Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-20
CASH DISAPPEARS
WITH MRS. ADLER
HUSBAND MISSES HIS MONEY
FROM TRUNK
POLICE TRY TO STOP HER
Mother Of sixteen-Year-old Lena
Brooches Weeps as She Tells OF
the Little Girls Dis
appearance

No word as to the whereabouts of
Mrs Sophia Adler, the woman who is
alleged to have kidnapped sixteen
year-od Lena Brooches from her home,
$40 Court Circle, Wednesday afternoon,
has been received by either the police
or the parents of the missing girl.
Every possible means have been
taken by the police department Of Los
Angeles to intercept the fleeing wo-
man. Telegraphic communications
have been established between this city
and every station of importance on
every line of transportation as far
east as Baltimore. Md, which is now
thought to be the destination of the
alleged kidnaper.
1t was learned yesterday afternoon
that Mrs. Adler is not only charged
with having enticed Lena Brooches to
leave her home, but is said to have
taken with her $3.50 of her husbands
money and 500 from the trunk of the
missing girls mother.
In telling her story yesterday after
noon, Mrs. Brooches said:
"I knew the woman was bad from the
start, and continually warned Lena
against her, but the more I warned
seemed to take in her.
"At last, | told my daughter that
she should not see Mrs. Adler at all,
but | soon learned that the woman
was meeting her secretly. I could see
her evil influence increasing day by
day. / became alarmed and did every
thing in my power to break the spell
which held her to Mrs. Adler.
"Wednesday afternoon my daughter
and myself were at home together,
when Mrs. Adler came to me and said
that a dressmaker had left word for
me, earlier in the day, that she wished
to see me in the afternoon. l thought
nothing strange of it and hurried
away to see the dressmaker, but when
] returned my daughter was gone"
Bursts Into Tears
Here the heartbroken woman burst
into tears and. for several minutes.
wept silently on the shoulder of her
remaining daughter, who stood by her
side. At last controlling herself, she
continued:
when / came into the house
thought nothing of my daughters alb
sence, but when 1 went to her room
and saw that her clothes had been
taken from her trunk, my suspicious
We're aroused and 1 Immediately began
search for her. Everything that she
owned was gone and then l rushed in
TO Mrs. Adler's house, fearing the
worst.
"She and her two children were gone
and then 1 knew that she had taken
my daughter away.
"In looking through my own trunk
yesterday morning, l found that 500,
which l had put there for safe keep
ing, was gone and | know that she has
persuaded my daughter to take it.
When Mr. Adler came home Wednesday
evening, and learned that his wife had
left him, he Immediately made a
search of his things and found she
had taken with her $780, which he had
btth Saving w lOl SCNCl al lIlOlllllo
1t is now thought by the police that
Mrs. Adler is on her way to Baltimore,
Nd where she lived for some time
previous to coming to California six
months ago. The police hope to in
tercept her before she reaches that
city and possibly save the character
of the kidnapped girl.
Mr. Adler declares that his wife is
cold blooded, cruel and woman with
cut principle.
"But for the two children, would
never have lived with her this long"
said Adler, but now that she has left
me and taken the little ones with her,
/ am free to tell the world what man
Tier of woman she is."