July 21, 1923: Missing Woman Located Avoids Apprehension

By Margaret Leidy Harner from her book One Day at a Time: A Social History of Boyertown, PA.

July 21, 1923: A missing Gilbertsville woman has been located at a hotel in Wildwood, New Jersey; Ella Latshaw’s husband Harvey has been notified by the Chief of Police in that seaside resort where she was registered.

She had left him and two of their young children last week, telling him that she was going to Pottstown to shop and would return in time to make supper. She had taken their two-year-old daughter Virginia with her. The same day that she disappeared, a neighbor and close family friend, Irvin Kulp had told his wife that he was leaving her and was never going to return.

After several days had passed and Ella had not returned, Latshaw sought the help of the police in locating her and the child. It has since been learned that Ella has left Wildwood, and it is believed that she was heading for Camden. The police in that city have been asked to be on the look out and try to apprehend her.

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