The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-02
PinkertOn Detectives Say They
Believe Missing Girl viii
Soon Be Located
Attorney S. Bruce Wright With.
draws From Search, Of
Tended by InsinnatiOns
Edna Clark's Close Friend, Edna
Reynolds, Refuses to
Discuss Affair

Following days of anxious
search the Pinkerton detec-
tives reported yesterday to
the relatives of Edna Clark,
the missing Alameda art stu
dent, that they had reason to
believe the girl would soon
be located. The report
spread that she had gone to the
home of friend in the vicinity
of Golden Gate park Frantic
with anxiety Mrs. Anita Y.
Mack, mother of the missing
girl, continues her appeal for
help in locating her daughter.
One of the features of yester-
days search for the girl was the with
drawal of S. Bruce Wright the attor-
ney. from the investigation. Wright
took this step because of an article
published yesterday morning contain
ing insinuations that he could explain
the disappearance OF the girl II he
would.
Pinkerton detectives have now been
engaged in the search for several days.
and have had under surveillance a
young man who was very much en-
amored OF Miss Clark Last evening
they refused to state In what way they
believed him connected with her dis
appearance. although it was not denied
that he was being shadowed- All ques-
tions regarding the missing girl were
met by the detectives with refusals
to answer.
ATTORNEY WRIGHT wITHDRAws
meeting was held yesterday after
noon IN the Offices OF S. Bruce Wright
in the Monadnoek building. at which
were present: Mrs. Anita Y. Mack.
mother OF the girl: A e Yates. an
uncle. and Mr. and Mrs. S Bruce
Wright A statement was given out
for publication to the effect that the
attorney would Withdraw from active
direction OF the search because OF the
insinuations published yesterday morn
ing.
'T have unfortunately been dragged
into this matter because I have assisted
the girls mother. Mrs. Mack, purely as
a matter OF friendship" said Wright
yesterday. Due to the publication OF
certin insinuations IN this mornings
my character. have withdrawn from
the matter and have left the task OF
finding the girl in the hands OF A. E.
Yates, her uncle
"wednesday morning I came TO San
Francisco with Edna Reynolds and Mr..
Yates. and we decided to report the
matter to the police. When I returned
from the Mark Hopkins art institute
we telephoned Or. Stephens. a cousin.
1t was then decided to go TO the Oak
land savings bank. and Mrs. Mack went
with us. The only information we OBJ
tanned was that Edna had drawn be-
tween 5000 and $500. This explains
my connection with the case. and all OF
my actions were prompted merely by
friendship. All insinuations to the con-
trary are vicious and malicious"
FRIEND REFUSES To TALK
Miss Edna Reynolds. OF Alameda.
who was a close friend OF the missing
girl, was seen last evening at the Y. W.
c. A. On being asked If she had any
idea of the whereabouts OF her friend.
Miss Reynolds refused to discuss the
matter. She was absent from the house
on Saturday without notifying the ma
tron where she was going. and when
she returned home in the evening was
chided for her conduct. The only reply
she would make. however. was that she
had been visiting her mother. and when
asked about the Clark episode. said:
'T have nothing whatever to say
Charles Denny. residing at 914 Chest
nut street, yesterday informed the po-
lice that he had seen Miss Clark in the
company OF q stranger on Labor day
and on several other occasions since
that time. The detectives are now
busily engaged trying to locate the