The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-23
A YOUNG GIRL
JUMPS IN OCEAN.
Her Staten DOM Oh the Old Do
111illion Liner Not Oc-
cupicd.
LEFT |.I::| I: A PATHETIC P I:I NOTE :.
Well Known Norfolk Lady Ar
rested in St. Louis for Shop
lifting--Mind Unbalanced.
LEFT a PATHETIC NOTE

Special to The 1imes-Dlspateh.)


NORFOLK, VA. Nov. 22-'Good-b bye,
God will take care Of me-" wrote a young
woman whose berth aboard the Old Do
minion liner Princess Anne was this
morning discovered to have been unoc-
cuplcd after she took passage from New
York for Norfolk yesterday, and who has
never been seen since. On tho paper in
which she apparently babe farewell to
her father ana to life, was also written
request that her father, Mr.. F. ]. Henkel,
BIO notified at No. 4a Crescent Street,
Wakefield, Mass.
Search was Instituted this morning for
tho girl, and In the stateroon. which she
had hired. but In which she had never
gone to bed, It appeared, was found her
pathetic note.
The missing young woman, who Is de-s
scrlbcd as a young girl budding into wo-
manhood, took passage at New York yes.
terday for Norfolk, giving her na1ne as
Miss Elizabeth Henkel. That this was
her true name appears to DO Indicated
by her note to, her father. When the
liner arrived hero at about II o'clock
this forenoon the occurrence was re-
ported to Mr.. NJ. B. Crowell, general agent
and president OF tho company. Mr.. w.
l.. Guilleadeau. at New York. was asked
by telegraph to transmit the news to
the father.
ARRESTED FOR sHoPL1FTIN0.
Friends OF Mrs. Alice NJ. Willard, OF
this city. were shocked to hear Of her
arrest in ST. Louis on the charge Of
shoplifting. Mrs. Willard, who is tho,
wife Of Or. w. D. Willard. an osteo-
path, with offices In the Haddington
building, has been associated with her
husband In his practice and has always
borne an excellent reputation. Her
friends hesitated at first to believe tho
accusations made against her. and they
aver that. II the charges are true. her
mind is certainly affected.
Mrs. Willard had been in St. Louis
on visit Saturday night her husband
received % telegram saying that his wife
was very Ill, and asking him to so to-
ST. Louis at once He left Immediately
and is expected to arrive there this af-
tornoon. Unless he sees the account OF
the affair In the newspapers he Will be,
unaware Of the nature Of his wifo's Ill
ness, until his arrival. The Doctor has
been in very bad health, and several
times last summer was not expected to
recover. His friends have great fears Of
tho effect Of this shock upon him.
POLICE MAKE DISCOVERY.
A special dispatch from st. Louis states
that Mrs Willard waf arrested In q de-t
partmcnt store Saturday night by the
house detective and handed over to the
police, charged With shopllfting She.
protested her Innocence, but when
searched at the station house twenty
five lace collars. lace spread and a silk
waist wcro found conceaieo upon the
folds Of a large cloak which she Wore
Then she confessed her guilt, and broke
down so completely that the police sent
her to q hospital. In admitting the theft
she said that she had q mania for COM
hitting such acts and that she could not
resist It,
| The police searched the woman's room
at No. 26l6 Tenth Street, and there found
enough goods hidden away to load a.
wagon. In the collection were pillow
cases, table covers, silk wells. kid gloves.
,, FUR collars, fur boas. fur muffs, two neck
furs, vases. two bolts Of dress goods SILK
Shandkerchiefs, strings q beads, four
breastpins, a diamond 'sunburst, two Ma
sonic emblem pins, three gold Worlds
Fair souvenir coins, silk goods, gentle
mems ncckties and gentlemen's gloves.
An intimate friend Of the Willard fam
lily who does not wish his name used.
stated this morning that Mrs. Willard
had been mentally unbalanced for many
years.
DEAD OR MISSING.