Letter from William Spry, 20 October 1888
Chattanooga, Tenn., .
Pres Wilford Woodruff
Dear Brother:
Yours of the 13th inst in relation
to bro Horace Morrill release received
and acted upon.
All is peace and quietness in the mis-
sion, but a very painful state of suspense
is caused by the mysterious disappear-
ance of Elder Alma P. Richards who was
laboring in Miss of which case doubtless
you have heard.
He had been laboring alone for a time and
as soon as his protracted silense aroused
suspicion that all was not well search-
ing parties were sent out but up to date
we cant learn of his being heard from
or seen since Aug 2nd and we greatly
fear foul play. The search is being con-
tinued and we hope to be able learn
his fate. In the mean time we
