Evening journal., 1900-05-02
PRETTY GIRL IS
STRANGELY MISSING
BridgetOn Has Another MyS-
terry in the Disappearance
of Carrie Watson

Bridgeton, Y. j.. May 2.-It is be-
lieved that somewhere in the dense
woods between here and Jericho that
the body of Carrie Watson will be
found.
The girl left her home on Monday
morning in a phaeton to do some shop
ping for Mr.. and Mrs. David Murray,
who are her uncle and aunt, at Bridge
ton. Arriving at Bridgeton she spent
the day going in and out OF the stores.
In the afternoon she started for her
home.
The road between Bddgeton and Jeri-
chO is not a popular thoroughfare; in
fact, it is lonesome. Few persons drive
along the road and the houses are far
apart
To get home from Bridgeton the girl
had to drive along the road past gang
of tramps which had been living in the
neighborhood for more than a month.
They have done some petty thieying;
at least petty thefts have been charged
to them.
PHAETON RETURNED EMPTY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray missed the girl
early Monday evening. They could not
understand why she should have stayed
away from home. A search was insti-
tuted in the neighborhOod, but 1t was
fruitless. Late at night the Murrays
were awakened by the neighs OF a
horse. and at the front gate was found
Carries phaeton and horse. In the We
hiele were the purchases the girl had
made in Bridgeton. and on the seat was
her pocketbook with the money intact.
The horse was tired and worn. The We
hicle was scratched.
No sooner did Mr.. Murray discover
the horse and vehicle than he aroused
the neighborhood. The finding of the
pocketbook proved that the girl had
not been robbed and done away with
and the condition Of the horse and the
scratches on the vehicle lent to the be-
lief that the horse had been driven fal
into some Of the dense woods. All Of
this the men who were called to the as
sistance OF Mr.. Murray took into con-
sideration.
TRAAiPS ARE SUSPECTED.
That the tramps are responsible fol
the girls disappearance is borne out b,
the fact that they have disappeared
Less than half mile before the gir
reached the point on the road where
the camp was located she was seer
driving along the road by some farm
hands. After that all trace OF her dis
appeared.
Detective Lore. OF Bridgeton. who is
leading the posse that Is searching for
the girl, said last night that he believed
she had been murdered. He scouts the
theory OF abduction. claiming that he
has discovered a clue which tends tc
prove that the girl was taken into the
woods and there murdered. 1t IS fur
ther asserted that the tracks OF the
phaeton have been found leading from
the road into the thicket, a short dis
tance below where the tramp camp was
located.
Carrie Watson is hardly more than a
child-only II years old. She was a
pretty little girl with no knowledge OF
the ways of the world She was inno-
cent and timid. She had no sweet
heart; she had no admirers; in fact, no
man had. ever been attentive to her.
Her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Murray, with whom she lived.
are good country folk, and they had
raised her as they themselves had
been raised.
Carrie was apparently In high spir-
its when she left Bridgeton, and those
who saw her declare that she did moi
disappear Of her own accord.