Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-08-17
NOTHING BUT A LETTER
And 1t Gives No Clew of the
Missing Miss Clark.
POLICE NOT ASKED TO FIND HER

The Mystery Of the Case Grows Deeper "a
the Days Go By-why Should It Be That
No Relative Of Hers should Seek the As
sistance OF the Police Omcials9
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE only dovol.
opmcnt in the case Of tho disappearance Of
Miss Lucrctia Clark was the appearance
of q man with letter written by the WON
an on the day she disappeared.
Tho most remarkable feature of the
case, oycn az this late day, is the fact that
while the relatives and friends of Miss
Clark, who are rich and influential, say
they have searched the hospitals and 9th.
en- institutions OF this city for her with the
aid OF the police, the police up to last mid.
night declared that they had not even re-
ceivcd a description of the missing WON.
an, let alone a request TO make a search
for her
Acting Chief Conlin, who has become
interested i'm the case although he has nc
official right to be interested, oycrhaulod
the entire headquarters machinery yestor.
day and found there had been no applica
ton for police search.
Now, what can we dog" asked the act.
ing chicf.e"This woman is Of age. What
right have we to make search for heri
Suppose we did start out tomorrow to &C
through the institutions, and then suppose
she put in an appearance here and asked
us by whose authority We sent out police
men TO look for her what could we sayi
In what position would we standY SO far
as the police department. is concerned, il
any blood relative of Miss Clark viii come
TO us now and ask us TO make search fol-
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without a description Of the missing WON.
an and without proper authority TO go
ahead how can we do soY"
Yet the relatives of Miss Clark in SYRIA.
cuse and her friends in Plainhcld insist
that they have got the machinery of the
Now York police department IN operation
to find her
The Police Not Sought.
After n careful inquiry, starting with
Acting Chief Conlin, going through the
detective bureau and down inc the bureau
Of information, it can be stated as fact
that the services Of the police Of New York
were only called into requisition on one
occasion, and that was when Garrett Q.
Packer, a furniture dealer Of Plainileld,
called at headquarters on Sunday, saw
Sergeant Barry, spoke to him of the case,
was told by the sergeant that general
alarm would cause publicity, and there.
upon left, saying that he would continue
tho search privately.
Captain Max Schmittborgor Of the Ire
mont police station received some infor-
nation yesterday which he believes will
throw some slight light upon the disap.
pearanoc of Miss Lucrctia Clark Of Plain.
field, n. j.
During the day Louis Fennebresse, who
lives at 1928 Anthony avenue in fremont,
went TO the captain and showed him a let.
ter which he had received from Miss Clark
and which she wrote on the very day OF
her disappearance.
Mr. Fcnncbrosso said that he had met
Miss Clark by appointment at tho Kellog
educational bureau, 81 East Ninth street,
on July 81. She explained to him that she
was about to open school in Plain1eld
and was I'm search of a professor of French
language Mir. Fennebrosse, who Is "A pri
vatc teacher, made an arrangement to &C
TO the now school on certain days Of eaot
week.
On Aug o, the day that Miss Clark dis
appeared, she wrote the letter that wal
shown 20 Captain Sohmitthorger. i
merely said that she had decided to get Z
female teacher for her classes, and tina
she would not require the services Of Mr.
Fennehresso Tho writing of this letter
Captain Schmittbergor thought woulC
seom to show that Miss Clark had not in
tended TO go away and had not gone o
her own volitiOn The letter was sent t
Affiurr Chief Gon1fu