Charleston, W. Va., Oct. 25—Mrs. Jesse Dotson, who disappeared from her home in Boone county two years ago and who was believed to have been murdered, was arrested by a state trooper in Inez, W. Va., today. George Heath, residing in the same house with the woman, was also arrested.
Troopers were assigned to investigate Mrs. Dotson’s disappearance when relatives reported her missing. Her husband and Dan Dotson, his father, were arrested on suspicion. The troopers dragged Joe’s Creek near the Dotson home for a month in search of Mrs. Dotson’s body.
On information from Inez, a trooper, disguised as a sewing machine agent, went to that town and finally located Mrs. Dotson. He took an order for a machine and then arrested Mrs. Dotson and Heath.
The husband and father were released from jail yesterday.
The troopers, while dragging Joe’s Creek, found the skeletons of a woman and child. They are now investigating that mystery.
From the front page of the Lincoln County News, Lincolnton, N.C., Oct. 29, 1923
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