The evening world., 1903-10-05
Little Susie McGirr, Who Disap-
peared from Home, Is Under
Lock and Key in the Rooms
of the ChiIdren's Society.
FATHER NOT PERMITTED
TO VISIT HER THERE.
Told He Cannot See Her Until
She Is Arraigned in Court and
Even Denied Privilege of
Sending Her Clothing.

Little Susie McGirr who disappeared
from her home. No. 452 West Twenty
ninth street, has been found. The child
Is in the custody OF the Children's Soci-
ETY.. and the best the h~eart-broken
father, who spent two nights in search
Of his little one. is able to get from the
man who guards the wicket Of the So
ciety rooms is that he may see his
daughter when she is arraigned in court
on Wednesday.
Where was the child found Where
has she been? Is she well? Does she
fret to corne homer
All these questions nav been asked
by the father and in reply he has been
told that II he desires to see the child
he may do SO when she Is taken to
court.
The child's mother is dead, and having
nowhere to keep her, Patrick McGirr,
who works in the railroad yards at
Eleventh avenue and Thirtieth street,
placed Susie, who is eight years old. with
Mrs. Mary Grove to board. He say
Mrs. Grove has been more like a mother
than anything else to the child.
Her Fibs Innocent Ones.
A few days ago Mrs. Grove caught
Susie in a fb. Her Imagination Is fertile
n once she imagines anything she re-
hearses Il over until she gets to believe
1t. Sometimes she says her dollie has
been talking to her. Again Il Is she has
seen a big man with a red face in the
other room. These childish fan.ies Mrs.
Grove desired to stop.
Susie" said she on Friday, III you
do not stop telling me stories / will take
you to Father Kinney and have him talk
to You. Don't you know 1t Is wrong?"
The threat hat the priest Of the parish
where Susie attended school world b.
called in to talk to her was too much
and Susie left home. She failed to come
back in the evening and a general
alarm was sent out for her. Mrs. Grove
continued her search and finally met a
policeman, who advised her to see II
the ChiIiren's Society had the child.
She went to the place on Saturday night
and could obtain no satisfaction.
She says the persons at the rooms
would not case her mind even by telling
har they had sue a child. unless the
father came. She went to the railroad
yards and found McGirr. who had put
in the day searching for his daughter.
Barred Out sunday, Too.
He hurried to the rooms and was told
that the child was there, but he couldn't
see her until the next day. Sunday. II
was late and the father thought 1t was
some rule of the institution. On Sun
day. knowing the child was clad only In
u little school frock when shs went
away he called at the place with a
chanBe OF clothing and a clean frock.
Then 1t was the majesty OF the society
was Impressed upon the He was
Informed that he could not see his
daughter until she was taken to court
this week: that he could not send her
anything or communicate with her.
"But I'm the child's father: she's my
Susie" said McGirr. What could that
little thing do that YOU must lock her
behind iron bars and keep her from me?
Sure the child didn't know what she
was doing when she ran away from
home.
her In court That all there Is TO It,"
was the reply. and McGirr walked out
into the air with his head swimming.
= Has No Alternative.
"what can / do?' said he to-day.
Take a sledge and batter down the
doors2 They'd only arrest me. l have
no money or influence; I'm only, a poor
man and the society has my child, and
IL / even spoke loudly or spoke my mind
they'd have me arrested ! suppose"
A reporter of The Evening World
called at the society's rooms.
mo he can't see her till she is taken
into court, and that Is all there is about
It." said the man who stands between
the public and the mysteries Of the
Chlldren's Society.