The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-10-29
MYSTERY Wells
GIRLS ABSENCE
Young Art Student Drops From
Sight and Mother Fears
Foul Play
Scouts Theory of ElOpement
and Asks Police to Find
Missing Daughter

Miss Edna Clark, pretty student
at the Hopkins academy of art, in this
city. and the daughter of Mrs. A. f.
Mack Of 91S Chestnut street, Alameda,
has mysteriously dropped from sight.
Her mother has asked the police in
the cities about the bay to aid in locat-
ing the missing girl
Miss Clark left her Alameda home
Tuesday morning to go to the academy
She made an engagement prior to her
departure TO meet her mother al
House in Oakland. Mrs. Mack was at
the appointed place to meet her daugh-
ter. but the girl, did not appear.
After waiting for some time the
mother returned to Alameda, believ-
ing that her daughter had been de-
tanned at the academy. Mrs. Mack
later became Harmed at the girls alb
sence. as Miss Clark was always prompt
in arriving at home and had often ex-
pressed a fear Of being out alone at
night. Mrs. Mack telephoned to sew
eral friends in San Francisco with the
hope Of learning something regarding
her daughters whereabouts. None OF
the friends had seen the girl Tuesday.
The instructors at the academy when
interviewed today said that they had
not seen Miss Clark after she left the
academy Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs, Mack said today that her daugh-
ter was in her usual good health when
she left home, and she fears that the
girl has met with an accident or foul
play or that she has been spirited away.
Mrs. Mack secuted the suggestion that
her daughter might have eloped. She
declared that the girl was not frivolous
or romantic.
Mrs. Mack with Attorney S. Bruce
~ - l.,
the fat where Mrs. Mack and her fam
ilv live. came to this city yesterday
afternoon to make a search Of the hos
pitfalls and to inquire among teachers,
associates and friends of the missing
girl with the hope of obtaining a clew
that might lead to finding her daugh-
ter.
Miss Clark was formerly a student
at the Alameda high school. She is
10 years old and is described as being
feet inches in height, with light
brown hair, blue eyes, round features
and weighing about 100 pounds. When
she left home she was attired in a
brown sailor suit, brown felt hat and
gray checked jacket. She wore a cross
pin of the order of the Kings Daugh-
tiers and a silver watch with the initials
"B. c.
DR.. W. B. Stephens of 224S Central
family reported the disappearance to
the police of Alameda, Oakland and
San Francisco.
When seen yesterday in connection
with the disappearance. of Miss Clark
Robert H. Fletcher, one OF the direc-
tors of the San Francisco art institute
said that he was absolutely at loss to
account for the mysterious disappear
ance.
From what I have seen of the girl
she was the last person on earth whom
l would associate with an elopement.'
/ said Fletcher She was a quiet, seri-
( Gus, refined young lady and seemed
4 thoroughly taken up with her work
AS student she gave promise of fu-
/ ture success"
S. Bruce Wright, who has been as
sisting in the search for Miss Clark
said systematically tonight. after an al
day hunt in San Francisco:
We have made some progress in oul
search and expect developments in &
short time. 1 will not say at this timt
whether Miss Clark has been found oil
not. We are satisfied with our effort:
1 today"