Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-01
STRANGE PRANK OF D. CUPID
Young Mans Mother Crosses River 70
Block the Marriage.
GIRL THEN COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR;
Last seen f. ut MiIIard Hotel with
MatronIy woman anG Now
the Detectives Are
Searching.

After a weeks search the police and
private detectives have failed TO learn the
Whereabouts of Miss Grace williams. who
rc gistered at the Willard hotel Thursday
evening May "a. with a Mrs. H. A Will
lisms" the two being assigned room No.
434 for the night.
Thursday morning w. williams of 34s1
Mama street, father of the missing girl.
| called at the police court to have search
warrants served on several places, but
| the man was referred to the county attor-
| ney's ONCE, where he told Deputy County
| Attorney Shotwell the story of the affair
! leading UP TO the girls disappearance
| The detectives have been after Miss Will
| far to locate her.
| Mr. williams story was in substance:
While working at the awning factory
my daughter met Earl RawltSer, son OF
the proprietor They kept company to-
gether and finally were engaged to be
| married My daughter came to me and
| told me OF the engagement, to which
| offered no objection. but afterward learned
the Rawitzers objected to the match for
several reasons. The marriage was set
for last Thursday evening, and my daugh-
| ter and Rawitzer went TO Council BLUFFS
| to be married. Mrs. Rawitzer learned Of
the affair, engaged a carriage and hurried
TO Council Bluffs. where she met the
young people about 8 o'clock. / have evil
dence she brought the couple back to the
Millard hotel. engaged room 4s4 and regis
tered as Mrs. A. H. Williams and Grace
Williams.
Clerk Identities the Photo.
"I took a photograph Of my daughter TO
the night clerk of the Willard hotel and
he positively identified the picture as that
OF the girl registering as my daughter
and with the Mrs. A. H. Williams. Then
notified the police and asked for as
slstanoe in locating the girl"
The register at the hotel shows the
names given by Mr.. williams. The par
ties remained only over night.
Mr.. Williams said two days after his
daughter stayed at the hotel Earl Rawitzer
called at his home and said he broke away
from his home at 4016 Farnam street,
where he was kept locked in a room.
THE boy was much excited when he
came to see me. He asked where the
girl was and expressed his love for her
and a determination to marry her at all
odds. The boy left me after a short con-
versation and have not seen him since
added Mr.. williams
A telephone inquiry at the Rawltzer resi-
dence ELECTED the information that Earl
was out of the city and had not been home
tor a week.
what Young Man Says.
Mrs. Fanny Humphrey, Seventeenth and
William street, the girls aunt, offered this
.atatement Thursday afternoon:
, Earl Rawitzer told me he saw his
mother take Grace Williams into the hote
last Thursday evening. have been spend
ing days trying to locate my niece, but
have failed thus far"
Mrs. Rawitzer denied the allegation she
was at the Willard hotel and said she knew
Z nothing of the whereabouts OF Miss viii
, liams. 7aA $50
Miss Williams is l6 years Of age and hei
mother died some years ago. She is rather
prepossessing in appearance and is wei
spoken of by her friends.
q The disappearance of both the girl and
d Rawitzer has suggested to some the pos
: sibiiity that Dan Cupid may have scored
e despite parental objection on one side. II
any event Mr.. Williams declared he would
I find his daughter if it cost him his las
a cent. Mr.. Williams is a carpenter at th'
Union Pacific shops.
Son Discharged from Factory.
Mr.. Rawitzer the father. is out Of the
city. The foreman at the awning estab
: lishment where Earl Rawitzer worked
. said
Earl was discharged from here weel
: ago, while Miss Williams left on her owT
accord a few days afterward saying sh'
; | would take a vacation. The girl has beer
y living by herself for some time. at Eigh
y teenth and Capitol avenue Mr.. Rawitze
offered TO send the girl to college If hi
, son would assure him he really loved her
otherwise. he said he would not be con
nected with the AFFAIR in any way. Eal
is II years Of age"
Miss williams gave every indication o
being a splendid young woman