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eeshtquestion directed at him. 'and one of the youths grabbed hold of him as the vehicle started to move.t the timesaid bothof clothes on. •were de nd in no nvei. Wit eing fouriver area the men )f the car y ill.ted stolen south of;en by'theierns, 46, •sl-dcgree : County; tenced to nod as a Kanawha White, 35, habitualerrgeC, 44, of ged with jsult of aII ed ford, an, of the'olice at e chargewho was truck the in which ilmstown.Free CabbieIn MissingWoman Caseford last been set will be he Peace dford. s jury in uesi that I by faults truck be held tlily.■entilmanly at the ole was •iving in s brakesverve towagon, •West Virginia authorities yesterday released the cobble being held in connection with' the. disappearance of o local woman believed drowned in .the Potomac River near Wiley Ford,The 35-year-old man, a local taxicab driver, was apprehended by West Virginia State Police Fridfey and lodged in the Mineral County Jail at Keyset*... Yesterday, afternoon West Virginia troopers, Ridgclcy Police Chief Jack Cornett, Mineral County Sheriff Waller 0. Mott, and Dct. Joseph Stitcher of the Cumberland Police Department spent more lit an four hours questioning the cabbie.The authorities took the man to the spot where he stated , the woman, Mrs, Ktntnn M, Smith, who had been residing on Emily Street, left and also gave Idm a lie detector last.After the questioning, police released the man pending the finding of the woman's body.Meanwhile, members of the Cumberland Auxiliary Police and volunteers continued to search the muddy Potomac River for a trace of the woman’s body.The search was halted last evening because of darkness, but is expected to be continued today, The operation has been hampered by the swift waters,The case developed Friday morning when local police were notified by the cab driver that he had taken Mrs. Smith to the Maryland side of the Wiley Ford bridge.The cabbie informed police that the woman acted in an odd manner and had said something like she would be found *'be!ow the highest part of the airport.” The only trace of the woman found thus far was a single set of footsteps leading to the water's edge and a purse containing money and cards identifying Mrs. Smith,rcsponsfaculty,FromchairmiLoiBa(I11/A Cut two chi Fridaynear NThey 39, of : his wif rcgist ei Hudson son, 10, Mem! here ha four im in Monlrislown,The turod w and fac Hudson Scry, J. fered sc still utitured si dition o ported Repoi that Tin to Fain Roth, a cousin c Near car ami elderly eorsvea and wci derly pt milled Hudso man of of the i here.Ea;MolCumwill m progra class ■ didalc* .0. \ preside dent ospeakeTim
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, May 11, 1958
Page 53
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