In Re Estate of Conkling

Addie B. Conkling, an unmarried woman, disappeared from her home in Marshalltown, Iowa, on November 20, 1932.

On June 11, 1933, Mary McMahon and Ina Mitchell, mother and sister of Addie B. Conkling, filed application for appointment of Mary McMahon as administratrix of her estate, and on the same day that the application was filed Mary McMahon qualified by filing bond and gave notice as provided by law. A few months later she filed an inventory, showing assets in the amount of $8,503, consisting of cash on hand and notes secured by mortgages.

On June 2, 1933, the body of Addie B. Conkling was…