The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-27
HENRIETTA PLATO MISSING:
.,r m ONLY 70 I-s, AND WAS SEEN LAST
WITH JAMES MEEHAN.
..xs Ne Ler Her at . Corner % the
n,eeh o. which She LIVED st II O'C1eek
:. E,~ht Five Weeks Agc.

q. s.ys He LeN Her AZ . cevser ef ths
1870 q. which She Lived st II O'Cleek
:. Might Five Weeks Agc.
u,u. Henrietta Plato was sitting on the
w. ~ her sisters homo In Ten Eyck street,
r r,,,,. m sbureh. on the afternoon Of Sunday,
w.. "a, a small boy gave her note. Sht
- n and told the boy to Tell him all right "
~, .be ran into the house. She came out 9
ents later with her street clothes on
'sa ssyine that she would be back ina couple
s 'sSonrs she walked down the street toward
Bedford avenue.
I'D since Her father. Morris Plato. q
1.,l.to.do horse denler. living at 255 North
s.,enth street, visited every place he thought
~, likely to visit, but obtained no clue to her
-h.reabouts. He says he does not know what
A. th,nk. and that he dares not express his
s..rs Tho girl is IAN years old. She Is de-
..r,bed BY the neighbors AS we'll developed for
~, Years. brunette. plump and pretty Her
snutation was good. She had. as far
=. her father and sIsters knew. no
al. acouaintances except those who visited
n. house as guests ofher father. Starting with
ths information given BY his missing daugh-
=, vhon she told the messenger In the hear
~. ~ her sister. Mrs Rachael Pelter. to tell
Nm Ali right" that she had gone to meet some
m Mr. Plato set out to find the man. He
Aauntcd the police stations and the Morgue.
mt refused to HAYES general alarm sent out In
dread OF iniuring the girls reputation BY pro-
claiming the fact Of her absence
somebody told him on Friday last that James
Neehan Of $40 Lorimer street had been seen
N the vicinity ofthe North Second street house
!. several occasions. and that Henrietta was
No. tv,,> M Co. s-.x
v,lks Investigation proved that the boy
-ho gave Miss Plato the letter on
n. day she disappeared was . brother
A. James Meohan. and then edward
snov. A neighbor. remembered seeing the
couple together in Bedford avenue. Mr.. Plato
vent to Meehan's homo and demanded his
daughter. Meehan said he had not got her
I'd TSe n0 ssd ns nhs
ieW doors OF hor house. He admitted having
Sent his brother with . note asking her to
PA Plato was not satisfied with tho explanation,
and on his sworn statement that he believed
that Meehan had abducted his daughter, jus
a0' II hs Leo Police IL
.hIId ana said he Believed bis dsushtsr had
ou se Of the way. Meehan denied that he was
her e tssf III. IA
Elm nT Tor re e1amination in default Of $1,000 bali.
Meehan is II years old. He lives with his
mother at the address given. To the reporters
he said that he had been keeping company
With Henrietta Plato for moro than six montha
They frequently went out together. and 1t was
Els note Of invitation she accepted on Sept ~.
They went to Coney Island and returned shortly
per Of the block on which she lived he bade
snd he tarne the e
home. He had not seen her since.
Tho police think that Meehan could tell more
Khe desired to do 30. and ask why In all the
I've weeks she has been missing he never
called or sent to the house to inquire for the
girl he had been keeping company with for six
months. Mr.. Plato says he has positive
proof that his daughter was In Mechanic house
went there he says Mrs. Meehan told him that
Der son had found boarding place for the
ssk no questions. Mrs. Meehan could not be
The case will come mp for examination this
IaiT.:The girl was found late last night
De was boarding. undeS the name OF ME-
James Meehan. with . Mra Weiser at 2o2
South Ninth street.
Bio waa arrested on her father's charge of
Neness and yisoIousnesa She told . repor::
mother insulted and beat her.