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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Authorities search for Everett Lindsay, Seattle war veteran accused of murdering and burying his wife, after locating his abandoned 12-year-old adopted daughter Pearl in Oakland, California. Lindsay, using alias Jack Grant, fled south, possibly to Mexico.
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Search Shifts to California for War Veteran Locate Daughter
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 5.-
Search for Everett Lindsay, war veteran, wanted in Seattle, charged with slaying his wife, whose body was found buried in the yard of their Seattle home early in the week, shifted to California with the finding of his 12-year-old adopted daughter Pearl, whom he abandoned in an Oakland rooming house Tuesday.
The girl, who believed her mother alive, said she and Lindsay, who was using the name of Jack Grant, lived a week here after making the trip from Seattle in an automobile.
The authorities believed Lindsay is enroute to Mexico.
Pearl said she last saw her mother during the middle of February.
That night Lindsay told Pearl and her sister to stay out of her mother's bedroom.
The next day she said she saw Lindsay digging in the yard and he said he had buried garbage.
Pearl said Lindsay explained their flight telling her it was necessary to avoid trouble with the school authorities over Pearl's non-attendance at classes. Lindsay is charged with the murder of his wife.
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Seattle, Oakland, California
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May 5, Middle Of February
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Everett Lindsay, a war veteran using the alias Jack Grant, is sought for slaying his wife, whose body was buried in their Seattle yard. He fled with his adopted daughter Pearl, abandoning her in an Oakland rooming house. Pearl last saw her mother in mid-February; Lindsay dug in the yard the next day, claiming to bury garbage, and explained their flight to avoid school attendance issues.