The evening world., 1893-11-18
HAS CLARA ELOPED :?
Pretty Miss Pickhardt Disap-
pears from Her Home
Heard Going Downstairs In tho
Dead OF Night.
Detectives Looking for Her FathersA
Ex-Farn Hand.

Half dozen OF Inspector McLauRh-
inns detectives are searching the city
Tor pretty flfteen-year-old Clara l.. Pick
hardt, daughter OF William p. Pick
hardt, OF North Greenwich, Conn, who
disappeared from her home early
Wednesday morning.
All the evidence in the case points to
her being in this city. and incidentally
the police have been asked TO lool, for n
young man who Is thought to know
ance.
Clara, although only fifteen years old.
B is I,ll unusually we'll developed, and would
easily pass for a woman of twenty-one-
IN Tue eyes of her parents, however.
sht mas never been anything more than
a chlid. Instead OF mixing in society she
was kept at home with her little BROTH
ers and sisters. What few friends she
hau were confined to the Immediate
neighbors. She. had few male admirers
now looking
T., The girls father is farmer, manag-
ing me farm OF his aunt He IL in COM
iortable circumstances. The Pickharits
nave no enemies. so the theory of the
everybody. -
They are all strict church people I'm
there. The Pickhardt family attends the
congregational Church but almost every
night services were held in Mr.. Pick
marats ,9 nome. Clara was always q de-
About six months ago a young man
aPpIleu Tor work on the farm, and was
gwen a position. He said he came from
NeM York. where his father lived on
cannon street. Later. however, he deyel-
oped symptoms or lazlness, and soon
came TO be regarded as a shiftless fell
He seemed however. to have made an
impression upon Clara, who had never
seen seen much Of mems society. Finally the
young man was discharged, and nothing
was seen of him until about a month
ago.
Their he appeared upon the scene
photographer. He took a few pictures.
borrowed other photographs and re-.
NAMED about the place, It is said, until
again disappeared. and nothing has been
seen OF him since.
lara lara occupied room with her three
usual at 8 o'clock on Tuesday o nipbt az
AN, az ND all the other members Of the
Mr. Pickhardt. never dreamed his
80 when he heard noise on the stairs
at clock Wednesday morning he was
not he least disturbed on finding it was
MS daughter. She answered that she
was going downstairs a moment. The
father replied all right. then went OF
Two hours later he was again avaI-
ened by the sobbing OF his three-year-old
daughter. She had missed Clara from
beside her in bed
The father then began a search of
the, the house o and the outbuildings, but
could not ind her. Then he went to the
closet where she had kept her ciothine
and found that the girl had fully dressed
herself and taken her departure. He
Instantly gave the alarm, searching par
ties were organized, and the whole
country around secured for the missing
girl, but without success.
The search was continued all day
Wednesday with the same success, and
yesterday the heart-broken father came
down and notified Inspector McLaughIin.
He also gave the Inspector a descrip-
ton of the nan who is supposed to have
been interested In the case. Then he went
to the Morgue and examined the clothing
of the murdered woman who was found
in the East River on Thursday.
Satisfied that i was not his daughter.
A. Pickhardt, of Is Stuyvesant street,
this city, and also asked him to begin
search.
A reward of $50 is offered for intorma-
tion that will lead to the girls recovery.