The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-23
NEW HAVEN GIRLS GO
ROMANCE MAD DAMSELS
LEAVE CITY.
Father Takes Two and Aunt Third OF
Trio Whose Candy Box Prank
Lured Them Away.

There was a dramatic scene in the
Fourth Precinct Police Station at noon
today, when James E. Richardson,
father of Mildred and Pearl Richard
son., h romance-mad girls who ran
away from their homes in New Haven
in company with Jennie Kinney, last
Monday, called to take them back
home. The Kinney girl was taken back
to the Nutmeg State last night by Mrs.
Michael Kelleher, an aunt, with whom
she lives, and a scene similar to the
n today occurred. The girl threw
her arms around her aunt's neck and
begged to be forgiven, and wept. Frank
Dowd, the youth who was sent by Mrs.
Keleher to find the girls, accompanied
them back to New Haven.
Before visiting the station house to-
day, Richardson visited the grocery of
Frederick Kraft, at Paramount and Fiji
teenth avenues, where the girls spent
Wednesday night, and where they were
found by tn police yesterday, and had
Kraft accompany him to the police sta
ton. 1t was Kraft who received a
card bearing Mildred's name and ad-
dress and the words, please answer"
in a box of Jolly pops last May. The
couple correspondent and exchanged
pictures.
When his daughters were brought
down from the witness room, Richard
son could hardly refrain from weeping.
Hello, pop!' cried both girls, before
they arrived at the bottom of the stairs.
and at the same time rushing to throw
4hat. ,r,o. about Ak,,, a,I Irfa. hfoo
Pearl, who is but Ia years old, since
being in custody, appeared to possess
more nerve than her sister, who is three
years her senior, but when she came In
contact with her father today the tears
trickled down her cheeks.
Richardson inquired from Sergeant
Seipel, who was on duty today, as well
as yesterday, when the girls were de-
tanned there, about Kraft's reputation.
The sergeant said that he knew little
about Kraft, but that Chief Corbitt
had investigated the case personally
and had decided there was nothing
against the storekeeper. "All right"
said Richardson; but before ] go /
wish to thank the Newark police for
Il cir kind interest in the case"
The girls left accompanied by Kraft
and their father. and all appeared to
be in a happy mood.
The three runaways rested comfort
ably during the night In the witness
room, and today ate a hearty meal.
When seen several hours before the
arrival of their parent both girls stated
hat they did not regret the trip in the
least, but had enjoyed it. Pear dis
played a bit of paper which bore the
name of John C. Rittmeyer. He is
my fellow" said she, "and / am going
to write to him, and when / get Is |
will run away on my honeymoon"
Pearl said that John was about 10
years old, and that Jennie Kinney also
a Charley. who is Johns brother,
Gs a fellow"
"Who is Fred?" asked the reporter.
"NNhy, Mr.. Kraft, of course"
The girls told a story of visiting an
aunt Monday morning before they left
New Haven to borrow some money.
"She was a little short, though" said
Pearl, land we didn't get It,"
1T was about half-past seven, and
when grandpa came downstairs and
spied u.s. chimed in Mildred, che sus-
pected something, as it was early for
us to be around: but we left right
away" Mildred said hat she would
probably obtain employment some
where else thar in a New Haven candy
factory, and Pearl remarked hat she
expected to return to a private school
next week.