Evening star., 1909-04-25
YOUNG GIRL MISSING
Daughter of Rich Silk Man
Strangely Disappears.
LEFT MOTHER ON STREET
Failed to Return to Her Home AZ
She Had Promised.
POLICE SEARCH WITHOUT CLUE
Mother Believes Daughter Has Been
Kidnapped, While the Father
Holds to Accident Theory.
POLICE SEARCH WITHOUT CLUE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NH' AonA, ApTu I7.-AoeO bo1U,
the thirteen-year-old daughter Of Arthur
r. Boas. head OF the American Spool
Silk Company. has been missing from
her home at 10 West SSth street since
Thursday afternoon. and. 20 tar ~ the
police ana friends Of the family have
been able to learn, has left not . clue to
her whereabouts
Shortly after luncheon Thursday Mrs.
Boas left her home 10 30 on . shopping
tour. She first went direct to the private
school OF Mrs. Laura jacob, at IFS West
SOth street. and there met her daughter.
Mother and daughter then went to q
dressmaker's in the neishborhood. where
the daughter had a new dress fftted.
After leaving the dressmaker the two
walked to the foot OF the elevated sta
tion at S1st street and Columbus ave-
nue.. Mrs. Boas was going on downtown
and her daughter had said that she would
walk up Columbus avenue to sSth street
MY daughter kissed me goodbye and
started up the avenue, when I called her
back" said Mrs Boas today.
Il had nothing but a large BILL and
asked her II she had any money. She
told me she had but Is cents. and gave
me cents for car fare. She then went
on her way and went up on the elevated
platform"
Had No Keys to Home.
That is the last that has been seen OF
the child by her family. The Boas home
is a fine gray stone house few doors
from Central Park West and has a big
iron fence about it. The front entrance
and the servants doors are the only two
ways Of entering the house. and the
daughter had keys to neither door. She
did not come home, however, 20 far
any one knew.
Mrs. Boas returned from her shopping
at o'clock and learned that her daugh-
te- was not yet home. As she had left
her at $50 in the afternoon and on her
way home on a main thoroughfare crowd
ed with people. she was not 1t first wor-
ried and supposed her daughter had gone
to visit some school friends. Mr.. Boas
came home at o'clock and the Child
telephoned a number OF his dauGhter's
more intimate friends, but found that
none OF them had seen her since leaving
school that afternoon. He then became
Boas. the resident managing director of
the Hamburg American line. TO his home.
Used Telephone Without Success.
The two men got into communication
With every friend Of the family who had
a telephone, but without result. W. n.
Rose. a close friend OF the family. who
lives nearby, was called In, and he. with
Mr.. Boas and Mr.. Boas' son. made a
round OF all their friends homes. When
no results were gotten by this method
Mr. Boas secured a taxicab. and 50 did
several of his friends. A round of every
hospital, private sanitarium and big hotel
was made for the child.
II was and am sure that my daughter
was hit by some automobile JOY riding
party and carried somewhere" said Mr..
Boas today. 'I left no stone unturned to
find her through such q place. I made
inquiry Of all or any automobile acci-
dent. called up garages and. with good
friends Of mine. did everything to locate
my daughter
After all Of these means had been ex-
llausted Thursday night Mr. Boas went
to police headquarters at o'clock Fri
day morning and had an alarm sent out
description were given the police. Every
police precinct was at once notified and
then q more systematic search was begun.
. 1t lasted all day today. not only by the
OF the family who called at the Boas
home and ofterM their services.
After nearly twenty-four hours or ef-
fort not q line to the chiids whereabouts
02Q Deen discovered.
While the whereabouts Of the child re-
mains a mystery three theories have been
advanced to account for her disappear
ance. Mr.. Boas thinks she was probably
nurt by an automobile; Mrs. Boas is in
ciined to believe II possible that her
daughter has been kidnapped: while the
police seemed to believe today that the
child had left her home of her own free
will and with some premeditated plan in
her mind.
Find Solution In Empty Bank.
After questioning the family today tho
police learned that Adele had kept toy
bank. In it she had only recently told
her brother and mother was SIS with
which she intended to buy q present for
her father. A search was made for the
bank today and it was found empty.
The family seemed to place no i'm
portance on the money being taken from
the bank. while the police are Of the
opinion that the entire solution OF the
childs disappearance is connected with
this money. The kidnapping theory is not
held seriously by any of those engaged
in the search except the mother. AT the
end Of today the police admitted that they
were no nearer any solution OF the case
than at the. beginning.
The main hope held out Is that one OF
the chiid's chums might be able to re-
member something that Miss Boas had
said that will give q clue to her where
abouts. but at present the case 10 an