The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-16

would go into the country witt the letters
and make lot of money. She used to
dress up well and get peoples con fidence
in different ways. On her return she al
ways had lots of money and clothing which
she used TO sell around here at a good
| profit. We all knew that she worked the
little girl for confidence. / suppose the
girl got too big for that and Mary dropped
her."
This story corresponds with a police
| theory that Mary Cuneo stole the child
| for the purpose of using her in interior
towns and acting as gypsy or a widow.
In The MORNING CALL of July %, 1888,
appeared an exhaustive account of a
special search instituted by this paper for
the missing girl. From 1t the following de-
tails are taken:
case without its like in the history OF
California is that of the sudden aud unaccount-
able disappearance from the Belmont picnic
grounds, in San Mateo County, on the after
noon OF the 18th inst. of Annie Mooney, a
pretty, Intelligent child of Ala years.
with view TO get at the bottom facts OF
this most mysterious case, one which bids fair
to become the parallel of the celebrated Charlie
Ross case, THE CALL detailed one OF its re-
porters 10 make full Investigation of the
matter.
The missing child is a pretty, interesting
little girl, the daughter Of james Mooney, a
carpenter. who lives on the south side Of
Twenty fifth street, between Dolores and
Church. The descriptions heretofore pub
lshed have been incomplete and in some par
ticuarS inaccurate.
Annie is child that is quite pretty, modest
and somewhat dIffident when addressed by a.
stranger, bat soon makes friends and talks
is feet inches. She has hair inches long,
of light shade. commonly known as
light golden. Her face is quite
full and she has large hazel eyes.
at the interior corner of each eye there is a
! small tnread-like muscle which joins the upper
and lower lids She has short very white,
| regular teeth, with very narrow space be-
tween each. On each Side of the nose are OBJ
| servable some light frecSles. In walking the
child turns the right foot slightly inward.
According to the carpenters story, be
took his wife and two children to the Car.
Denters' Union picnic. held at the Bel
mont grounds in San Msteo County on
July 10, 1883. Arriving at the grounds,
Mooney found he was just in time tc
enter his name for foOtrace about to be
run. He entered and took part in the
race, and just as it was decided Mrs
Mooney rushed up to her husband, telling
her that Annie was lost. A search was
at once instituted. but from that day to the
present nO trace of the missing girl was
ever discovered.
All the explanation that Mrs. Mooney
could give of the affair was that she was
sitting on a bench at table with her baby
in her arms and the two little ones beside
her when, happening to look toward the
racetraek and seeing that her husband was
engaged in some dispute. she went over 10
him to see what was the matter. When
she returned Annie was gone, but the
other child was there munching a soda
cracker. Mrs. Mooney asked the child
where Annie was, but she would not
answer. Mrs. Mooney gave the alarm al
once. and number of people joined in the
fruitless search.
A neigh boris child was seated on the sane
bench with the Mooney children, and she
had afterward simple story to tell of thu
occurrence. She said that Mrs. Mooney
went away from the children. and
that in little while Annie jumped
off the seat and went toward the
woods. Asked if Annie went ur
the hill. which is we'll wooded, the
little one said: mo: she went to the
woods; and upon being told to point out
what direction Annie took, the little one
stretched out her hands and describing the
situation. indicated a part of the picnic
] grounds where there is little stretch Of