The sun., 1891-11-15
MISCHIEF IN. MISS LORAN.

MISCHIEF In MISS L0RAN.
aHB cor Ur 4 RoAx zHAr L0xe
1ROU1LED 1HB BAYONNE POLICE
o~iy Hehtssa, RstsnaesuH. prspossssssna
saa seAsse, 9ssn h Wss 0As shas Wrote
che Lstters ThreassaHng Her Ows Liz
After six weeks Of Investigation In case OF
alleged malicious and mysterious letter writ
ing and other methods Of persecution. the
Bayonns police solved the plot yesterday. Tho
solution disclosed the fact that the supposed
victim. handsome young domestic. was her
own persecutor. and that for almost two
months the police. her employers, and the
neighboring families were the unsuspectins
Nctims Of her propensity 10 Sensational mis-
chief making.
The young woman whose romantic inclina-
taon and vivid Imagination led her 10 make 20
many persons the victims Of troublesome
hoax 10 known as Miss Elizabeth Loran. She
is about ID years old. intelligent and quito
prepossessinG. She has blond hair and she
wears spectacles. which hide the mischief
lurking In her large blue eyes and give her
face . mature and sedate look. She is the
daughter Of herder on an estate In the vioin-
ity Of Dublin. and she emigrated to this ooun-
try about nine months ago.
eno mise EoIan soouLoo ompaoymons
with the family Of William T. Purvince. New
York business man. who lives all the year
round In large house on the Newark Bay
shore Of Bayonne near tho foot Of West six-
teenth street. She was . irst-class domestic
and soon won the friendship of her employers
family. In addition to her household duties
Mise Loran became the family milkmaid her
life In Ireland having made her familiar with
every variety Of dairy work. She. however. did
escape it. and therein lies what i. believed to
Ds.ras, 30 the chief reason for the hoax she per-
'esrI,ou aithon,, AZ. noao ,.- ..,,.,,..,,..
among the young people Of the vieinit1 and
had no ss callers. M. Mis- Io..n complained within
that hat ,hs was being ss ,,
annoyance was particularly frequent while
she was engaged in her duties about the barn.
As the house 10 remote from the business part
alone IN tho nous. with the domestic tho
notified Chief Of Police McNeill Of the girls
R.trs9l@g.ssn ng .s. e sRssisi duty II the nsishbSr
HRo e ' iSana sas
sss e bs ss s;. :: :as
@aiptainsd thst, = ipSSepSs hS nee A. ths eyidense
% of,n ~ aS 20 hod t9S psSnsrs 70 await
sisted In theirs thetr claims aims Of mistaken Identity.
ins is'''ef os'"'e '''sA'ea inc" WIN . ~Afn-
ParSInes il : state q e1oitePsnI s&he & held IN
thrests sssnst Ses @ TSe ettsr Wns n.
closed n an zen teny,eiSps that bore no postpa1k
oi inoiicatiHS snst M nsa not come through ths
To- isIsSP sS tsgid sS NJ H.. faEsinss ths. she hsd
%fslns the SoT ON
she sxhi6ited Ct different inte5ysls half q
d o0de9 fhaIr dsub 70 Mr ana mrs: pnrvince
Tha ssnpr ri Of the Letters 1T was
Dssisd e e osadti9n @ S of M SyrtssssI ts5fsl
har tsr teM egsnnfs hrni aer he eiri had Eecelyed
Snoss daasStsrs xss on her s VIZ I home @ from rom
the Sn S1 bs stn
Miss Miss Paryi9ss in,asstissted n, t6s scres%ins:
sssees She = Mss sf iorsa %sa.
hss hair and c0shng
brsss6 ~ Misc fsn said that she had been Ct
r. bsr x Saa s1 ANA man Mno pat pssoi
Several sss a.. days thereait;sr she n ran into
sne sasa h3Sse tpat n simiiar conoiti9n ana
tSa barn bv t,o sw rnnno,, Deen asshuSea ln
these instances q thorough search ofthe neigh
Ta oHano4o !a.sd 70 reVea! any trace OF the girls
aneHeu ~ assaianus' N AZ the eifIs stones OF
rpesSsnta n Mese ba sbg b1eginn1ns @ 70 alarm ths
rnnn as rann .e snH she was LOOKED
dsS5. cSsi MsNsIil detailed ssYs.s @ peIess sfsss
ne men ior aaye AT ume 70 special duty about
wo,s nsrn.tpefod hs1 S itSs t tnaf no ontages
secrstepG sbonf fha nran,sns e d podIcemeR were
noysneS PECAN IN imfhm1ediatey fh1a after the police
MSIS w1tnorawn' tnis arrangement resulted In
n9HSnipki Hn Fkiis r,-. p..
Un dtafIayy drnfHIay aHernEon rStr1iman John Yore
IL the case %tSout tSe de,
me PufXinGe iamiiy ne secreted hipself In the
Hnm nhrevm wns annh azure ;htoundsmsn
yicinify foy cns sifhss wat r. tsG Tng ~ me
rba re,r p ~ 20 nnsa nam IN any other manner.
oims,pp1 pSr .p z, pGHeSmen mac come TO the con-