Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-06-11
MAINE DISPATCHES.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
OF a Young French Girl at Biddeford

BIDDEPoRD, June 10.
No member of John Gays family at No 2
Prospect street has enjoyed moments
peace of mind since Thursday, but on the
other hand the household is in a pitiable
state Of worry, excitement and sorrow, occa-
stoned by the sudden and unaccountable dis
appearance of black-eyed Mary Gay, the ls-
year-old daughter of the above named The
girl, who is a French Canadian and has
very limited acquaintance with the Euglish
language, so that she can scarcely make her.
self understood, except in her native tongue
works in the No. 3 mill on the Laconia, and
is well behaved and industrious, having but
few intimates and those of her own sex
Thursday morning she left home, presum-
ably to go to work taking her dinner with
her, and telling her mother that she should
not be home at noon. Nothing was thought
of this as she had frequently done the same
thing.
The father, who is spinner in the No.
mill on the Pepperell, and the other men,
bers of the family who also work on the
corporation, got home along towards Z
o'clock in the evening, but Mary was miss
ing, and inquiries were made for her. None
of the other members of the family had seen
her since morning, and an investigation
ELECTED the information that she had not
been at work during the day. This bit of
news naturally alarmed the family, and
search for the missing girl was instituted
which has been kept up ever since, but no
races of her have been found. All day Fri
day parties secured the two cities and the
country round about, and returned at nigh
with no tdings to relieve the anxiety and
sorrow of the distressed mother and sisters.
The search was renewed Saturday morning,
but up to afternoon it had resulted nv better
than Fridays.
1t is not believed that the girl has run
away or that she has been foully dealt with
but the members of her family are inclined
to thiLk that she has unconsciously stray, d
off and has become lost. Six weeks ago she
left her home one noon to go to work, suffer
ing at the same time with severe headache.
was overtaken with IA sensation of dizziness
Oh the street so that she lost control of her
mental faculties and when she came to her
self it was il the evening and she was out on
the Portland road in Saco near the Easter,
Railroad crossing. At the time she did not
know where she was and as it was rapid,
growing dark she went into piece of woods,
and lying down under big pine tree slept
until morning, when she returned to her
home in this city.
A reporter called at John Gays home Sat-
urIay to make inquiries for the missing girl,
and found the aged mother and other men,
bers of the family grouped together and cry
ing bitterly. The husband of one of Mr..
tured to talk while the reporter was present,
and he conversed very readily in relation to
he girl and her disappearance. MARY is
good girl" he said, land we can assign no
reason for her going away as she did Thurs
day She has not been keeping company
with any young man, and was in the habit of
remaining at home when not in the mill at
her work" When asked if she had acted at
all peculiarly on the morning of her disap-
pearance, he said that she had not and that
he did not believe she was suffering from a
headache such MS she had when she went
awav before. else she would have spoken
about it. He said she was not addicted to
headaches and spells of dizziness like the
one alluded to above, and he never knew her
to have one prior to six weeks ago, The
girl has dark complexion, with black hair
and eyes, and when she went away had on
dark blue dress and black shawl.