The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-16
4 YoRKvInLB arms aDvENrURE.
Her Disappearance, Ind the story sho Told
Alter her Return.

Miss Vonnie Parks, miss of fifteen sum
mers, went away from her homo on tho 9th
inet. and did not return until Sunday evening
last. Her father George d. Parks, is a ieweller
at l'6l4 Third avenue She Is a pupil In the
grammar school In ERhty-Dinth street, and is
beloved by all her sch oolmates. on Wednesday
last after her return from school her mother
gave her a lesson on the piano, but she was care
less and her mother soOlded her. Within an
hour the girl was missing. Her outer street gar
ments could not be found, but her jewelry and
other wearing apparel were undisturbed. On
Thursday thorough search was instituted
among friends and relatives, and as no trace of
her was found her father applied to Can't. Rob
bins OF the Elghty-elghth street police and hi.
detectives went to work. Several hundred pho
togrdDhs we're distributed by the father. and on
Friday Mr.. Parks obtained a clue. Vonnie had
been seen with colored woman riding through
Yorkville, going up town. The detectives. work
Ing on this, learned that the girl and tho negro
woman stepped out OF the car at NDetieth
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parks, knowing that vonnle was
acqumnted with only one colored woman, ser
want that had been discharged from their en-
ploy Della Tobias by name, made that fact
known to the detectives. and they learned that
this servant was at service with Mrs. Cove Of
400 East Twenty second street. but she gave
them no satisfaction, and there seemed to he no
hope OF finding the missing gill until sunday
evening, when she voluntarily returned to her
parents home.
Vonne had been four days away and her
wear. She complained too OF being footsOro
and weary, and said she had walked all the way
from Twenty second street and Ninth avenue.
She said that Della Tobias, who visited MIR.
Parks house two weeks ago, put II into her head
that her mother was treating her too much as
child. She advised her to run away II she was
again rebuked, and told her to come TO her
lhe scolding after the music lesson was there
fore followed by her flight. The negro woman was
found at Mrs. Cowe's. Nonnie was welcomed
To the Kitchen. Della, upprebensive that her
employers might discover Nonnie, put her into
closet and kept her there during the day and
"a far into the evening "a there was any danger
that the mistress might visit her kitchen. At
about O'Clock every evening, when the family
was busy about evening emplOyments and enjoy
ments, Della and Vonnle stole past the library
door and up to their bed In the attic. They the IA
talked over their plans for the future.
During the nrst two days, while Nounies sense
OF injury was fresh, she had nOIdesife TO return
home, aud Della suggested that she shO uld u iwn
her CLOAK, buy IA morning SUIT, and have her hair
dyed with the proceeds. The negro woman
seemed to be vexed that Vonnie had rot some
jewelrv. Their want Of money, how ever, was to
be made 40 by killing MIR. and Mis-. Parks and
rObDing tue store. Then Della would kill her
mother. Alter this butchery the two were to
90 somewhere ana live on the proceeds OF the
robbery.
Aftef two days OF imprisonment In the closet
the girl began to desire to 20 home, but the
negro woman threatened to do something des-
Friday evening after dark, inste ID OF going to
bed as usual, the two stole out, and walking
over TO Third avenue. took the cars, ana rode
~ as far AS Ninetieth street. They then took
downtown car and rode back to Twenty
second street. and returned to Mrs. Cowes.
Nunnie spent Saturday alone in the coal hole.
all the wnie devising means Of escape. On
sunday evening she put Oh her wrappings and
boldly walked out Della Protested, ana threat
eued violence. but the girl paid no further heed
to her, and went TO a trends house in Eighty
second street, and thence she was sent home.
Della was taken before Justice Smith In the
Harlem Police Court yesterday, and Is to be ex-
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