The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-22
THREE GIRLS MISSING.
Two Ct 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 AS 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 of to-
gether. In both cases the parents feel
confident that the girls will turn up
all right after they have had their fill
OF childish adventure.
Mrs. Patrick Riley, Katie's step
| mother, said to-day that she was so ac-
customed to Katic's escapades that she
no longer needed them,
She has run away more than n dozen
| times, said Mrs. Riley, and | suppose
| she will be back to run away again.
| She never stays away longer than four
| days at n time, but she has never yet
told the truth about where or how she
subslsted 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 q
sudden fancy to run away without hav.
| ing premitated doing so.
| Before she left the house yesterday
| she evidently intended returning to hei
school at Sixth avenue and Eighth street
for the afternoon session. Before going
out she patted the baby on the cheek
and said, BY bye, baby
| This is the first time Katie has taker
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
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 d
policeman to arrest the GIRL but the
policeman refused to do so.
He told her. he 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" said Miss Esther
that she would be punished, and l sup
pose that Is the reason she ran away
She goes to the same school as Katie
Laura Dodd, aged sixteen years. wht
lived with her aunt, Mrs. Charles VIII
Jams, at $50 President street, Is tn,
third missing girl Mrs. Williams, whC
reported the case first to the police o
the Bergen street station. said the CIR
had left home at o'clock yesterda,
morning to seek employment from J
Weinberg, a furrier at $50 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 HON
of any Of her friends.
In each case general alarms have bee
sent out by the police.