Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-01 | Page 3 | Officers Hunt Missing Girl

OFFICERS HUNT MISSING GIRL Gift Police of four states and department department department depart depart- ment of justice agents fr from m Salt Lake City were baffled Saturday tur as they searched for a a. pretty ye 13 year 13 r rold old girl who disappeared Wednes Wednesday iday i- i day from the Home of Truth mysterious mysterious mysterious mys mys- cult in the desert near Kon- Kon ori- ori Lawrence Palmer sheriff of ot SanJuan SanJuan San SanJuan Juan county said MId no trace had been found of Thelma Moss the girl o oi 01 Clifford Cox brother of her stepfather stepfather stepfather step step- father since they were seen driving in an automobile without lights ig ts Wednesday at 2 a. a m m. flee fleeing ng the colony S Sheriff Palmer broadcast a description de d description of the automobile and Its occupants But no clue was uncovered uncovered un un- covered to the whereabouts of the car a 1926 Dodge se sedan n be bearing ring Idaho license plates No A 1 Unhappy Afraid The girls girl's disappearance occurred only a few v hours before beCore he her father fattier Riley Moss of PIcabo Idaho Idas camo carrio to get her She had written him telling him she was unhappy and arid afraid and asking for tor transports transports- tion money home Sheriff Palmer said investigation of the affair disclosed Mr and Mrs Moss were divorced in 1927 the wife remarrying to R. R L L. L Cox brother of ot Clifford Cox CaL A month ago the sheriff sherif said R. R I L. L Cox and his wife wile Thelma and Clifford joined the hc cult which h worships worships worships wor wor- ships dead bodies under the spiritual spiritual spirit spirit- ual direction of Marie Ogden former New Jersey Body Spirited Away Two years ago a woman cult member mem mem- ber died Her body was preserved and kept in a shrine in the Ogden residence The said she had the power to resurrect the woman But ut a few weeks ago the body disappeared Skeptics said Marie Ogden was de defeated di- di She claimed she hid tho the body because of curiosity seekers It w was learned that Clifford Cox had a wife and children in Monterey Monterey Mon Mon- terey Cal Cat Sheriff Palmer expressed doubt he would take Thelma there He had little littie money and not enough gasoline to take him much further than out of Utah Not the least puzzling angle of the case was what drove Thelma pretty blonde blue eyed pound maturely maturely ma ma- developed girl from th the co col ony Why did she sho leave only ft a few hours bours before she knew her father would arrive