The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04


tie I knew Of her it would be better
for her and the church If she did not
take this step and that there were
other avenues for usefulness and Chris
tian work more adapted to her abilities.
She then became enthusiastic about
taking up nursing"
The rector paused in his narrative
and leaned forward, evidently wishing
to impress his hearers.
PRESENTS A THEORY
IF 1 have any theory to advance, -
said he, 'it is that she has left home
and gone east to take UP nursing. Fol
lowing her original declaration she
constantly spoke of studying nursing.
My personal opinion is that the girl
finding herself miserable at home, SIM
ply decided to map out her own life.
She had sufficient means to care for
herself and, rather than put up with
objections and protests at home, packed
her grip and left The probabilities are
that her relatives viii hear from her
soon. I have nothing on which to base
this theory apart from the converse
tions with the missing girl Her desire
to become q nurse was something more
than a girlish whim-it was an almost
fanatical enthusiasm.
This is all the knowledge I have OF
the entire affair."" said he. II tell the
press what 1 have told Miss Clark s
relatives and 1 will do whatever can
to relieve the tension and anxiety of
the girls relatives"
The theory that the missing girl has
gone east is based on an advertisement
in a church paper which Miss Clark
read, calling for probationers in the
Memorial Hospital training school of
Niagara Falls, \. 7. The thought is
that she had seen the advertisement
and had gone east to accept one of the
positions. The money she drew from
the bank would be about sufficient for
her travelling expenses.
That both the private detectives on
the case and Miss Clark's relatives
were firmly of the opinion that her dis
appearance was in some manner con-
nected with Father Young was made
evident by a decoy telegram sent to the
minister. 1t read: please come at
once. r. c."
The expectation was that Father
Young would HE to the hiding place
Immediately, and detectives were
posted to follow him. Nothing of the
kind occurred.
Il received a mysterious telegram"
said he. "and at first thought that one
Of my parishioners was in trouble, but
as there was no address did not know
what to do. Then I thought of the
missing girl and was delighted to think
that she had at last broken the long
silence, but after 1 had shown the tele-
gram to the people in whose house
have my rooms, we came to the con-
clusion that it was either some tom
foolery or a far fetched attempt at
newspaper sensationalism. / paid no
more attention to It,"
HAS BEEN PRIEST FIVE YEARS
Father Young was ordained FIVE
years ago in Pittsfield, III. He was
rector of st. Luke's Episcopal church in
Springfield, ILL.,, before coming to the
coast.
His examination yesterday was con-
Quoted by S. Bruce Wright. With the
latter were A z. Yates and Mrs. Yates.
uncle and aunt of Miss Clark, and Miss
Edna Reynolds, the missing girls
friend. They called on Father Young
in his rectory and were cIoseted with
him for two hours.
I'VE have nothing to say said Yates
on leaving. The Rev. Payson Young
has told us he does not know where the
girl is" The other members of the
party made similar statements. Mrs
Elijah Clark, the girls grandmother,
said:
This day has brought forth no i'm
portant development so far as we know
here We are still hoping and doing
everything that we can to find Edna.
We have had private detectives work
ing on the case and the police of the
cities about the bay, as well as the
newspapers, have been doing more than
their share to solve the mystery and
relieve the suspense that has been tell
ing on Edna's mother. Mrs. Mack, as
well as on my husband and myself"
Mrs A Y Mack. mother of Miss Edna
Clark, is said to be in a state of coll
lapse as a result of the long strain she
has undergone. The relatives of Mrs
Mack fear for her ultimate recovery If
the ordeal she is now undergoing lasts
much longer.