Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-23
SHE ELOPES AT FIFTEEN
An Elderly School Principal Is
 Thought to Be With Her.
ANOTHER LOVER SUSPECTED TOO.
Pretty Clarice Sondersmith Tired of Wash ing Dishes and Disappeared From Her Home Received Telegram Before She Left-Her Mother Has Suspicious.

ing Dishes and Disappeared From Her
 Home-Rcceivsd a Telegram Before She
 Left-Her Mother Has Suspicious. NEW YORK. Aug. 23-Clarice, the l5- year-old daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Will | liam Noudersmith of ITg7 Atlantic avenue, | Brooklyn. disappeared late Friday night. | and no trace of her has been found. Car | rie, as her mot her calls her, is q handsome, | unusually we'll developed girl about feet | tall, with dark brown hair and eyes, The l principal of a school and the son of prominent tx official of Kings county are declared by Mrs. Nondrrsmith to be in l volved in the disappearance of her daugh- l ter. Until Wednesday last Mrs Vondersmith | was employed as housekeeper ih Fred by \ CTS White House at Broad Channel on the road to Rockaway. Carrie was a waitress in the house. Mrs Nondersmith was seen by reporter She s.sHi: From all l can learn about Carrie l firmly believe she has been lured away by the principal of school. He came down to Broad Channel about Aug. l, while l l was housekeeper there. Carrie work | ing hard, and when he arrived l noticed | that he immediately seemed 10 take great interest in her and talked to her at every opportunity. He said it was a pity such ! pretty girl should have to work and scrub l over the dishes all day. There were a thousand other ways. he said. in which a | young girl could occupy herself and be much more happy. He even suggested to | her he should find better situation for her
 Made Carrie Dissatisfied. ''Of course this made her dissatisfied | with her work, and she told me one day she wanted to go away. knew what was the matter. so went to the principal. He declared he meant all he said: that he was deeply in love with the girl and wanted to | benefit her. was very angry, because he is married man, although he does not | live with his wife.
 "l told him his attentions to Carrie would have to cease, as they were wrong and en- | tirely misunderstood by her. But he re | mained at the house on my daughters ac- | count, think, and when found his per secutions continued determined to leave, so l gave up my place Wednesday and came home with Carrie She seemed un- happy about something. but 1 thought time would destroy all the notions the principal had put in her head.
 On Friday afternoon about o'clock | saw her tearing up a telegram and throw ing the pieces in the fire. l asked her about | il. and she only said it was from some one asking her for meeting somewhere. My | daughter was not in the habit of going out at night. and was rather surprised when at 10 o'clock she said she was going to keep an appointment, but l did not ques- ton her. have not seen her since. have | learned that she went to Broad Channel, because she was secu leaving there Satur- | day morning for this city on the 1:l0 O clock | train with the principal.
 | About noon that day he went to Mrs. Noll, whose husband, Jacob, keeps saloon at l'tl Atlantic avenue, and told her to | tell me that Carrie was all right and not | 10 worry about her, as he had brought her back and sent her home. But she has not | come yet. l went to Captain Dyer of the | Twelfth precinct station house, and the police are making every effort to find her.
 He Is Fifty.
 "l thought she might have gone again to Broad Channel or the beach. but she is | not there now. and have almost given up | hope of ever seeing her again. l cannot understand why the principal. who is a | man 90 years old, should want to take my | little girl away.
 ''She received this letter on July 3l from the young man who think. knows some thing of her whereabouts.
 NEW YORK July 3l
 nrAR CAFtIr lfNou can arrange it so yop l can come over to the hCaCh time thi! l week. say FTtNv night Saturdav why wt
 
 | keep II $, I.gl .!nul Jake,
 IL! T......s. ''4s ...A.a, ta- linn and sJnt tim h. n-:.si A.v .N - w-rh yo,-r mother. a-c q, the s,,ao l.2lr Iwant vo:. 10 come. scI car have you Ill Jr my self
 Well. don't know what else To say, so good | by. Yours, AL | After reading this destroy il, as do not wan Jake to hear uI it, Now you let know by Thursday evening N h;,i night you com, | l over.
 Il do uut know Carries answer but hel | going away may possibly hinge on this let ter
 According 10 Mrs. Nondersmith. tn, writer of the letter is summering at Ar I verne by-thc-Sea. The principal could no be found yesterday. He has moved ono, or twice recently and is supposed at pres | ent to be out of town. Mrs. Nondersmitl has several friends who are searching fo Carrie, and detectives have been detailed | to look for her.