pail of dish water. She was in the habit of throwing the water in a place about 100 feet from the house. As she started to carry the water out, her sister Catherine spoke to her, saying that she would carry it instead, but Mary declined, and after half an hour had passed without her returning, Nicholas and Catherine became alarmed and started out to look for her. The premises and buildings were searched, but no trace of her could be found, not even the pail. Wednesday morning the neighbors assisted in the search, which was kept up till 8:45 am yesterday, when she was found by Almon Gould, one of the searching party, on the premises of Milford Mills, about half a mile from the Armour homestead. She was lying on her right side, dead, where she had probably laid since Tuesday night. By her side was the tin pail which she carried from the house. Mr. Armour thinks that his sister, when she went out of the house, must have become bewildered and strayed to the place where she was found. Between Mr. Armour's place and the spot where she was found are three barb wire fences, four wires high, and she must have crawled through these and walked across a newly plowed field in order to get to the place where found. She undoubtedly became exhausted and fell to the ground and died from exposure. John R. Jones, a neighbor of the Armours, came to Rome and noticed Coroner Nock, who went to Westmoreland to view the remains.
Mr. Armour went to Utica Thursday morning to consult a fortune teller and see if she could tell him anything of the whereabouts of his lost sister. He told the fortune teller he had lost some one, and wanted information as to where he could find her. Mr. Armour was never married, but the fortune teller said the woman who was lost was his wife, that he had had domestic trouble and she had left the house. She also assured Mr. Armour that before he died he would be married three times. She also told him he would find the lost one alive at a neighbors within two miles of his house. This goes to show how straight fortune tellers guess at the past, present and future. Mr. Armour said he did not believe in them, but that his neighbors wanted him to consult one, so he did so to please them. He was informed in Rome of the finding of his sister. He had come here for the purpose of offering a reward for her.
Coroner Nock impaneled a jury and held an inquest. After listening to the evidence the jury found as their verdict: That Mary W. Armour of the town of Westmoreland, NY, left her home on the night of May 29 and wandered into the field of M. C. Mills and there died from exhaustion and exposure.
June 2, 1894
About 10 o'clock Tuesday evening, Miss Mary W. Armour, aged 70 years, disappeared very mysteriously from the home of her brother, Nicholas N. Armour, with whom she lived. At the time she went out of the house with a pail of dish water. She was in the habit of throwing the water in a place about 100 feet from the house. As she started to carry the water out, her sister Catherine spoke to her, saying that she would carry it instead, but Mary declined, and after half an hour had passed without her returning, Nicholas and Catherine became alarmed and started out to look for her. The premises and buildings were searched, but no trace of her could be found, not even the pail. Wednesday morning the neighbors assisted in the search, which was kept up till 8:45 am yesterday, when she was found by Almon Gould, one of the searching party, on the premises of Milford Mills, about half a mile from the Armour homestead. She was lying on her right side, dead, where she had probably laid since Tuesday night. By her side was the tin pail which she carried from the house. Mr. Armour thinks that his sister, when she went out of the house, must have become bewildered and strayed to the place where she was found. Between Mr. Armour's place and the spot where she was found are three barb wire fences, four wires high, and she must have crawled through these and walked across a newly plowed field in order to get to the place where found. She undoubtedly became exhausted and fell to the ground and died from exposure. John R. Jones, a neighbor of the Armours, came to Rome and noticed Coroner Nock, who went to Westmoreland to view the remains.
Mr. Armour went to Utica Thursday morning to consult a fortune teller and see if she could tell him anything of the whereabouts of his lost sister. He told the fortune teller he had lost some one, and wanted information as to where he could find her. Mr. Armour was never married, but the fortune teller said the woman who was lost was his wife, that he had had domestic trouble and she had left the house. She also assured Mr. Armour that before he died he would be married three times. She also told him he would find the lost one alive at a neighbors within two miles of his house. This goes to show how straight fortune tellers guess at the past, present and future. Mr. Armour said he did not believe in them, but that his neighbors wanted him to consult one, so he did so to please them. He was informed in Rome of the finding of his sister. He had come here for the purpose of offering a reward for her.
Coroner Nock impaneled a jury and held an inquest. After listening to the evidence the jury found as their verdict: That Mary W. Armour of the town of Westmoreland, NY, left her home on the night of May 29 and wandered into the field of M. C. Mills and there died from exhaustion and exposure.
