Missing 411: North America And Beyond by David Paulides

Author:David Paulides [Paulides, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 1480237620
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2012-01-07T17:59:05+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR:

EASTERN UNITED STATES

Connecticut

Nam? Date/Time Missing Age Sex Location

Mrs. John McClaren 04/24/1886-Unk-Unk-F«Wallingford, CT

Jackie Grady 03/23/39-PM’4*M*Waterbury, CT

Mrs. John McClaren

Missing 04/24/1886-Unk, Wallingford, CT

Age at Disappearance: Unknown

In the twenty-first century, we, unfortunately, have become accustomed to seeing homeless people in many of the big cities of America. It’s almost routine to see people at stoplights asking for money. As this story will explain, homeless and less-fortunate people also lived on the fringes of life in the late 1800s.

I could find only one article about this event, a May 17, 1886, piece that ran in the St. Louis Globe Democrat. The article started by explaining that a woman, Mrs. John McClaren, was a known person in the community of Wallingford, Connecticut. The article described the lady as “poor, decrepit, and a weak minded old woman.” The community hadn’t seen her in several days, and many were concerned about her welfare. It would’ve appeared that she was very well known and was a frequent visitor to many.

Two boys and their dog were trekking through the swamp on the outskirts of town and came across a horrific smell. The boys investigated and worked their way through a di icult region and came across the bloated body of Mrs. John McClaren. The article describes the find: “All around the body were broken twigs. Dried

Name Date/Time Missing Age Sex

Location

Mrs. John 04/24/1886-

McClaren Unk«Unk’F'Wallingford, CT

Jackie Grady 03/23/39-PM-4»M-Waterbury,

CT

Mrs. John McClaren

Missing 04/24/1886-Unk, Wallingford, CT

Age at Disappearance: Unknown

In the twenty-first century, we, unfortunately, have become accustomed to seeing homeless people in many of the big cities of America. It’s almost routine to see people at stoplights asking for money. As this story will explain, homeless and less-fortunate people also lived on the fringes of life in the late 1800s.

I could find only one article about this event, a May 17, 1886, piece that ran in the St. Louis Globe Democrat. The article started by explaining that a woman, Mrs. John McClaren, was a known person in the community of Wallingford, Connecticut. The article described the lady as “poor, decrepit, and a weak minded old woman.” The community hadn’t seen her in several days, and many were concerned about her welfare. It would’ve appeared that she was very well known and was a frequent visitor to many.

Two boys and their dog were trekking through the swamp on the outskirts of town and came across a horrific smell. The boys investigated and worked their way through a di icult region and came across the bloated body of Mrs. John McClaren. The article describes the find: “All around the body were broken twigs. Dried grass had been pulled up. Everything about the body indicated a long and prolonged struggle before death had relieved the sufferer. Her clothing was scant and she was without shoes or stockings. Not less than three weeks had elapsed since she was last seen.”

The article described the area as still cold and appearing quite wet from winter, as the body was found in a puddle of water.

Summary

This story would probably never have been written about again except for the specific facts of Mrs.

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