The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-13
A STRANGE pissa9P,E.tiARANOE.
a Woman Enters a Chicago Church
and is Not Seen again.
From the Philadelphia Enquirer.

y woman GnVeFSa q SA4SdBo NAuFC1
and is Not Seen again.
From the Philadelphia Enquirer.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Miss Ava, wealthy
English woman, who came TO Chicago re-
Gently to raise the standard of living IN the
slums, is reported to the poli0e as missing.
She has been stopping at the residence of
the Rev. DR.. Bolton. t5.
Last evening Miss Ava and Mrs. Bolton
drove to the Catholic church on West
Twelfth street. Miss Ava entered the build
ing and Mrs Bolton waited for her in the
carriage. Miss Ava told her companion she
only intended having few minutes talk
with the priest. Mrs. Bolton waited q half
hour, and finally became alarmed when
Miss Ava did dot return. She remembered
that the missionary had spoken Of receiving
letters in which her life was threatened, and
feared she hal come to harm, Mrs. Bolton
at once notified the police.
Detectives who vera sent out learned
from the priest at the church that Miss Ava
had called and after fifteen minutes, CONVEX
sation about religious matters had gone
away. All attempts TO gain any clew to
her whereabouts after that lime have thus
far been fruitless. t
HER DISAPPEARANCE A MYSTERY.
Frances Mingay and family, who ore in
charge of the house at 348 West Monroe
street, are very much mystiied over her
sudden disappearance. Mrs. MiHgay, an
elderly lady, said that Miss Ava came to
her five weeks ago and requested her to
take care of her residence at the above
number. miss Ava left the house yester-
day afternoon" said Mr.. Mmgay, lin a
very excited manner. carriage was
waiting at the doors for her, aud | cannot
imROinA what has hanOuna IF haYa
Tuesday she received a letter, and when
she read it became unusually excited. From
what she said to my daughter, who waited
on her, the letter contained threats to do
away with her. l heard her say that she
was afraid that bomb would be placed
under the house by her enemies 10 blow her
no. Miss Ava often satd that she was
wealthy, but she never disptaEsd any
money to confirm her story AID As can be
seen from the appearance of the rooms l
hardly know whether TO believe her,"
Miss Alice Mingay positively refused to
say anything about her mjstress' disap-
pearance, and when questioned would
always say she was ignorant of Miss Ava's
doings. ~ Fw Vt'
WHAT MRS. BOLTON SAYS.
Mrs. DR.. Bolton, in an interview with
an Associated Press reported, had this to
say:
Miss Vera Ava first made herself known
to my husband at pr yer meeting in the
Centenary church about four weeks ago.
She impressed both my husband and my
self with the belief that she was q perfect
lady and that what she said of her expert
ences In the Whitechapel district of London
was true
''In appearance Mss Ava was what one
would call prepessessing. l should think
she was about 80 years Of age. She was q
blonde with blue eyes, and must have
weighed 2l0 pounds. In her manner she
never even for a moment aroused the
slightest suspicion in rne that she had any
Partially for the Catholic faith, fact
which has been suggested to me since her
Disappearance, and has been asked me re-
peatedly because we drove to the Jesuit col
lege. She did not state to me the exact
business she expected to transact there and
never Questioned her, especially when
noticed she was adverse TO telling her mis-
sion. She was received into my husbands
congregation Centenary Methodist) on
probation about two weeks ago. We were
all much impressed with her zeal and
Chistian character.
We left the house about $40 o'clock last
evening and drove to the Jesuit college.
We stopped directly before the door Of the
pastors study. We had been there before,
and | usually faced toward the west, on
twelfth street. This time she requested me
TO face east, and l did. l saw priest re-
ceive her at the door, and then | waited. l
must have remained in the carriage fully
two aud one-half hours before / sent the
coachman to make inquiries. He, in COM
pany with several priests, searched through
the house and church, but failed TO find
her.
FATHER FITzGERALD's STORY.
Father Edwin Kelly is the priest whom
Miss Ava saw and had an irserview with at
the college. He was not in This morning,
but was out, 1t was said, attending to sick
calls Father Fitzgerald, the president Of
the college, says:
about o'clock last evening Father
Kelly. who is the pastor of the church con-
nected with this institution, informed me
that he had been paid visit by lady
shortly after o'clock, and that he had after
the interview led her to the church con-
nected with the building that she expressed
a desire TO pray. and that he left her in the
church. He noticed that her carriage was
still at the door, and at my suggestion we
sought for her in the church. The coach-
man appearing about that time, and ex-
pressing fears for Miss Ava's safety. we
made a thorough search OF the entire church.
but foond no trace of her"
Miss Ava came 20 Chicago the first of last
month 70 carry on the work which she had