Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-24
.H[|R[%S Is IN HIDING
Helen A. Bloodeood Found at a
Hotel In New Jersey
Town.
Anger at Her Governess Said to
Be Reason For Her
Escapads.
Stories About Her Being Insane
Are Refuted-- Taken Home
by Mother.

alarm was sent out on Saturday. was
found Monday in an obscure hotel at
Basking Ridge, n. j. She had bsen at
the hottie since Friday morning, living
under an assumed name. and hey con-
duct during that time seems to have
been that of person in perfectly nor
NAL mental condition.
Just once While at this hotel did Miss
Bloodgood absent herself from the
neighhorhood for any length of time.
That was on Saturday when she left at
visit her mother, who she said was livH
ing at Summit, a short distance away,
and returned late in the afternoon.
All this time she was living under the
name of Louise johnson and claimed
residence in Summit, and none of those
with whom she came in contact at
Basking Ridge thought of doubling her
story until they read in yesterdays
newspapers of the missing Miss Blood
good of New York.
Miss johnson" OF Summit fitted too
accurately the descriptions of Miss
.Bloodgood of New York for her Identity
to be doubted for long, and the hotel
proprietor, without letting the young.
woman know anything about it, COM
municated with her father and mother
here, and speedily established the fact
that his guest was the missing girl. Her
mother went after her at once, and she
was back home again shortly before 6
O'Clock last evening.
While the girls sudden departure
from New York and her prolonged abb
sence from home when there seems to
be no doubt that she was in her right
mind and fully aware of the anxiety she
was causing her parents is strange, the
Bloodgood family have done all in their
power to explain 1t, and they have been
especially frank in giving out for pub
LEGATION all that they have been able to
learn of their daughters exploit. "a.
Mr.. Bloodgood has succeeded in tracing
brother-in-law, went to police head
quarters last night and in the presence
of Captain Titus of the detective bu-
reau told all he new of his daughters
mysterious absence from home and con-
were put to him.
Mr.. Bloodgod has succeeded In tracing
every movement of his daughter from
the time that she left nome until she
vas found yesterday save her exact
whereabouts on Thursday night. the
night of the day when she left nome.
Miss Bloodgood says that she staid at
house near Summit on that night, and
Mr.. Bloodgood says that he will look up
the farmer with his daughter tomor-
row. When Miss Bloodgood is in lit
tie more settled condition she will also
be questioned about her absence. from
the Basking Ridge hotel almost all of
Saturday.
In the meantime it is stated on the
authority of Mr.. Bloodgood that the girl
Is in excellent mental and physical COM
clifton and has suffered no i'll effects
from her rather unusual excursion to
the country.
The question as to why the girl left
home in the way she did is rather deli
cate one. Hints of dissatisfaction on her
part with the constant surveillance of a
governess have been thrown out from
time to time since Miss Bloodgood went
is denied by her parents.
They say that the girl has suffered
from fits of depression for some time,
and that on Wednesday night, the night
before she went away, she cried all
night They attribute her conduct in
leaving home so suddenly to one of
these fits of depression, and her remain
ing away from home SO long to hesi-
fancy to face her parents after having
caused them so much anxiety and
trouble.
This is Mr.. Bloodgood's story of his
daughters escapade as he told it last
night:
II want to say that the stories that
have been printed about my daughter
Icing an epileptic are without the
slightest foundation. Neither she nor
any other member of my family has
ever suffered from epilepsy. and Miss
Bloodgood's absence from home is not
to be attributed to that cause.
She is young, and at times we have
detected in her signs of depression or
nysteria. These have been as rule
mild, and not sufficient to cause us to
upprehend any such serious result as
has followed this last mt.
The proprietor of the Washington Ho-
Tel at Basking Ridge is II. B. Troxell.
His wife helps him. In the hotel, during
the time spent there by Miss Bloodgood,
we're two young women-Miss Louise
Rabbit, relative of Mrs. Troxell, and
Miss Jayne Headly, q friend of Miss
Rabbit
Miss Bloodgood. according to the
story told by the hotel proprietor, arr
rived there on Thursday afternoon,
about five hours after she left home.
After registering as guest she became
friendly with the two other young wom-
ell in the house, Misses Babbitt and
Headly.
The police announced yesterday that
Bloodgond. The two themselves. as we'll
as Mr.. Troxell, declare that none of
them ever laid eyes on Miss Bloodgood
until last Thursday.
Negro Held Up.
Clinton, Sept. PA negro who was
Cumming" his way along the North
western was relieved of considerable
sum of money by fellow "bummers" on
the west end a few days ago. Conductor
Welsh of Boone, and his crew were wit
rcsses to the holdup. As their train was
passing the material yard at West Side
they saw in an empty car negro with
his hands in the air and white man
pointing a revolver at him, while Sec
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