Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-19

''where is Bell Brown" is the question which
now puzzles many persons in this city. IL has
now been ten days since she disappeared from
her home on lith street, and her fate is still
unknown. As stated in yesterdays STAR De
tectiyes McDevitt and Flinders flooded the
states Of Maryland and Virginia with postals
giving minute description of the missing
girl. II she has not committed suicide il is
probable that one of the postals will reach the
neighborhood where she is and in that way her
whereabouts may be ascertained. If she is
alive and at some point in the states mentioned
she is almost sure TO be discovered in a short
time. She had no more than S25 with her, and
when that Is gone, unless she is with friends,
she must ask for assistance. 1t is possible that,
being fond OF country sports, she has gone
TO some remote place, where she can find en-
joyment riding horses and using a gun. Ii
may be that she is with some good family; that
she has aroused their sympathy by telling them
a pitiful story, and in that way she may be
able to conceal her identity for some time to
come.
WHY THE GIRL WENT AWAY
Some light is thrown on this branch OF the
subject by the statement of her cousin, Miss
Ada Brown, who lives at the house of Bellies
father on 14th street 1t was through this
cousin that Bellies disappearance was first made
known to the police. She visited Inspector
Swindell at police headquarters and stated the
case. She said that Belle had attended the
public schools, but being made to keep up with
her class she did not desire to return, and her
parents, thinking she might learn faster at a
private school, sent her to the Academy OF the
Holy Cross, on Massachusetts avenue. There
also she fell behind in her studies and the
kind sisters at the academy offered her their
services after school hours. This however, did
not better her standing with regard
to her studies and her parents were somewhat
vexed about it. "Wednesday morning. so the
young lady said, Mrs. Brown scolded Belle
about her lessons. She seemed depressed for a
while, but later in the day she seemed to cheer
up again and paid no more attention TO 1t.
This, the police think, furnishes a possible
motive for her disappearance.
The relatives OF Miss Brown still fear the
worst-that she has committed suicide-bui
neither the police nor the private detectives
entertain that idea.
DID SHE GET OFF THE TRAIN AT FBEpERIcKs-
BURG.
Messrs. McDevitt and Flinders are firm in
the belief that there is something in the clue
furnished by Mr.. Lacy and which was corrobor-
ated by the railroad ticket agent. Last night
the detectives visited Mr.. Lacy and had an in
terview with him concerning his statement
that he saw Belle on the train Thursday,
the day she disappeared. As heretofore pub
lished Mr.. Lacey said that Belle got off the
train at Quantico, but his description of the
station did not at all tally with that of the sta
ton he mentioned. His description fitted
the Fredericksburg station, and after
thinking over the matter he decided that Fred
ericksburg was the place that she got off the
train instead of Quantico. The detectives
think that this is the only hopeful clue thus far
obtained and had decided to go to Fredericks-
burg this morning, but, owing to some action
the mart of Mr. Brown they did On
Mr.. BROWN WENT TO ouANTIco
yesterday, but he did not learn anything Of his
daughters whereabouts, as Mr.. Lacey had
made mistake in the station. Mr.. Brown
being in the feed business and her uncle being
a miller III Virginia it is thought probable thai
the girl, if she went to fredericksburg, sough,
the family of some miller IN the country. There
is a miller named s. b. Carson, whose mill is
some miles from the town.
RIPPLE OF EXCITEMENT.
Last night a small boy rushed into Mr.
Browns feed store and caused a ripple of ex
element by giving information which, If true
shows that Belle is not far from home, but nc
one supposes there is any truth in what hi
said He told Mr.. Brown that he knew a CIR
who said that Belle was In house on Riggl
street; that the girl told him that she could Tel
where Belle was If she wanted to, but she die
not intend to do it.
YOUNG vIRoINIAN.
1t was learned this afternoon that, notwith
| standing Bellies GOODNESS toward the male sex
there was young man in Virginia whom she
was on friendly terms with; that she met hin
at Rectortown, where she was spending her va
cation last summer. He lives, il is reported
about twenty miles from Fredericksburg anc
is employed several miles nearer the railroad
station. Whether it was he who was seen in
quirIng for the Academy of the Holy Cross ID
not known.
This fact, in connection with the clues already
obtained concerning the girls trip to Freder-
icksburg, give rise to the belief that she wen'
to fredericksburg.
MIR. BROWN STILL FEARS SHE HAS COMMITTED
SUICIDE.
Notwithstanding all this Mr. Brown is still
afraid that his daughter has committed suicide
and is inclined to believe that John
Hughes saw his daughter on Bridge
street the morning after he received the letter
He places confidence in the letter received
from his daughter, because he never knew her
to tell an untruth, and therefore he does no,
believe that she would tell what was not SC
under any circumstances. This after
noon Mr.. Brown went to Georgetown to
see Mr.. Hughes, but it is not probable that he
will see him, as the latter went down in Virgins
shortly after the girls disappearance. Mr..
Torrison, who saw q girl on the Virginia side
of the free bridge answering the girls descrip-
ton, also went away.
o. L. O.
Mr.. Brown received an anonymous commu.
nication this morning signed 20. L. G., Mass
ave." He requests that o. L. G. call upon
him.
PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE CASE.
This morning there was a colored man wait
ing in front of Inspector Swindelrs house in
Georgetown, who waited for the inspector to ap.
pear at the front door. When he made
his appearance the colored man shouted: lis
you heard anything about Belle Brown yet?'
That" said the inspector, ''shows what
interest is manifested in the CASE
INFORMATION FROM JERSEY CITY.
McDevitt and Flinders this afternoon received
information that a girl about eighteen years
old had been picked up in Jersey City and sent
to the hospital The girl, SO it was reported,
was light complexioned and about eighteen
years old.
Real Estate Matters.
E. @. Carpenter, II. A. Linger, J. s. Dyett OF
Rome, N. Y, and p. L. Hoadley of Newark, N.
j., have bought for sl0,0 900 of Susie Z. Worth
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