The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-24

Troyell, and there registered A. Louis
Johuson OF Summit. she old the Troxells
hat she livel In Summit with her parents
and hat her father was In business In New
YORK. she SAID hat she was anxious for
n change and - had como out for a short
STAY in ID" country TIE Troxells under
stood thai her mother knew where -he
was. and never thought Of suspeciing that
Helen was any persor other than the one
she clamei 10 b..
sWhils az the hotel Helen was very friendly
with tho wife OF the proprietor and two
| female relatives who happened "a be stay
ing there. The only time she wa absent
from the hotel AT all was on Saturday. when
! rhe went ont saying that ale was going to
| Summit 10 500 her mother. She was gone
most Of the day. but where she was We do
\ not know We understand from shop
keepers. though. that she Wa In tho stores
a good part 81 the time, buying things.
Her purCha-es were mostly shirt waists
and articles of that kind. She returnoi to
! the hotel that night and did not leave IL
again, except for short walks which she
took with membcrs Of tho propretor'-
family
MIR. Troxell saw the description Of a
missing New York giri IN the papers on
Sunday and h. suspected that the Mb-s
| johnson he had had az the hotel wa the
\ girl, hut he said nothing btSause he was
not sure. The pictures in the newspapers
to-day Satisfied him that he wa correct
In his auspicions. AMI he called me- up on
the long distance telephone this morning,
without saying anything TO Helen, and
told me about Miss Johnson who was stay
ing with him II didn't take long 10 settle
any doubt that NAV have been In my mind.
and We agrrcd that he should say nothing
to Helen TN; should keep an ego on her
until her mother could get out there He
said that Helen had not seen the newspapers
and that he would take good care that tho
| didn't sessanv.
Il communicated with Capt Titus at
! once and he placed Detective Funston
at our service. Mir BloCdgood and the
officer went out on the" first Train.
me,ting between Helen and her mother
was an anectionate one, and Helen was
only too glad to come home. Sh" has said
little about her going away, save that she
felt a. though she must get out IN the
country on Thursday morning, and sh"
sta we'd longer than she meant 70 becaus"
abe vas afraid Of a scolding II she came
back the following day. She was getting
| tired of her exile. Sh" says, and meant To
write To Va to-day She knows nothing
OF the fuss made over her IN the news
papers.
Il want 20 Rav for Helen that she has
never lad a love affair IN her life, and that
the stories that have been printed To The
ofe~t that she wa engaged and that we
announced the engagement az "A hig party
AT our home last March are without found
ton. She has never had a coming -uut
party We had talked 81 having one for
her this winter. but had decided not TO
bccause OF "a" evidences 81 temporary
III health which | have mentioned. Helen
has never been more than a child, and In all
her life before has scarcely Teen OUT 20
our sight. The story hat she has been
haIassed hy "a guvcmess II untrue. because
she has not had a s%oyrrnesS lately
-Our family physician has known 81
Helen's condition for some time. and while
her depression has never taken any other
form than crying spells befurc. h" In not
surprised at what has happened now.
such things ara not Uncommon: Please
deny that Helen has ever had epilepsy or
that she IL mentally or physically any
thing but a strong and healthy girl
According IA Mr. TroNel, the hotel
keeper, when Miss Bloodgood's mother
arrived at Bsskins Ridge yesterday morn
ing the girl At hrt refused to go home
unless her mother promised that sh" would
no longer be followed ~cvrrywhrrc abe
went by n Sovernees. Mis- ~Bloodgood
was very .dec,ionato with her mother.
according to the hotclkecper, but was
also very firm on this point, and IL was not
until Mrs. Bloodgood oonsented 10 ALLOW
her all the freedom she wanted that she
| consented To return 20 New iork,
They arrived at the Irving Pla0 house
,ust lrfor q O'Clock. Thre minutes
bafore the carriage bcarng the girl. her
mother and the detective reached the
house, n policeman and "A detective started
"A bogus pickpocket chasn from the south
end Of Gramcrcy Park down Irving Place.
the apparent object OF which was To draw
away The crowd from before the Blood
good hou-e. II was partially success
hil, for IL drew some FIVE hundred people
away, and the moment they got south Of
Ninetcenth street, the carrtagc whirled
up tn the door. and Miss Bloodggod and
her mother got out and ran up the steps
Miss Bloodgood was laughing - though
nothing unusual had happened 10 her.
Tho door CLOSED hehind them all bcforo
the crowd which had gone after the alleged
~pickpocket got hack. and It was a sorely dis
appointed crowd. for many In IL had t-en
around for hours waiting 10 get a glimpse Of
Miss BloOdsood
Although there IL not the slightest evil
denc, that Miss ~BloOdgood IL n sufferer
from any permanent mental rpuble. u"
court records In this county show that Or.
William + ~Bloodgood the father Of Will
liam Bloodgood. and grandfather ofHelen
A. Bloodgood. vas declared insane at the
age Of II on Nov ~. 1894 William Blood
good was appointed a committee ot his
person and property and William T. Blood
good WA reputsd 10 bc worth az least 500
90 He had been a physician In Elizabeth,
and had also lived for "A time ~ ~laowellyn
Park. y j HIS chief eccentrcity seems
10 have been confessions Of Judgment
against himself which were rapidly de
~pt,tiug his fortune william B~loodgood
appeared IN court several time- 10 have
~iudgments against his father, obtained In
this way. SCI aside