Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-06-20
The MISSING WGSu0rd Girl.
MISS EMMA SANDS.
THE STORY OF A WEEKS SEARCH.


from the Daily of Saturday.
There is a most curious story in connection
with the mysterious disappearance of Miss
Emma Sands at Westford, Sunday night,
which, if corroborated by facts yet to be
established, will clear up the tragedy of the
mystery and show it to be merely wild
freak of an adventurous girl. Early Tues
day morning, Mr.. Davis, the night watch
man at the Central Vermont railroad depot
in this city, found in passenger car there,
asleep, person whom single
glance sufficed TO show was girl in mans
clothes. 1t was sufficiently evident, too,
that she had come in on foot and had gone
into the car for shelter and rest. On being
awakened she asked the hour at which the
train left for Rutland, but would give no
explanation as TO how she came there. Mr..
Davis asked her to go into the ladies' wait
ne room and stay there Just then Flsherty,
Davis's relief, came, and the latter started
for home. But Flaherty and boy with him
so aroused the girls fears by injudicious
questions and remarks that she, seeing that
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opportunity to escape, and up TO the moment
of writing nothing had been seen or heard OF
her. The most curious part of the story is
now to come
THE GIRL-BOY IDENTIFIED.
Yesterday some gentlemen came down
from Westford, bringing with them six
photographs of as many different young
ladies, ono of Miss Sands among them.
These were shown to Mr. Davis and he al
once picked out that of Miss Sands and iden-
titled it as correct likeness of the girl-boy
he had seen Tuesday morning; and subse-
quently Flaherty did the same thing. This
is very strong evidence, to say the least. 1t
would seem to be very easy matter TO find
a girl so imperfectly disguised; and if Davis |
and Flaherty are not egregiously mistaken,
Miss Sands will be soon discovered and the |
whole matter cleared up.
The first of the week young lady |
went into H. A. Moneys store and priced
some goods, and at Noah Aliens she
bought two shirts, a pair of overalls and
a travelling bag. Saturday morning Mr..
Mooney and Mr. Henry p Allen identified
Miss Sands's photograph asa correct likeness of
the young lady who visited their respective
establishments. She was, however, dressed
in female attire at that time. On Tuesday
or Wednesday Conductor Oscar Phipps saw
her in bows clothes. on his Southern bound
train She got on board the cars at either
Shelburn or Charlotte and got off at or near
Rutland. The officers are following I'D this
trail and are very confident that they will
soon get the girl; and it certainly seems
that in her extremely defective disguise, her
discovery and arrest would be compare
lively easy matter
OF course there are objections to this theo-
~, that Miss Sands had dressed herself in
mans clothing and started off on tour of
adventure. She is represented by every one
who knew her as girl of irreproachable con-
duct and morals, and most unlikely person
to start off on such a masquerading trip.
Then, again, it seems improbable that she
could have left her sister at Westford, Sun
day night. with suit of male attire con-
cealed on her person, walked to this
city-the only obvious method of get
ting here - had her hair cut - it |
was evidently the work of barber {
and got into the depot here Monday
night or early Tuesday Morning Again,
il is said that the two photographs of her I
shown here bore not the slightest resemblance
TO each other and that the gentlemen who