The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-08-31
TWO GIRLS MISSING
Mamie futile and Blanche Alamonder
Loaned by industrial School Es-
cape from this City.
STATE OFFICERS IN PURSUIT


The TWO Girls had been Working as
Domestics at the Residence of Mrs. J.
H. Cooper and had been Enjoying
Lively Ttme-Kenosha Lady Had Asked
that they be Returned to the School in
Milwaukee
The whereabouts of Blanche Alarm
onder and Mamie futile, who, until
Yesterday afternoon, had been employ
ed as domestics at the residence OF
Mrs. J. H. Cooper, is mystery. The
girls left the Cooper home some time
and somehow yesterday afternoon and
since that time no trace has been found
of them.
The departure of the two girls be-
comes of more than ordinary import
ance on account of the fact that they
were both inmates of the Girls Indus
trial school at Milwaukee, which is
state corrective institution. They are
both 10 years of age and had been l1v-
ing in Kenosha a little over year.
Mrs. Cooper was interviewed this
morning and seemed to be greatly
worried on account of the departure OF
the girls She said that she had Sc
cured one of the girls from the Indus
trial school over a year and halt ago
and later agreed to take the second one
into her household.
For some time the girls had lived a
blame1ess life and were not kept under
very close restriction. Recently, how
ever, they had been living a very fast
life, but it was entirely unknown to
the Kenosha lady until the reports
reached her ears a short time ago. The
stories told showed that they had been
leading a very lively life.
Chatting under the restraint of being
kept in their rooms in the evening it is
claimed that they managed to get out
of the house by means Of the roof and
stories of midnight meetings with
men friends and other sorts OF stolen
interviews made the story of their
recent living very interesting as well
as romantic one.
Yesterday Mrs. Cooper decided that
she could no longer keep the girls IN
the house and she went to Milwaukee
and made a call at the Industrial
school and asked that a state officer be
sent here to take the girls back to the
institution. In some manner the girls
found out that her mission concerned
them and decided to make good their
escape. No one about the house can
tell anything of their departure. They
took none of their clothes and the only
thing that appears to be missing IS
violin, which was the property of the
one named futile. The discovery of
their absence was made at supper time
and a search was at once instituted
This resulted in nothing and the girls
seemed to have covered their escape in
splendid manner. The institution at
Milwaukee was at once notified of their
escape and a state officer was at once
sent in pursuit. AS far as can be
learned he has not been able to find
any trace of them. Mrs. Cooper is of
the opinion that the girls have not left
the city and think that some friend or
friends are assisting them to keep out
Of the way of the officers.
Other stories seem to lead to the
opinion that they are many miles from
the city. tits reported on good author
ity that the girls started out yesterday
to attend funeral and that they were
in a carriage at the cemetery. After
the remains had been placed in the
grave it is said that the two girls drove
to another part of town, where they
were met by friends, who took them to
Ranney station, where they took a
train for tSt. Paul. Mrs. Cooper said
that they had no money to pay for
transportation and if they left the city
they have been assisted by friends in
financial way. The girls are both
good looking and one of them is said
to be accomplished.
Some of the friends of the girls about
the city when told that they had taken
hurried departure, said that they had
expected it as they had always been
much adverse to working as dOmestics
and had made many complaints on ac-
count of the work. Very little is known
of the gir1s7in this city. One of them
had been sent to the Industrial school
from Neenah, but the home of the
parents of the other girl is not known.