The San Francisco call., 1895-10-19

this City, has been greatly alarmed at the
strange disappearance of her daughter.
a few days ago Mrs. Johnson went to the
police and told them that Louisa had been
abducted from Detective Erwin Frost s
house and had not been heard of since.
1t was Frost himself who told Mrs.
Johnson this, but the facts, as related by
the missing girl, do not bear out this state
ment. Miss Buchanan is safe and sound
in this City. She is not being restrained
of her liberty. Instead she is hiding from
those who wish to use her as a witness
against Mr.. Bollinger, she says.
She was seen last night in her room at
605 Post street, where she has stopped
since she reached town ten days ago. This
is respectable lodging-house, where she
has been living with no one to observe her
actions.
She says she wants to remain hidden till
after October 81, when the petition of Mr..
Bollinger to have Mr.. Clayton set aside as
the guardian of the estate of young Tread
well comes up in the courts at San Jose.
THE whole thing is SO mixed up that
we can hardly find head or tail of it." she
explained yesterday. "You see, Jimmy
Treadwell had nearly $40O, GOO left to him.
Now Mr.. Clayton is the guardian of the
estate, and Mr.. Bollinger is guardian of
the boys person. Ii either of them could
get control of the whole business, he'd
nave snap. ana thatS what each one OF
them is trying to do
taken by the contesting guardians. Mr..
Bollinger, she said, had promised young
Treadwell all the money he wanted in case
he should become sole guardian. This
made the heir Bollinger's supporter, and
at the latter's suggestion Treadwell petit
toned the court to remove Clayton from
the guardianship and give Bollinger sole
control C1autnn of nhiactoH 70
this. He filed an answer declaring that
Bollinger was not a proper person to be
the boys guardian because Bollinger was
too careless of his own and his wards man
ner of living.
"And that's why I've had SO many
troubles said Miss Buchanan. "Its why
SO many people have been anxious to have
me come and live with them, too. You
see, Clayton wants to get me on the stand,
aad have me tell about myself and Jimmy
TreadwelI. Then Mr. Bollinger wants to
use me against Mr.. Clayton.
every body has tried to make use of me
till Pm tired. They all want some OF
and | am not going to have any more law
suits in mine. Ii | have to go on the stand
| would have to tell all about what hap
pened with Jimmy and me, and / would
gain nothing for it. Now, if | can stay
quiet till Bollingers case is decided | can
go nome ana tell my mother the stories
were a pack of lies and blackmail and she'll
believe me and everything will be all right"
The girl is very much in earnest. She
protests that she wants no lawsuits and
would not have the damage suit against
Ireadwell had she not been frightened
into it.
Miss Buchanan is a slight girl with
blonde hair and rather pretty face. She
has a viVacious manner, though her Ian
guage at times is marred slightly by the
introduction of terms indigenous to the
Chlmmie Fadden vocabulary. Though she
mas been l8 only three weeks she has
had most remarkable series of expe-
riences, and has crowded enough adven-
lures and misadyentures into the last six
months to supply incidents even for a
story IN the 'Chambermaids' Own" She
tells OF them with naive candor and
lngenuousness that carry conviction.
My troubles all came from San jose"
she says. Il went there first in the chorus