The evening world., 1894-09-22
THREE GIRLS MISSING.
Two of Them, School Children,
Ran Away from Their Homes.
Another Went TO Look for Employ.
ment and Did Not Come Back.
General Alarms Sent Out and Brook
Ign Police Puzzled.

The Brooklyn police officers are con-
siderably confused over the number OF
mysterious disappearances which have
been reported there OF late. No less
than three of such reports were received
to-day. and, although search has been
made by the families and friends OF the
missing persons, no clue has material
lied as to their whereabouts.
What Is worrying the police more than
anything else is the fact that all three
of the missing ones are young girls.
Sarah Thompson. OF 400 Fifth avenue
and Katie Riley. OF 475 Fifth avenue
Brooklyn. schoolgirls. aged respectively
eleven and twelve years. have not
been seen since they left their homes
at noon yesterday. The girls are chums
and are supposed to have gone off to-
gether. In both cases the parents feel
confident that the girls will turn up
all right after they have had their MI
OF childish adventure.
Mrs. Patrick Riley. Katie's step
mother. said to-day that she was so ac-
customed to katie's escapades that she
no longer needed them.
She mas run away more than dozen
times" said Mrs. Riley. land | suppose
she Will be back to run away again.
she never stays away longer than four
days at a time. but she has never yet
told the truth about where or how she
subsisted In those Intervals.
Katie Is very small for her age and is
not prepossessing looking at all. so that
we are quite sure that nobody has en-
ticed her away She seems to take a
sudden fancy to run away without hav-
ing premedtated doing so.
Before she left the house yesterday
she evidently, intended returning to her
school at Sixth avenue and Eighth street
for the afternoon session. Before going
out she patted the, baby on the cheek
This Is the first time Katie has taken
a companion along in her rambles. She
generally sleeps In Railways"
Henry Thompson, Sarah's father said
that he had been told by a Mrs Nelson.
Of Fifth avenue. that she had seen
Sarah in Prospect Park this morning
Mrs. Nelson told me that Sarah was
alone, and ran away when she saw her.
Mrs. Nelson said that she requested a
policeman to arrest the girl. but the
policeman refused to do so;
He told her, she said, that he could
not leave his beat.
Esther, an elder sister of Sarah, said
| that the latter had told her before leav-
ing after lunch yesterday that she had
been late for school and had played
| truant.
"She was afraid" sad Miss Esther
that she would be punished. and / sup
pose that is the reason she ran away
| She goes to the same school as Katie
| Riley"
| Laura Dodd. aged sixteen years, who
| lived with her aunt, Mrs Charles VIII
| Jams, at $50 President street, Is tn,
third missing girl Mrs. Williams, wh'
| reported the case first to the police o
the Bergen street station. said the cir
had left home at s o'clock yesterda,
morning to seek employment from j
| Weinberg, furrier, at 536 FultoI
| street. who had advertised in a morn
| ing paper for help.
The girl did not return home. and Mrs
Williams failed to find her at the home
of any of H.. friends.
In each case general alarms have been
| sent out by the police.