Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-02
H HUNTING FOR CLUES
ID
No Trace YE Of Missing Young Annie
Ryan.
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Hunting light and Day
Some SuggestiOns.

Annie Ryan. the school girl who left her
home. No. 1876 10th street southeast. Tues
day afternoon and failed to return as pub
lished IN yesterdays Star, had not returned
nome this afternoon. Last night Mrs. Ryan
received message from Mrs. Clark, who
lives at Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street
southeast, that she had seen the missing
child, or child answering her description.
about O'Clock Tuesday, four hours after
the child left the Tyler School building.
Mrs. Clark read in The Star the account of
the missing child and she remembered hav-
ing seen the child, who was walking north
on 18th street.
The chile was a stranger in the neigh
borhood." Mrs. Clark remarked to a Star
reporter today. and being alone, she at
tracted my attention"
She remembered particularly that the
enid she saw wore a red hat and had her
hair braided and tied with ribbon. Her
description of the girl she saw is an accu-
rate description of the missing girl. Will
lam II. Booker. who keeps a saloon at 18th
and ID streets. is also positive he saw the
girl near his place about the time she was
seen by Mrs. Clark 1t is his idea that she
was with some children who live in the
neiShborhood. but none of the children seen
by Star reporter were able to give any
infOrma ton.
Many Rumors.
AS soon as Mrs. Ryan heard from Mrs.
Clark last night she sent out in the neigh
borheod mentioned and had search made
for her daughter, but without success. Mr..
Ryan called on the police again last night,
told of what unsatisfactory rumors he had
heard and requested that an extra effort
be made today in the case. He remained
out most of the night, engaged in the
search. and returned home very much dis
heartened. Since the child disappeared her
parents have heard many rumors concern
hat hQ ic tod n hGv W
said to her school mates, but with all the
rumors nothing has been accomplished.
Several of the children reported that she
had stated she never intended to return
home, and all of them say she feared her
mother would whip her.
The child's parents do not know what to
think of her conduct Some of their friends
nave suggested that she may nave started
to walk to Baltimore and think she will be
picked up along the line of one of the rail-
roads, while others think she is still in the
city.
Il think she may have slept in the house
of a friend Tuesday night" said one of the
neighbors OIL the Ryans to a Star reporter
today, and that yesterday she spent the
a great many studies in school, and perhaps
the child's mind was overcrowded and the
fear CT punishment affected her nervous
system so much that she may have wan
dered off yesterday"
Children Hunting.
Teachers and children in the schools in
Southeast Washington are taking great in
terest in the case and If she is still in
that section they will probably find her.
Annie has attended schools in different
buildings, and. all--of her teachers speak
well of her. In many of the schools this
morning the children were asked if they
could throw any light on the case, and
scores of them told of various rumors they
had heard: The most startling of them all
was one that Annie had said she intended
to drown herself. but no child could be
found to whom the statement had been
made. This rilmorkwas told in more than
one school, however, but no attention
paid to 1t byh the teachers. who have no
idea that the missing child had any such
intention when she said she vas going
away never to return.
Mrs. Ryan still olings to the belief that
her daughter went as far as Anacostia
Tuesday, andSthi' hel-f was strengt y aned
today by the statement of some OF the
school children that they had seen her on
11th street south of Georgia avenue Tues
day afternoon. If she really went to Ana
costa none of the residents who had sean
her could be found today by Star re-
porter.
The Waterman on the bridge was on duty
until O'Clock. and he saw nothing of her.
Today the Anacostia police made inquiries
through the village. but no one was found
who could give any information. Had An
ME gone to Anacostia she could easily have
returned in time to have been at Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 18th street by o'clock.
People living in Twinng City have seen
nothing of a child answering Annie's de-
scription, and a strange child in so small
a village would probably have attracted at
tention. Today members of the Ryan fam
lily, well friends, are doing some
detective work in the case, and the heart
broken parents are hoping for the best.