Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-04-23
DISAPPEARS FROM HOME.
A YOUNG LADY OF SMITH
FIELD LEAVES NO
A BEHIND.
She is Miss Mildred Saunders, and
is the Daughter of Mr. w.
M. Saunders, of
Smithfield.

The police in this city as well as
friends of the family have been on
the lookout for Miss Mildred Saun-
ders, daughter of Mr.. w. M. Saun-
ders, of Smithfield, who left home
very mysteriously last Thursday and
has not been e since.
The first message to lookout for the
young lady came over the telephone
to Capt. J. G. Collier, who runs tbs
train on the Smithfield branch and
who is acquainted with the young
lady. He communicated the con-
tents of the message to the police
who began the search and to make
inquiries. The message stated that
the young lady left home early that
morning and that she wor a red
colored skirt with light colored
waist and a tan jacket. She also
wore glasses. The police have been
securing the cityall the morning and
they are quite positive that the
young lady has not come to Colds
boro.
In the meantime the distressed
parents had t~elegraphed to friends
here Of the strange disappearance of
their daughter and a number of peo-
pie kept a continual lookout for a
person of the above description, but
up to the present time no one has
been rewarded with even the slight
est clue which would lead to the dis
covery of the whereabouts of the
missing daughter.
Captain Pollock, of the Southern
Railway, which arrived here at 1910
o'clock was given a description of the
missing young lady at Selma and was
instructed to lookout for her. When
| he arrived here he had seen nothing
of her.
A number of people met the
| Southern train, hoping that if they
did not find the young lady they
would at least learn something of
her whereabouts. Captain Pollock
said that he was told in Selma that
the young lady left a note for the
cook to give Mr.. Saunders, which
contained the sad information that
her father would never see her again
without assigning any reason for her
action. The cook paid no attention
to the young lady as she thought
that the note was some matter OF
business for Mr.. Saunders and did
not eve notice what direction Miss
Mildred took when she left the
house. When Mr.. Saunders return
ed home for breakfast he learned the
distressing contents of the note and
was as much puzzled over the
strange disappearance of his daugh-
ter as anyone else. He says that his
daughter has been suffering for some
time with her eyes and that she has
had two operations performed with
in the last few months for cataract.
Whether or not this suffering has
caused the young lady's mind to lose
its equilibrium and caused her to
take some rash step is all a matter Of
conjecture.
LATER.
The young girl whose sudden dis.
appearance in Smithfeld earlyThurs.
day morning created so much ex.
element, and for whom large mum.
bers of our people yer for hours
actively searching, was found about
one O'Clock Thursday afternoon
snugly ensconced in an old trunk in
the upper hall of her home, where
she had hidden herself in a fit O.
pique. She was fast asleep wher
discovered and blissfully unconscious
of the excitement and distress hel
note and supposed flight had occa
stoned.