Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-20

seem but little doubt but that the girl-boy
and Miss Sands are one and the same person.
This theory is supported by the following
evidence, some of which has and some has
not been made public; and it furnishes an
almost irrefragable chain
Early Monday morning (the day after
Miss Sands's Disappearance Major Austin,
who lives about mile beyond Winooski,
saw young woman, with considerably be
draggled clothes indicating long tramp,
coming down the street towards the village.
Later in the morning DIR. J. o. Champion
saw in the village a woman answering TO
Major Austin's description of the one he had
seen. Still later the same woman bought
goods at Moneys and Aliens, us heretofore
stated and between 9 and 10 O'Clock she
went to the barber shop of p. ii. Mcmahon,
corner of Church and Cherry streets, and had
her hair cut, asking him to cut ii
like boys. As he did so she
wept, saying she did not think she would
feel so bad to have it cut off. The long locks
street, from which direction she came She
had two bundles with her; and as her hair
was loosed ii fell as if it had usually been
combed back As the barber describes her,
she wore a grayish dress black hat with
rim slightly turned down, rutfled collar;
light brown hair; darkish eyes; darkish
complectoned- rather brunette than blonde;
rather short in stature. The barber picked
a likeness of Miss Sands out of ten others as
that of this girl
On Tuesday morning she was seen, as be-
fore stated, by Davis and Flaherty, at the
Central Vermont depot. On the same morn
ing George Murphy and Flat" Moore saw
her (now dressed as a boy near the depot
going south; saw her again at the brewery;
and again near Gatess mill. Joseph Carlin,
who was on horseback, passed her near that |
mill, and, being spoken to about her by Moore |
and Murphy, went back and looked her over.
Carlin also picked Miss Sands's photograph |
out of ten others as that of the girl-boy he
had seen, and his identification was absolute.
Of Conductor Phipps' seeing the girl we
have already spoken-how she got on the
train at Shelburn or Charlotte and got off at
or near Rutland
The numerous identitications and the trac.
ing from Westford road through Winooski
and this city and TO the south of us certainly
furnish pretty strong evidence. 1t can at
least be said without fear of denial that
girl has been masquerading in boys clothes
through here But Miss Sands is the only
missing girl in these parts. Had there been
another the alarm would have been given
long ago. How, then, can we resist the con-
yiction that Miss Sands is actually this girl
boy? OF her motives, of course, no one can
pretend to speak but it seems probable that
the mystery will soon be solved-and this
not by searching Westford woods.
NOTES.
Sleeping Lucy" has been again inter
viewed and comforted the credulous hearts
Of her hearers by the information that the
missing girl was yet living and was travel
ent Lucy evidently reads the papers. Her
employment in this case shows that fools are
not yet extinct in Vermont.
We understand that the girls relatives are
BEGINNING to believe that the girl-boy is the
Missing Emma.
The good people of Westford and parts
hereto adjacent are conducting the search
II the woods-which by the way are very
right hearty good will. The
,reat throng is divided into companies of 20
men, who choose captain to take the lead,
md in this manner the search is thorough
md minute. They implicitly believe that
he girl is in the woods, and any one express
ng contrary opinion is, we hear, in bodily
LANCER.
We hear that people in Grand Isle, where :
Hiss Sands taught school, say she was very
eligious, but exctable and at times hys-
erical, sometimes being ''out of her head" l
ANOTHER IDENTIFICATION.
Last Monday young lady went into A.
'outin's store and attempted to sell her hair.
me girl who waitrd on her had IL slight
hough misunderstanding of the Sands
iris, and identified her as Sands girl, she ,
ould not say which. This of course amounts
o an absolute Identification of Emma Sands.