New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-13
OTEER CASE OF MISS KIM.
HER BROTHER. WILIIAM F. KING, PuZ'
ZIED ABOUT FER FATE.

NJ M II West One-hrrIred and-l"ehly'So'
en,h.st. who went in bathing at Coney lsidhu
Yesterday and rnysterioUsly disappeared has
neither been found nor heard or since IL.
maid who accompanied her and who does nov
know whether or not the woman was a''"""'
drowned believes that was the fa'e OF '"e Sou'o
woman. Miss Kings mother also tf;nKs '""'
her daughter was drowned
urs King said Yesterday that there was no'
the slightest reason for believing 'ha' n.i
ao,sb,er bed committed suicide. All her life
had been happy. and she had nearly ever inns
che wanted She had had no love affair. go far as
MIS-. King and her husband knew. and hau 10.
boan engaged. Mr.. Chamberlain. WHO useo
% cau of.en AZ the house and with whom Laura
,,ss verv friendly. might have had the ahectoh
os ber daughter but they were not engaged II
Iaura had wished 10 marry MT chamberlain
however she might have done so. as nel'her S"V
Mrs KING nor her husband had any opJec"o"
10 him They would certainly nave given '"e,'
consent 20 the marriage Mrs King was po''
tive that Mr. Chamberlain could nave iau no'"-
ing 70 do with her daughters rate 0he was q"
no,it,ve regarding tbs Idea or an eiope"ie"''
hecaus. she said she had never meh'io"eu a.
affection TO Mr.. Chamberlain. though '"e e"
,ect had not been preached to her she heise,i
felt sure that her daughter had been acc''e'''A
ly drowned. .,..,,, OR,
Go leland vesterday and talked with
q Number Of persons who are always ABOUT 'he
,..,r ,,oce He said afterward that they
- ,o,a hin, that II was extremely improbable
.h., thu girl had been drowned, as with go
,,a,v narsons watching the bathers IT would Do
almost an ,mpossib.lity for any one u NC
drowned without being seen.
The maid Alma Lin6strom. a Finnish woman
who saw Miss King last. said that she u'o "o.
see her go into the water. as she hao zee" VIZ
TO get a bathing house and suit Tor herse'i
when cha had done so the woman was gone
The maid ,s a fine swimmer. and Miss King had
gone TO the Island to see her swim
MR.. KINGS STATEMENT.
William F. King president Of the Merchants
Association, who is a brother Of the girl Haoo
a statement regarding the case at his nome NO.
II East sixty-third-st.. last night
"1,v sister left her fathers house yesterday
afternoon" said MI King. accompanied u!
her maid Alma Lindetrom. and with the COLI
sent of her parents for the purpose Oh gums -
Manhattan or Brighton Beach. IL was het III
tention to give her maid an opportunity |" SWIM
tho latter being very fond OF the water on the
previous Friday my sister accompanied oy WV
other sisters. who are married, with children ana
Long Branch The maid was then ANXIOUS 10 se'
into the water but was unable to do So NJ!
sister told her that on Sunday or Monday she
wouId take her to Manhattan or Brighton Beacn
AVID let her swim as much as she liked so on
Sunday. having permission. she went, taxing
the maid
From the time she left her fathers mouse
until the present have no knowIeoGS Va
either except as contained in statements maze
by the maid as already published Certain state
ments have been made as having come from ING
maid to the effect that my sister Louise hau
gone TO the beach expecting TO meet man there'
and that this was the same man whom. 1t was
also alleged she had met I'll Long Branch on the
previous Friday.
Il find that my sister did not meet any man al
Long Branch. but was with the party all the
time The mans name given IN some papers
as Mr. Chamberlain. There is Mr.. Chamber
lain who has known my sister and my famly
we'll for some time. His name is 5. L. Chamber
lain This Mr.. Chamberlain was not with her on
Friday or Sunday. nor had he any appointment
\ 10 meet her on Sunday. Ii has been also alleged
in certain quarters that Mr.. Chamberlain had
disappeared and that my sister had surreptltious-
~ disappeared with him. using her trip on sun
day as method to throw her friends or thelf
guard.
Il have seen Mr.. Chamberlain myself today.
perfectly cognizant of what Is being made IN this
statement. and concurs therein. Mr.. Chamber
lain assures me that he has not heard from my
sister. does not know where she is or know or
any reason for her disappearance. II she has
been drowned IL Is a sad accident, and l VIII
epare no means to find the body.
81 have to-day been in communication with
Police Headquarters and Deputy Chief Cort-
right, who has taken the matter UP in connec-
ton with the Brooklyn Police Department. and
should the body he found. or any trace of her he
discovered. will know il as soon as telephone
can bring the news. If she is on earth l YIN
find her; II she is dead viii find the body II II
be within the bounds Of possibility. ] viii
stand by my sister. ] want to dispose now of
all statements that she went away to meet a
man. that she met a man in Long Branch
while in company with my sisters.
Much has been made Of the finding Of n copy
Of Lucille. where il was said her clothing was
found. TO this attach no importance what
ever. She probably took the book with her TO
read while on the way to the island, and in
view Of the general conditions as ] know them
to exist no Importance can be attached to this "
POLICE NOTIONS OF TIE CASE.
The Coney Island police said positively yes
terday that they did not believe that Miss King
had entered the water At all. The first ntlma-
ton they had that the girl was missing at
IL O'Clock on Sunday night when the maid went
TO the police station and In broken English
told the sergeant that her mistress had been
drowned while bathing. She said that Miss
King had put on her bathing suit. and. taking
parasol from her. had gone on to the beach,
leaving her TO find bathhouse and change her
clothing When she came cut her mistress was
nowhere 10 be seen.
Police Captain Dunn at once sent word 70
Miss Kings parents. and then sent to the ba h
ing pavilion and had search made for the
girls clothing. The messenger returned with
bundle OF clothing, which was identified by
the maid as that worn nv her mistress when
che went TO the island. With the clothes In TIE
bathhouse was found copy Of owen Mere
diths Lucille with page turned down and
this quotation marked AS one that is suddenly
touched upon the spot where every nerve de-
rives suffering" On tire fyeaf OF the book was
written: An ideal book for a day Ike this :
and underneath this, Lou. from Roswell. June
20. 1895"
No trace az the womar's naraeol was found