The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-20
WAS SEEN IN CHICAGO.
POL ICE OBTAIN A NEW CLUE TO THE.
WHEREABOUTS OF MISS BERNS.
MANY OTHER STORIES TOLD.
These go to Show that the Young Lady
Spent Friday Night in the City Gene
tery-Mr. Berns Finds no Trace in
Milwaukee.

AS the hours crawl away the intense
| interest which has been aroused in the
city over the strange disappearance of
Miss Lizzie Berns increases until this
evening the tate Of the young girl is
the one topic of all classes in the city.
The police with the hardest work have
managed to get hold of some informa
ton but all of it is only elementary and
in no way goes to show the present
whereabouts of the missing girl. Early
this morning young man named
James Dougherty called at the police
Office and reported that he had seen the
young lady early Saturday morning.
He claims that at the time he first saw
her she was sitting in secluded part
of the city cemetery. This was about
six o'clock in the morning. Being
greatly surprised at seeing a lady in
the cemetery at that time he spoke to
Mr.. Smith who is employed in the
cemetery about the matter and Smith
told him that he had seen the woman in
the cemetery some time earlier. With
this as a start the officials have dis
covered that the young lady probably
spent the whole of Friday evening in
the graveyard, and this fact lends some
evidence to the suicide theory. They
discovered later that the young lady
had been seen about the cemetery at
ten o'clock on Friday evening by a man
named John Mckinney.
The Identification of all these men is
complete and all declare that there can
be no doubt but that the girl they saw
was Miss Berns. Coupled with these
stories comes story from we'll known
resident of the Third ward, that on the
night of the disappearance Of the young
lady he had seen a man and lady
answering her description, wandering
around the streets near his home. He
claimed that be watched them for
long time and when he seen them last
about 8 o'clock in the morning they
were going south.
The friends of young Nicol reported
that when he came to work on Satur-
day morning he complained OF being
tired, and to one of them he stated
that he had staid up part of the night.
Of course, these stories of Nicol are
hearsay, and no evidence has been
found which WOuld connect him with
the case more than that he was with
the young lady on Friday evening. Mr.
Berns, father of the girl, went to Mil
waukee last evening, but last night he
telephoned that he had not as yet been
able to find any clue to the Whereabouts
of the missing daughter The develop
ments in the case this morning have
not in any way helped in the solution
of the present mystery. but now that
the police have found where the girl
was on Friday evening they hope that
| through some of the clues reported
they will find some trace of the girl.
The theory of suicide seems to be the
one which is favored by the police.
Other people in the city laugh at such
"a theory and say that the girl has gone
on a visit and will return in due time.
One lady in the city who has been
great friend of the missing girl stated
this morning that she was of
the opinion that the girl had
committed suicide. When asked why
she believed this she refused to give any
reason but stated that Miss Berns had
told several of her girl friends that she
didn't care whether she lived or died.
The young lady also intimated that
there were reasons which might have
led the girl to commit suicide but she
refused to state what these reasons
were. In concluding the lady said, "
do not believe that Lizzie Berns will
ever be seen in Kenosha again. IT she
has not committed suicide she has gone
so far from Kenosha that she will
never be found"
Whether this is simply the creation of
the imagination of the young lady or is
based on facts further developments in
the case must show.
Later - This afternoon Mr.. Berns
was seen, having returned to this city
this morning on an early train. He
stated in an interview that ne naQ not
been able to find any trace of his
! daughter in Milwaukee and was con-
7inced that the young lady had not
| gone to that city. He said that he had
heard that a girl answering the
description of Lizzie had been seen in
the neighboorhood of the Farmers
Home, and as soon as he could secure
vehicle he went out to the place to
continue the search.
Another clue which seems to be the
one yet discovered was reported to the
EVENING NEWS this afternoon. George
Smith, bartender employed at the
Mikelson saloon, states positively that
he saw the missing girl in Chicago
on Sunday morning. In speaking
of the occurrence Smith said to