Asheville, April 16—One of the greatest mysteries in the history of Hot Springs was solved today with the finding of Mrs. Ferida [Freida? Viola?] Plemmons, who has been missing for the past two weeks. The river had been dragged and dynamite used in the search for her body, it having been thought that she committed suicide.
The woman was seen for the first time since her departure as she was leaving the stock barn on the farm of W.R. Ellison, three miles from Hot Springs, and was immediately traced by neighbors. When first approached the woman refused to recognize any one, and declared her name was not Plemmons. She resisted efforts to take her, but was finally overpowered and taken to her home. A physician was called and after an examination stated that he believed the woman a victim of amnesia.
After first aid treatment the woman appeared to take on something of her former self and begged to see her husband and children. The latter, who had been conducting a frantic search for her, rushed to the home of Crit Stamey, where the reunion took place. Doctors expressed the belief that with proper care and rest Mrs. Plemmons can be restored to health.
From the Concord Daily Tribune, April 17, 1926
The Concord had called her Viola Plemmons in other articles about her disappearance.
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