Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-25
MAUD WILLIAMS.
The Missing |ieiress Found at
Montreal, Saturday.
Said Her Name Was Jessie White
and Came From England.
Refuses 10 Return Home Unless on Terms
Agreed With Brother.

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liams. the missing heiress, was found
here. yesterday, under the most pecu-
| liar circumstances. Thanks to a man
( named Dunn, connected with the Ca
madam Pacific Railway, who fancied he
saw her on the Quebec train. Friday
night. and Mr. Spanjaardt of the Mont
| real Star, to whom Mr.. Williams had "a
letter of introduction. she was captured
Mt the moment when she was quite pre-
pared to escape from the Y. W. G. A.
| sheltering home. where she was stay
| ing. The way in which she was found
was really remarkable.
| Friday night, girl answering Maud
Williams description came up on the
Montreal train from Quebec. Mr.. Dunn,
who achieved considerable glory
| through his connection with the Hooper
poisoning case. and who is a train dis
] patcher on the Canadian Pacific Rail
way, saw her, and having seen the pict-
ure and read the published description
came to the conclusion that she was
the missing girl.
| She had in her possession card Civ
| ing the address Of the place in Mon
treal where she wanted TO go, and Mr.
| Dunn noticed it, In conversing with
her he came TO the conclusion that she
! was a stranger. She stated that
lady would meet her in Montreal. but
| when the train arrived there, there
| was no one to meet her and the con-
ductor and MIR. Dunn kept an eye on
her till finally a lady who proved to be
| Miss Montgomery. the superintendent
of the Sheltering Home, turned no and
| took her away.
| Mr. Dunn thought the matter over
and finally at II A. NJ, Saturday, went
to see Mr.. Spanjaardt of the Star, and
| told his suspicious. The two immedi
ately went off together to the Shelter
| ing Home. but before one can see any
one of the ladies living there q great
| deal of red tape has to be gone through.
| Miss Montgomery was not in, and the
| lady who was in charge would not say
anything till she came. When Miss
| Montgomery did appear it was the
same thing over again, in measure.
| In her own mind Miss Montgomery
was convinced that the girl was Maud
Williams. but according to the rules
was unable to do anything unless she
had the authority from Miss Barbour.
the president of the association. The
great point was to know whether Or not
the girl had the telltale coffee-colored
birthmark below the left ear. Miss
Montgomery promised to find out, and
she did. The birthmark was there. but
at the same time she would not allow
the Visitors to see the girl.
She spoke freely about her. however.
When ] spoke to her. Miss Mont
comery said. she told me th,, her
name was Jessie White. and that she
was a native of London. England, who
had been in America about 10 months.
Later on, when Miss Montgomery
went TO see whether the birthmark was
there. she had another conversation
with the girl. Il told her" she said
for the purpose of getting good
chance to look at her. that a couple of
weeks ago / was called upon by two
gentlemen who showed me \ photo
graph which very much resembled her.
She Immediately blusheI up and told
me that it could not have been her, be-
cause she had no friends or relatives
whatever"
1t was decided that Mr.. Spaujaardt
and Mr. Dunn would get Mr.. Williams,
and then go and obtain authority from
Miss Barbour to see the girl. In the
meantime Miss Montgomery promised
to take the best of care of the young
woman, and see that she did not run
away, at the same time promising toI
keep any one else in the dark as to her
whereabouts.
Mr.. Williams was found at the st. |
Lawrence hall, and when Seen was
told that If he would put himself I'M
conditionally in the hands of Mr.. Span
jaardt he would be taken to the place
where his sister was. Naturally he was
considerably excited. but after telling /
them that the offer of $4,000 reward was |
not authentic, he accompanied them |
in a cab to Miss Barbour.
Miss Barbour was very nice indeed. |
AS soon as she heard the details of the /
story she telephoned to the home to
give Mr.. Williams all possible facili- L
ties for Identifying his sister. and con-
sequently a return trip was made to
the home. About this time Mr.. Will
liams. Jr., was worked up to qnite
pitch of excitement
Miss Montgomery, the superintend-
ent of the home, was asked to break
the matter as gently as possible. for at
that time there was not the slightest
doubt that she was the girl wanted.
For Is minutes Mr.. Williams and his
friend waited in the parlor
below and the strain was diabolical
There was noise of weeping and wall
ing upstairs, but noword from the
AS it appeared later, the poor girl
had been put in front room, and when
she noticed the arrival of the cab con-
tanning her brother and the Montreal
man her first idea was to
take flight. Miss Montgomery. after
the first visit. had locked her door on
the outside. and when she found that
she could not get out she Immediately
made for the window. and it was just
ut that moment that the matron ar
rived in time to prevent her from do
ing further harm.
Il know it, she cried; they are
after me. For God sake do not let
them men get me. for if they do. they
will put me in an insane asylum for .
ife". After this followed an attack of
lysteria, which lasted fully 10 minutes
When finally Miss Montgomery came (
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