The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-25

of love stories and theatres, and that she frequently attended romantic plays. ''The theatre was about the only place of amusement my daughter visited said Mrs. Sidebotham. "She was very fond of plays. She was reserved kind of girl made few friends in the social world, and was always at home. She was kind and attentive daughter, very timid, and very fond of those friends which she had tried and found true.''
 The Girls Thought
 While Mrs. Sidebotham was discussing the matter with a reporter. Miss Elsie Sentiff called to see the missing girl. She had not heard of the abduction. and was pained about it.
 The Sentiff family formerly boarded with the Sidebothams. and the two young ladies became very intimate, occupying the same room for a considerable period. After the reporter left the scene. he aft erward met and obtained a short state ment from Miss Sontiff.
 "I. of course. was familiar with the affair, the dreaming that the notes would be received. and their subsequent recep- ton. We often discussed the matter, and one night. before going to sleep, I said to Fannie:
 ." If the man who writes you these notes is young and handsome, and pos sessed of wealth. l would not care if he did abduct me But Oh Fannie wouldn't t 1t be terrible if the fellow was an old fool who had been infatuated with you.
 Fannie replied:
 <" Tn all my dreams. the man was young and handsome and rich.
 "I told her then that if I were her I wouldn't care so much. She then re- piled:
 |" If the man of my dreams is he who writes me these letters. l would not care. But if I am kidnapped, and my abductor is an old, ugly man, I will poison him, and return to my home"
 Mysterious Woman.
 Mrs. Sidebotham believes that there is woman connected with the case. About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, some one "called up" the Sidebotham residence and inquired for Miss Fannie. The moth CT told the person that the girl was miss ing. She then inquired as to the identity of the taker at the other end of the telephone. She received no reply
 The parents never believed that the gir was away from Birmingham. Their theory Is that she was abducted from her room put in carriage and carried to some place in the city. The parents believe that her abductor had female aceomplise Their theory was that the girl would have been carried off this morning, and that the man Is some monomaniac who had seen and fallen desperately in love with her.
 Girl In Male Attire.
 During the time that Miss Sidebotham was missing, the police officers gained several clues.
 J. R. Smith, conductor on a South Ems ley car, gave information of a sensa- tional nature to the police department yesterday afternoon.
 According to this conductor girl wear ing mans attire mounted his car at Hilltop station, rode to Ensley, returned to Fairview station, and there met a man who had arrUed on a Bessemer car from BlfTnlnRndnl. l HIS NdS dL sop U NioSh yesterday morning.
 MT. Smith is positive that the person was a girl. He afterwards saw photo graph of Miss Sldebotham and declared the resemblance was striking.
 The person whom he believes was a girl was dressed in fashionable box coat, with light trousers. A jaunty cap was worn. The person had on 6 mans shoe, but exceptionally small ones
 His theory was that through the broken pane at the Sidebotham home some one passed mems clothing to Miss Side botham; that she donned these clothes and left behind her own.
 According to Conductor Smith the couple walked to Osceola station. there turned into the woods and disappeared.
 The Sidebotham family put little faith in this theory. It was favorably consid- cred by Detective Murphy, who was in charge of the case, and Chief Wier.
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