The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-10
SLIGHT TRACE FOUND
Sally Wardwell's Dis
appearance a
Mystery.
Her UNCLE GETS A LETTER.
Young Woman Writes That
She Is Living Happily
in Her New Home.

Sally Aldrich Wardwell, 10 years old,
| granddaughter of the late Hon. p. En-
court, disappeared from her home, Ga
! Elm street, early Thursday morning,
and has not since been Seen. The police
have been looking for her, and circu-
lars giving her description have been
sent out, but no positive itelligence of
her whereabouts has yet been re-
ceived
A peculiar circumstance connected
I with the disappearance is that, Charles
F. Aldrich, her uncle, received letter
yesterday afternoon which was
stamped at the Worcester post office
at 11,45 o'clock yesterday morning. 1t
was posted in Worcester somewhere,
but whether it was dropped into the
| Worcester post Office or left IN one of
the boxes on the street, no one knows.
| Miss Wardwell states that she is lfv-
| ing happily in her new home and feels
contented. She hopes that her friends
will not bother about her, as she feels
| she can live as contentedly where she
| now Is as she could at Ga Elm street.
| Mr.. Aldrich does not think the girl Is
| in Worcester but believes she man
| aged to get some one to post the letter
| in this city for her.
Miss Wardwell had been studying for
| two years at the Mortified seminary
in which Dwight L. Moody is interest
| ed. This term her progress has been
| disappointing to herself, and she be-
ItyrnTIOht what che
| considered her deficiencies. She applied
| herself more closely than ever 10 her
| studies, and soon oVerwork and ankle
| ty reduced her to a morbid condition
which seriously threatened her health.
| She talked modify of her disgrace"
as a student and finally she became so
| i'll that she was sent to her home.
Miss Wardwell left Mortified with
nurse, Tuesday morning, and arrived
at her mothers home that night. Inc
| nurse returned to the seminary. In
| her own family the patients condition
| did not change materially. She showed
much the same morbidness as in school,
| and her "disgrace' as a student was
| the burden of her conversation. Though
| the best of care was given her ana
| everything possible was done for her
| comfort, the seriousness of her condi-
ton was not at first appreciated,
Thus matters went on till Thursday
morning, when she was missed. The
| discovery was made about o'clock.
Inquiry showed that the house maid
had heard somebody moving around
about an hour earlier, but naturally
she had thought nothing strange of 1t.
| That, however, is the only cleW TO the
| time of Miss Wardwelps fight. From
that hour till the present, not the
slightest hint Of her whereabouts mas
been discovered.
She is not known to have had any
money, and there Is no actual proof
| that she has even left town. SUPPOSE
| lions as to her motives and destination
must be founded upon note which
| she left for her mother and upon one
| oft-repeated remark.
The note expressed gratitude for the
| kindness of her mother and others OF
| the household, declared that she could
not live at home in disgrace" and an
| nounced her intention to go out and
earn her living, that she might not be
| g. burden to the family. Finally she
asked that no effort be made to find
her
She had often declared her intention
| of seeking employment, even before
| her illness, and she thought she might
| find a position as waitress in some no.
| tel or boarding house. Hence there is
| q. disposition TO look LOT HtI III pIdCt7
Of that character. 1t may be said once
| for all that there was no substantial
| reason for her constituencies in regard
| to her standing as a student, though
| she was not ranked as brilliant
| scholar. Neither was there any reason
for her leaving home.
Miss Wardwell was five feet three
| inches tall, had rather a plump, full
| face, pale, almost sallow, complexion,
black hair and black eyes. She wore
gold-bowed spectacles, not eye glasses.
Judging from articles missing from
her wardrobe, she wore a red and white
check skirt, blush shirt waist, light
| felt hat with brown feather, and car
ried brown velveteen handbag.
Up to about four years ago the
| Wardwell family lived in Newton
Centre, but at that time they removed
to the Aldrich homestead in this city.
| Miss Sally was the second child, there
being an older daughter and a brother
and sister younger.