Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-09-15
THE Old, OLD STORY
All Things Come to Him Who
Waits Even the Girl, if
He Be Worthy.
The Uncertainty Is Now Dispelled hJ
the Published Grant OF License
is i'm q Norfolk Paper OF
Saturday.
Raleigh News and Observer.
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Saturday.
Raleigh News and Observer.
With no absolute proof, but Win
chain of circumstances that seem t'
meet the case, the mother AMI tr1ends
of Miss Rosa Hicks, the young stem
ographer who disappeared from Rai
eigh on Friday night, believe that thf
young woman left the city with
school sweetheart, Mr.. Sam Watts, o.
New York, going to be married. Ye'
the clearing of the mystery is only
by supposition.
The young woman, who came l
Raleigh from Greensboro about s1A
weeks ago, was employed as stem
ographer by the Jefferson standard
Life Insurance Company. She left the
office Just after half-past five O'CLOCK
Friday afternoon and was seen III
front of the Masonic Temple building
talking to a young man, a stranger
in Raleigh. Since then only supposl-
tion has located her.
After half-past six o'clock Friday
evening a young man secured car
rage from Robbins livery stable to
take him and a young lady to Wake
Forest, saying he wanted to get there
to take the night train north. Inc
negro drivers description OF the
young woman tallies with that OF MISS
Hicks, and he says that on the trip
he heard the man address her as
.ssMiss Rosa" The team reached Wake
Forest in time and the driver says
that the couple took the train for
Portsmouth.
In the city the mother OF MISS
Hicks, her employers and friends be-
came anxious when she did not ap-
near at her home on leaving the Of
fee. and there was a search for the
young woman, the police being notl-
fed. Friends went to the depot tC
make inquiries, and some OF THESE
asked Rev. J. L. Foster, who was go
ing north, to look out for TIE young
woman on the train. Mr.. Foster tele-
graphed yesterday that a young man
and a young woman, answering the
description of Miss Hicks, got On the
train at Wake Forest and had gone TO
Portsmouth. Beyond that nc WORD
has come to the mother or friends as
to the young womans whereabouts.
Miss Hicks had only lately cele-
brated her twenty-drst birthday, and
shortly after she came to Raleigh,
where she first boarded at the home
tof Mr.. and Mrs. L. M johnson. hef
widowed mother, Mrs. E. G. Hicks, OIL
Greensboro, joined her here, The two
having rooms with Mrs. Noble Far
rish at 316 West Edenton street.
When her daughter disappeared so
mysteriously Mrs. Hicks tCld OF
love affair with a Mr.. Sam Watts, OF
New York, who had desired to marry
her daughter, and looked into her
daughters correspondence in seeking
for a clue to her disappearance
Mr.. Watts, it was learned, had been
-at Belmont, the Catholic school IN
sGaston county, some three years ago
when Miss Hicks was also student
there. The young man was preparing
for the priesthood, but he fell in love
with Miss Hicks. After some time ne
went back to New York, Mrs. Hicks
not desiring her daughter to marry
This was the state of affairs When
Miss Rosa Hicks came to Raleigh, ii
being understood also that she die
not want to get married.
Among her letters her mother
found some which were signed by
4sMrs. Mary Frapp," and dated New
York. These letters, couched in low
ing terms, pied the cause OF MIR. watts
with Miss Hicks, telling her that ht
was dying with love for her and be
seeching that she marry him. Iht
writer did not know Miss Hicks, bu
understood that she had refused tt
marry Mr. Watts and wanted to Sc
cure a change of heart. Mr.. Watts, !
is understood, had given up the 1de;
of the priesthood so as to secure Mis-
Hicks as his bride.
Acting on the supposition that MI
Watts had come to Raleigh and ha
succeeded in getting Miss Hicks t
elope with him, her mother had tele
grams sent to Portsmouth to have he
daughter stopped there, but no repl
has come to the kilograms. Accord
ing to all the information given ou
1t is only guess work that it was Nj
Watts who met Miss Hicks here an
that the two left together. The motf
er is anxiously awaiting news of he
daughter, not knowing whether tn
couple married in Portsmouth or MOI
folk, or had gone to New YORK for II
ceremony, or whether it was M
watts with her. There appears to
= confident feeling that it was Mis-