The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-20
IS STILL A MYSTERY
POLICE FIND NO TRACE OF LIZZIE
BERNS SINCE LAST SATURDAY.
ALL CLUES PROVE WORTHLESS
Young Lady Spent Saturday at the HIme
Of william Georgen West of the
City But Started Home in
she evening

The mystery surrounding the disap
pearanee of Miss Lizzie Berns on last
Friday is still unsolved, and all clues
that can be obtained by the police and
the frantic parents of the young lady
only serve to increase the air of mys-
terry surrounding the case. Acting
Police Chief Newhouse and all the
local officers have been working on the
case since Saturday evening, but their
efforts have been in vain, as no trace OF
the girls present whereabouts can be
found. Clue after clue has been dis
covered and worked only to show that
the police were on the wrong scent,
and while they refuse to admit defeat,
it is evident that the mystery of the
case has bafded their hardest efforts.
The only thing that has been learned
of any value at all is the fact that the
girl spent all day Saturday at the home
of William Goergen west of the city on
Grand avenue. According to stories
brought to the police the young woman
went to the Goergen home on Saturday
morning and remained there through
out the day. In the evening about z
o'clock she started for home and has
not been seen since. While at the
residence of Mr.. Goergen the girl is re
ported to have acted very peculiarly
and seemed to be exceedingly nervous,
but the people in the house did not
suspect anything out of the way on ac-
count of her actions.
Another clue stated that she had
gone to Milwaukee to visit Miss Lizzie
Junghans, formerly of this city, and a
great friend of Miss Berns, but tele-
gram sent to the Junghans family this
morning brought an answer that the
missing girl had not been seen in Mil
waukee. A telegram to friends in
Racine brought the same sort of an
answer and the parents of the girl are
now at loss as where to look farther
for her. ~
The intense strain and excitement is
having terrible effect on the mother
and father of the girl and it is feared
that if she is not found in short time
that both of them will be in a very
serious condition.
The stories circulated about the
town to the effect that the girl had left
home on account OF quarrel with her
parents are without any foundation
whatever, as when she left home Fri
day evening she was in the best OF
spirits and her father states emphatic
ally that there is no family trouble
which can be assigned as reason for
the young lady's actions. Mr.. and
Mrs. Berns still seem to believe that
| the man Nicol holds the key to the
solution to the mystery. The young
man was taken to the police Office last
night and was put through rigorous
cross examination by officer NewhOuse
and the parents of the girl. The
young man could not be forced to give
any information further than that
which he gave on Saturday and Sun
day. He still declares that he knows
nothing of the whereabouts of the girl,
and that the last he saw of her was on
last Friday evening when she left him
to return home. The friends of NicOl
corroborate his story and say that the
mysterious disappearance of the young
lady has greatly affected him. The
officers have in no manner given up the
search for the girl and officers in all
parts of the State have been asked to
assist them. The case is the one topic
of conversation on the north side and
the opinion that the girl has met with
some foul play is rapidly gaining many
supporters.