Evening journal., 1895-08-16
ABSOLUTELY NO TRACE
The Strange Disappearance of
Miss Lucretia Clark.
POLICE NEVER ASKED TO FIND her
Her Kinsfollx az Syracuse Are Very Much
Alarmed, but Can Think Of No Reason
why She should So nIystoriously Absent
IerseIf-A Hunt WIN soon Begin.

Alarmed, but Can Think of No Reason
why She should So mysteriousiy Absent
Herself-A Hunt WIN Soon Begin.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The case Of Miss
Lucretia Clark Of Syracuse, who was ar
ranging TO open a fashionable school for
young women IN Piainneld, N. J., and
who left that place 20 come to this city to
buy 3d. 900 worth Of furniture just a week
ago this morning and whose fate or where
abouts is now a mystery unless her many
wealthy friends and relatives are conceal
ing knowledge regarding her is "A most
remarkable one.
II was stated by those Interested in Miss
Clark that the police of this city had been
appealed to to make a thorough search Of
the hospitals and other institutions and
had done SO without finding any trace Of
the missing woman.
At police headquarters yesterday Acting
Chief Conlin made "a thorough search of
the records in the bureau of information
and the detective bureau, and stated posi-
lively that Miss Clark s friends had mover
asked fos police assistance, and that the
police were without description of her.
The only record the police have is tel
cgram from Miss Clark's brothcr-in-law,
John Edison Sweet Of Syracuse, asking If
any trace of her had been found As the
police had not been looking for her and
did not have % description of her the tele-
gram was useless.
Yet word comes from Syracuse that the
missing wOmans sister and niece are
Frustrated with grief, and believe she has
been foully dealt with, and that her broth
er-in-law, John Edison Sweet who is an
ex-professor in Cornell university, prosi-
dent Of the Straight Line Engine company
and man Of large means, Is about to in
augurate systematic police search for
Miss Clark.
A Woman Of Rare Intelligence.
The personality Of Miss Clark herself
makes the case Che more interesting. She
is about 40 years Of age. Sho is a woman
of rare intelligence, woman who has am
pie means and wealthy relatives and
woman whose career has been such as to
give her a wider knowledge of affairs and
clearer business head than most women
have.
In short, she is new woman in the in
depreciation of the phrase which thinking,
earnest women of advanced ideas place
upon It, Something over feet tall,
rather stout, scarcely light enough to be
called blonde, and yet not a brunette,
with quick, energetic manner and
happy disposition, she impressed all who
met her as n woman thoroughly able to
take care Of herself
To Plainflold, from which she disap-
pearod, she was practically a stranger.
She had been an Instructor for several
years in Miss Baird's fashionable school
for girls at NorwallS Conn, to which
place she had gone from her home in Syr-
acuse. It was to start a school Of her
own patterned after the one in which she
had been teaching that she went TO Plain
field about two weeks ago.
Sho found in Plainfleld just such a
building as she wanted I'm the Harmed in
stituto ON the estate Of james E MARITIME,
q cousin of cX-Judgo MARITIME of the court
of general sessions in this city, recently
deceased.
Not the Slightest Clew.
Mr.. MARITIME was happy to have his
property used for the school and was par
ticularly pleased with Miss Clark and her
plans. With the exception of the Nom
hers of the MARITIME family and of Garrett
@. Packer furniture dealer of Plain
field, there are very few people there who
made even speaking acquaintance with
Miss Clark, as she was slow to make
friends
Only ten days ago Miss Clark won't to
plainiiod to live She brought all her per
sonal effects from Syracuse. She also
brought as companions until she should
get her school in running order Miss
Irene NJ. Yannc niocc, 10 years old.
Friday morning before s o'clock she
left her niece, wearing a simple travelling
gown of brown cloth, and leaving all her
jewolry behind she said she was coming
to New York TO complete arrangements
for tie purchase of tho furniture.
She left her niece 81. 80, saying she
would leave her more, but she had only
five 500 bills, showing these bills to her
niece. Then, i'm the best of spirits and
saying she would be back in time for sup
per, for which she had given orders, she
started alone for the depot nc Plainfeld
Not soul who knew her can be found
20 say she has been seen since or that the
slightest clow as TO what became of her
la.