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Correspondence from Karl Germer to Phyllis Seckler
[15 December 1957]
Jane [Jane Wolfe] is becoming a serious case and I may have to think of having her placed in an institution for mentally deranged. Last Thursday was a particularly bad case. I had to drive to the post office and drug store to get some medicine for Jane. Sascha [Sascha Germer] was taking a bath. When I came home at noon, she had disappeared, just before leaving I had talked to her. We searched all over the place. The dog had disappeared too, which was significant. We searched in vain, but the dog came back utterly exhausted and thirsty.
Finally there was nothing left but to tell the sheriff, who arranged a search party. By this time it was 3:00 p.m. 20 men were searching: no success. At night more people joined and we searched with flashlights. It was only next morning at 7:30 she was found half dead, and cold. The doctor examined her and was surprised about her good physical condition after such an ordeal. But worse: she threw her denture away, and now can only eat special food. Worse things can happen any day and we have to be on the alert practically all the time.
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