Rome Semi-Weekly Citizen
June 2, 1894
About 10 o'clock Tuesday evening, Miss Mary W. Armour, aged 70 years, disappeared very mysteriously from the home of her brother, Nicholas N. Armour, with whom she lived. At the time she went out of the house with a pail of dish water. She was in the habit of throwing the water in a place about 100 feet from the house. As she started to carry the water out, her sister Catherine spoke to her, saying that she would carry it instead, but Mary declined, and after half an hour had passed without her returning, Nicholas and Catherine became alarmed and started out to look for her. The premises and buildings were searched, but no trace of her could be found, not even the pail. Wednesday morning the neighbors assisted in the search, which was kept up till 8:45 am yesterday, when she was found by Almon Gould, one of the searching party, on the premises of Milford Mills, about half a mile from the Armour homestead. She was lying on her right side, dead, where she had probably laid since Tuesday night. By her side was the tin pail which she carried from the house. Mr. Armour thinks that his sister, when she went out of the house, must have become bewildered and strayed to the place where she was found. Between Mr. Armour's place and the spot where she was found are three barb wire fences, four wires high, and she must have crawled through these and walked across a newly plowed field in order to get to the place where found. She undoubtedly became exhausted and fell to the ground and died from exposure. John R. Jones, a neighbor of the Armours, came to Rome and noticed Coroner Nock, who went to Westmoreland to view the remains.
Mr. Armour went to Utica Thursday morning to consult a fortune teller and see if she could tell him anything of the whereabouts of his lost sister. He told the fortune teller he had lost some one, and wanted information as to where he could find her. Mr. Armour was never married, but the fortune teller said the woman who was lost was his wife, that he had had domestic trouble and she had left the house. She also assured Mr. Armour that before he died he would be married three times. She also told him he would find the lost one alive at a neighbors within two miles of his house. This goes to show how straight fortune tellers guess at the past, present and future. Mr. Armour said he did not believe in them, but that his neighbors wanted him to consult one, so he did so to please them. He was informed in Rome of the finding of his sister. He had come here for the purpose of offering a reward for her.
Coroner Nock impaneled a jury and held an inquest. After listening to the evidence the jury found as their verdict: That Mary W. Armour of the town of Westmoreland, NY, left her home on the night of May 29 and wandered into the field of M. C. Mills and there died from exhaustion and exposure.
June 2, 1894
About 10 o'clock Tuesday evening, Miss Mary W. Armour, aged 70 years, disappeared very mysteriously from the home of her brother, Nicholas N. Armour, with whom she lived. At the time she went out of the house with a pail of dish water. She was in the habit of throwing the water in a place about 100 feet from the house. As she started to carry the water out, her sister Catherine spoke to her, saying that she would carry it instead, but Mary declined, and after half an hour had passed without her returning, Nicholas and Catherine became alarmed and started out to look for her. The premises and buildings were searched, but no trace of her could be found, not even the pail. Wednesday morning the neighbors assisted in the search, which was kept up till 8:45 am yesterday, when she was found by Almon Gould, one of the searching party, on the premises of Milford Mills, about half a mile from the Armour homestead. She was lying on her right side, dead, where she had probably laid since Tuesday night. By her side was the tin pail which she carried from the house. Mr. Armour thinks that his sister, when she went out of the house, must have become bewildered and strayed to the place where she was found. Between Mr. Armour's place and the spot where she was found are three barb wire fences, four wires high, and she must have crawled through these and walked across a newly plowed field in order to get to the place where found. She undoubtedly became exhausted and fell to the ground and died from exposure. John R. Jones, a neighbor of the Armours, came to Rome and noticed Coroner Nock, who went to Westmoreland to view the remains.
Mr. Armour went to Utica Thursday morning to consult a fortune teller and see if she could tell him anything of the whereabouts of his lost sister. He told the fortune teller he had lost some one, and wanted information as to where he could find her. Mr. Armour was never married, but the fortune teller said the woman who was lost was his wife, that he had had domestic trouble and she had left the house. She also assured Mr. Armour that before he died he would be married three times. She also told him he would find the lost one alive at a neighbors within two miles of his house. This goes to show how straight fortune tellers guess at the past, present and future. Mr. Armour said he did not believe in them, but that his neighbors wanted him to consult one, so he did so to please them. He was informed in Rome of the finding of his sister. He had come here for the purpose of offering a reward for her.
Coroner Nock impaneled a jury and held an inquest. After listening to the evidence the jury found as their verdict: That Mary W. Armour of the town of Westmoreland, NY, left her home on the night of May 29 and wandered into the field of M. C. Mills and there died from exhaustion and exposure.
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