The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-11-07
MARY CHURCHILL,
The Missing st. LOuis Girl, Found i'm
This City.
She Consents to Return to Her Home,
and Leaves in Company With
Her Uncle.

The search Tor Mary Churchill, the miss
ing st. Louis girl has finally resulted in
finding her in this city, employed in the
ironing room of the Insane Hospital. For the
past three months the police and the press,
and whatever else could be brought to bear
has been used constantly in the effort to find
her hiding-place, and, although that has
been discovered. there is still no reason given
for her strange disappearance from home.
With regard TO her first appearance at the
Asylum DR.. Fletcher, the Superintendent,
said:
''She came here about the 80 or 4th OF Sep
TENDER. She came TO me and applied for
work ] asked her wat she could do. and
she answered that she could do anything /
was struck by her appearance, and con
cluded at once that she was getting beneath
her station and training in applying for the
work we could give her here. took up her
hands and looked at them. They showed
no signs of work, and | said 10 her, "Aly
little lady, you have never done any work,
You can't do our work oh, yes, / cam
she answered. She acted so much like
lady and pleaded so hard for a
place that finally said Il have place
for you, but will make one so / placed
her under Mrs. Francis A. Talbot, matron Of
the iron room in the Department for Wo-
man. am glad that / did 50, for she has
proved an exemplary girl and / think al
most as much of her as if she were one of
my own family. When she came she bad
the life OF Marie AntOinette under her arm,
and since she has been here she has read
works on history and Grecian Mythology.
Oh, / tell You, she a rare character
among Asylum girls She asked permission
tO,prsctiee Oh the piano and / gave it TO her
and she delighted everybody by her per-
foFmaDceS.'
Further conversation developed the fact
that the girl, who gave her name as Jennie
Lockwood, had gone home with another girl
of the ironing-r0Om to spend the night. and
search was made for her in the city. At a
late hour she was found at the home of her
new-Hade acduaiLltance, and when told that
her identity had been discovered she seemed
overcome with emotion and sObbe6 bitterly.
After she had partially recovered she
sured that she would not be disturbed or
compelled TO go home against her wish, and
being reassured by these things, she became
calm. When the party who had sought her
ont told her that he had message from her
father and mother, she 1as very much aglta-
ted, and inquired if they had received her
letter. When told that they had, and that
they rejOlced in the knowledge that she was
still alive and wanted her to return, she ex.
claimed with much feeling. "Oh. can L go
homel How can go home? 10, no; | must
not think of that~ In a very straightfor-
following account OF her leaving home:
III knew that father and mother would be
back from their drive about z 80, and knew
that in order to get away would have to
leave home by that time or little before.
When the hired girl came in with the baby
i went over to Lucas avenue to look at the
chimes to see what the right time was.
The clocks il the house were not running
correctly AM was afraid TO trust them.
! knew | was noticed, and the only thing
that has made me me mad was the story
that got out that l went over there to meet
that nasty Mr.. Caldwell. Oh despised him
when went to his school. i never looked
at a paper, and l was afraid to, but that
story got to my ears. and it made me so mad
that determined to write home, and that
was the reason | wrote. But. 10 continue
my story. j went back to the house. put on
my extra dress and put a veil over my face
and went out the back way. There was no
body IN the alley when l got out at the gate
and turned east toward Beaumont street
When about half way down the alley col
ored bog, who lived just across the alley
from our gate MET Dae, and my heart came
up into my mouth. was just SIRE he would
recognize me. but he didn't, AID L felt
greatly relieved when | got away FROM him.
When got to Beaumont street L crossed
and went STRAIGHT down the alley to Jeffer-
son avenue. There turned over to Morgan
street and went down on the sonth side OF it
for a number of blocks, j can't remember
how. many; from Morgan street 1 went
south 70 Washington avenue and walked
east along it to Fourteenth street. Then
turned south again aud walked on the west
side Of that Park in front OF the First Presbv-
terrain Church, and kept along that way to
the next Park, on what streets can't say
was really too much excited TO remember
the streets was on. know that on Twelfth
erect passed the north end of the Four
Courts and finally reached the depot at the
north end. Then / turned east co the cen
trail entrance Of the Union Depot and vent
into the ladies' sitting room, where re,
manned until they called out some traln-I
didn't know exactly what-and went out
aud got on board. / guess it was about the
last train that left the depot The conductor
suspected me- j know he did. He said he
would like TO see me in daylight so that he
might be able TO tell if / was the girl repre-
sented myself to be-"
When asked IL she would go home, she re-
fused to answer the question, saying that no
one knew why she left and no one should
ever know. She declared that since she
left home she had not doue anything that
any girl need be ashamed of. i have earned
my own living honestly" she said, ''and feel
that am able to do so in the future. knew
how they would feel at home. 1 knew