Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-21
HER FATHER MISSING.
A Los Angeles Girl in Trouble
at Oakland.
INVESTIGATIONS MADE HERE.
She Says that Her Mother Lives at
DR.. Taylor's-He Says Her
Mother is Dead.

Yesterday morning Assistant Division
Superintendent J. A. Muir, of the South
ern Pacific, received dispatch from Mr..
A. R. Wilder, the company's representa-
tive at Oakland, announcing that on Sat
urday last little 9-year-old girl named
Gertie Grant had arrived on No. 18. She
said that she was to meet her father,
George Grant, at the Oakland depot, but
up to the time when Mr.. Wilder sent his
dispatch (11 A. M. Monday Ler parent
had not appeared. She told the Oakland
official that her mother lived at DR.. Tay-
lor's, Los Angeles, and in her hand she
had small box labeled "Wolf, druggist,
Los Angeles" Mr.. Wilder concluded
his dispatch by stating that he had had
the child taken to Mrs. Miller's house,
No. 1165 Mission street, to be tended,
and requested Mr.. Muir to investigate
the affair at this end.
Special Officer Seekatz of the COM
pany's service was at once put to work
on the case. He hunted up DIR. Taylor,
whom he found living in house on Ma.
pie street off Washington, the door of
which bore the sign of CDR. Taylor,
Spiritualist, seances held weekly" The
Doctor proved to be an elderly gentle.
man, and when told of why he had been
looked up, said:
eyes, know the little girl, in fact l
sent her up to San Francisco. It seems
scarcely credible that she can have said
that her mother lives here, for her good
no rant diod yoopv vaorc oOo Hor fofhar
George Grant, who is q lather by trade,
lived with me when 1 formerly occupied
q house on Main and Laurel streets.
About five months ago he went to San
Francisco and left his child in my care,
promising to send me remittances at in
tervals to pay for her support. But not a
cent did ever receive from him, and a
month or two ago l wrote to him and told
him l must demand that he should fur
nish the money for his child's mainten-
ance. In response he wrote and said
that he had had bad luck, but would fix
things up with me soon and, he added,
that he would relieve me of the en-
umbrance by sending for his daughter,
in few days. The early part of last
week received from him money sufi-
cient to buy Gertie half ticket to San
Francisco, and the letter accompanying
it requested that should send her on
the train leaving Los Angeles on Thurs
day noon. l did 80, and this is the first
intimation l have received that there is
anything wrong" z.--.z.....
"Just wait minute" added the
Doctor, and he sat down at table and
wrote formal request for Mrs. Mil
ler to take care of the child at his
expense until her father was found.
With this the officer departed, and on
reporting to Mr.. Muir, the substance of
his investigations was at once tele
graphed to Mr.. Wilder, the written order
being laid in the box for the next mail.
1t will be noticed that there is a slight
dissimilarity in DR.. Taylor's statement
and Mr.. Wilder's dispatch. The railroad
official says that the child arrived there
on Saturday, whereas, if, as DIR. Taylor's
dispatch says, she left here on Thursday
noon, she was due at Oakland at IL AS
O'Clock the following morning.