My Heart Laid Bare (2015)
“In the hot dry summer of 1914, through the vast territories of Wyoming, Colorado, and, in most concentration, New Mexico, hundreds of notices were posted to the effect that a Philadelphian named Roland Shrikesdale III was missing; having been last seen in mid-April, in Denver, at the Edinburgh Hotel. A $50,000 reward was offered to any person or persons with information leading to Shrikesdale’s whereabouts, said information to be delivered to local law enforcement agents, or telegraphed to Mrs.... Anna Emery Shrikesdale, the missing man’s mother, in Philadelphia. Shrikesdale was described as a gentleman of refined habits—thirty-three years old—measuring five feet seven inches, and weighing approximately one hundred eighty pounds—with brown eyes, a mole near his left eye, and fair brown curly hair. His photograph, starkly reproduced, showed the head and shoulders of an unhealthily plump young man with a squinting smile.
The newspapers took avidly to the story, as Shrikesdale was principal heir to one of the great Eastern fortunes; and great pathos derived from the fact that the missing man’s mother was so intent upon finding him she’d embarked westward herself by train, only to be struck down by illness two hours out of Philadelphia.MoreLess
The newspapers took avidly to the story, as Shrikesdale was principal heir to one of the great Eastern fortunes; and great pathos derived from the fact that the missing man’s mother was so intent upon finding him she’d embarked westward herself by train, only to be struck down by illness two hours out of Philadelphia.MoreLess
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