The evening times., 1896-07-21
LOOKING FOR MISS LORAH
Pretty Delaware Girl May Be
in Hiding Here.
NO cLEW TO BE FOUND
Mysterious Letter Mailed to Her
Family From the Express Train
bound for This City-TheOry of
Murder Not Entertained by. the De-
tectives-A Queer Case.

The police Of this city are looking for
Miss Lillian NJ. Lorah, bright and pretty
young woman, aged twenty years, daughter
of john Lora b, II prosperous farmer OF Della
ware, near the Kent county, Nd, liEc,
who on Monday last disappeared from her
home. E.:.sss
Ii was feared that she was murdered, and
searching parties were organized, who
hunted everywhere in Della ware for her
without success, except in finding torn
glove, which she had worn, land u parcel
which she had carried.
Her disappearance was not known until
Tuesday =, and the excitement continued until
Saturday, when the anxiety was only partly
relieved by the receipt from her of Il letter
giving the assurance that she was alive,
but no clue as To her whereabouts.
A MYSTERIOUS LETTER.
The letter was mailed on the Washington
and New York express. 1t was addressed
III lead pencil 10 Mrs. j. Lorah, Clayton,
DEL, and was as follows:
My Dear Parents, Brother and Sister:
1 suppose you think 1 am dead or muir
dered, but l am alive. / am allowed to
write this much to you. l was captured
llistt luC lodu. but eiii NV
allowed TO tell how or who by.if do they
will kill me. 1 am not allowed to to out
of the place. / don't know where / am
myself. They tell me l can come back
soon. {.
II don't know why 1t is all this suffering
is put on me. think it will be useless for
you TO try to find me, and spending money
over il; and don't worry, for l hope they
willrelcase me some time. Keep my clothes
| for me, for IL is few l get to wear now,
| and scarcely anything to eat. i am getting
| thin enough now.
II often wish was back; but what is the
use of wishing? l think it is band of
gypsies / am with. i am allowed to write
this much to you, but no more. / plead
| and beg them to let me go, but IL is no
use. They say they will in few months.
Goodbye. From your heart-broken
LILLE"
The letter was written with pencil, in
lady's regular and beautiful hand.
Miss Lorah is vivacious and very pretty,
with an extremely easy and fascinating
manner. She possesses a fine voice, and
though only having received public
scnool educaton, was known for miles
| around as one of tie brightest girls in the
entire Hundred When last seen she was
dressed in a black skirt and white body.
No CLUE FOUND.
Detectives of Wilmington Joined in tic
| search, but SO far as could be learned could
| find no clue to locate her up to the receip,
OF the letter.
A young woman answering the description
Of tie missing girl was seen to board tho
Monday midnight express Al Clayton, Del.
She did not purchase a ticket and got on
from the track instead Of from the platform
and was, so far as could be seen, unaccom
panied.
| Until the receipt of the letter the idea .
murder prevailed, and though no reasoI
could be assigned for so mystcriously leav
ing her home, yet scme of tie older inhabi
tants intimated that her story Of capture i
questionable.
Comparison OF the letter with other let
tiers known to he in the missing girl
handwriting precludes any idea other thai
that it is genuine.
Everyone had a pleasant word for tn,
young lady and her unusual attractions
Her character in the community stand
without even an insinuatiou of reproach
Her father, John Lorah, is an eIderI
man, prosperous farmer, living in
comfortable home with his wife, his son
and his sons family, consisting of wifi
and five-months-old child. Their residenc
is just across the Kent county tMdD lin
in Delaware. Lille, however, was know
rs well, or possibly better, in Kent county
Nd, than in Delaware. She had man
friends in Maryland, and, having a fin
voice, was conspicuous member of he
church choir.