Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-24
HUNTING FOR MAMIE.
Pretty Mary Jane Irv ing Leaves Her
Sunday School and Is
UTTERLY LOST TO HER FAMILY.
She Had No Beaux, but q Strong Desire to
- Earn Her Living.
AN EXTENDED SEARCH BEING MADE

Last Sunday afternoon Miss Mamie
Irving disappeared, and the mystery which
surrounds the case could hardly be deeper.
MARY Jane, or Mamie, by which name she is
more generally known, lived with her father
and mother Mr.. and Mrs. James Irving, on
Vera street. Last Sunday afternoon she
went to the Seventh Presbyterian Church,
on Heron avenue, to attend Sunday school
Before the lessons commenced she was ex-
cused. She was seen later getting on cable
car and coming down to town. She got of
the car at Fourth avenue and Wood street.
There she met two little neighbor boys and
told them TO tell her father and mother. she
was going to the East End to visit friends.
lost. Had the earth opened and swallowed
her, she could not have disappeared more
completely.
Her Parents Became Alarmed.
Sunday evening when the young lady did
not return the mother and father became
uneasy. As the night grew old a
thorough search of the neighbor-
hood was commenced, but no trace of Mamie
was discovered. Later they heard Of her
saying she was going to the East End The
father went to the friends Of the family
there, but his daughter had not been seen.
The police were then notified.
The distracted father and mother can as
sign no reason for their daughters actions
She is the only child. The father is mod
erately well-to-do man and the daughter
was the pride of the old folks hearts. The
parents are getting pretty we'll up
in years and want their daugh-
ter to stay with them. She
at times would express desire to earn her
own living, but her father would always tell
her that there was plenty for them all to
live on happily together. The young lady
never showed pronounced determination
to leave home. Her home life was always
happy, and with the exception Of this one
reason, none other can be assigned for her
leaving home.
Promised Her House and Lot.
When she last spoke of this the father
proposed that they build house on
vacant lot he owned, and she was to get the
rental of it. This she agreed to and she
had even gone so far as to see contractor
about building it.
Mr. Irving some years ago lived at Beaver
Falls; He thought tie girl might have
gone back there. He telegraphed his friends
there, but found she had not been seen. A
cousin of the young lady lives at Newport,
KY, and she has been telegraphed, but the
answer has not come yet.
Before the family moved to Pittsburg
they lived in the pretty town Of Indiana,
this State. There Mamie had many friends,
and occasionally she would express a de-
sire to see them. 1t is thought she
is not there. It does not seem
probable that she would leave the
city, unless someone aided her. The only
money she is known to have had Sunday
was 25 cents, which she borrowed from
friend, while she was on her way to Sunday
school.
Although Mamie is almost 81 years old,
She generally spent her evenings at home,
and when she did GO out it was In company
with one of her lady friends. Her
father has chided her often of
late and told her she was old enough to
keep company, but Mamie always said she
had no desire fro male associates.
Getting Facts About Street Cars.
The day before she left home she
asked her mother many minor
questions about street cars She
was = especially anxious to know
how far out Perrysville avenue the Pleasant
Valley cars ran and whether the Pittsburg,
Allegheny and Manchester line extended to
Woods Run. Since she has disappeared
these two sections of Allegheny have been
visited.
The parents are now distracted and do
not know what to do. If their daughter
has found reputable employment they
are willing to let her stay wher-
ever she is, if she will only let
them know she is well. The young lady
is described as follows: About 81 years of
age; heavy dark hair, combed straight
back; blue eyes; is feet high, and weighs
ITO pounds.