New-York tribune., 1909-04-27
RIM 4JF4T BECAUSE or
P4RENT4L RESTRdINI.
Tcuf to Boston and Worked in a
Iunch Room Until She Cut Her
Thumb .SEcing Bread.

xJofcb0r soon after o'clock yesterday morning
,elaphone message from Helchor. who is a
boolbiuder. said that the girl had taken the
o'clock train for home
Inspector McCafferty. head Of the Detective
z,--eal. sent messages to the police at Hartford
.,5 Willinantic TO search the train. and to In
-,s.ro- Watts at Boston. t0r confirmation OF
4Ielclor's message. Then came word from Hart
cord and Willimautic that the girl was not on
she train. and the hopes Of the family and
friends were dashed. Detectives Wilber and
Murphy were sent to Stamford to board the
train and by the bodness Of his address WILDER
cot the girl to admit that she was Adele Boas-
childish prank. girlsh whim. were the
craracteriza1ions OF the girls escapade. made
bv Dr August G. Seibert and members of the
farnilv Adele. they said. left her home on Fri
5s, to he away a week. to prove to her mother
ard father that she could take care Of herself
tbzt she did not need a guarding maid 10 and
from school and in her walks
Her father arthur f. Boas. a thread manu-
fsctllrer said last night that she had proved It.
rut there vas happiness in the home where
tre-. had been the deepest gloom. The fathers
faars that the child had been kidnapped and
tf moi hers belief hat she had been seriously
injured were dissipated
HASTILY FORMED PLAN.
i would have been a weeks absence but for
an ace.5ent and the nature of the employment
IN Boston. Before Adele left her mother on
Friday she had not planned TO run away just
then. although the thought was in her mind,
owing to continued restraint She told the
story to her father last evening When about
- leave her mother Mrs Beas gave detailed
instructions regarding the journey home This
irritated the daughter. and the plan to prove
her ability to take care Of herself was hastily
formed.
81, hurried ~ l,ar home was admitted by the
cock and got the s14 from her bank. unlocking
& ana locking It again 50 that the money would
not be missed. Then she went to the 66th
street station of the subway. took the train TO
the Grand Central Station and boarded the 5-o3
train for Boston. She chose Boston because
il vas the only other large city she had ever
visited
There was some disrnay she got out OF the
train at the big South Station. But she was
going to show that she could take care of her
self Boldly she asked young man TO direct
b-r te z boarding house. He told her she would
find :. place in SEWER street. and at No 36 she
rented a room paying 81 80 for week in ad-
vance. The place was kept ley Mrs A NJ Poor
x She got a receipt, which was turned over to
Detective Wilber the train
saturday the girl spent looking fer work, and
found il at No 624 Main street, opposite the
sullivan Square elevated railway station. in
Nrs linton told the girl that she too in
exrerfencad but Adele Peas wouldn't have il
That way She was engaged at s. 30 week,
and VAS told to report on Sunday morning at
7.3o O'Clock.
WORKED IN LUNCH ROOM.
The child was there on time. She washed
dishes peeled potatoes and cut bread 1t was
unusual work, and she didn't like TO tell about
It But she was establishing her ability 10
take care Of herself. The climax came toward
evening when she cut her left thumb slicing
bread from 4 large loaf. Her back ached she
said and her feet were paining her. and as she
tore her handkerchief into strips and bound
her thumb she Was ready to g home
It was getting dark, or she~woud have taken
train then for old Manhattan. She became
fearful ard wouldn't have objected To the COM
Tany OF q maid when she started for her room
once there she asked Mrs. Poor to call her
a. ESQ O'Clock the next morning. She vas
awakened a. G.25 O'Clock and at = o'clock yes
terdsv she mad started on the journey that
ended in the happy reunion in the afternoon
The real test Of Adele's self-re!iance came be
fore taking the train and throughout the jour
ney Her failure to return 10 the LUNCH room
caused Mrs Upton TO call on Mrs Poor, and
then the former. who had read Of the girls
disappesrance. decided that her new empoye
vas the missing girl and telephoned to New
York
Adele asked HeIchor TO direct her to the train
and he. too, recognized her and teIephoned- a
detective at the station who was on The look
out for her believed that she was MISS boas'
but without the least hesitation she denied her
identity and her journey Vas begun
Persons on the train recognized her and spoke
to her buf she denied her Identity Detectives
al the Connecticut towns planned 10 arrest her'
but stslI she kept her nerve She slmulateu
ignorance Of English at last as the best refuge
from the inquisitive. and then shielded her race
with a newspaper.
Detectives WiIber and Murphy mao aIcneu
the train in vain. and were about to abandon
the quest when wilber saw q serge coat hane
ing from 2 rack oyer the seat occupied by
Adele The coat was blue and the collar Of d
lighter shade of the same color II answered
the descrlptlon Of the girls outer garment
Then he looked closely at the girl whose race
was shielded He did not have 10 look again
wEARIIY ADMITS IDENTITY.
There was an elderly man in the seat De
tsctve WILDER said last night. and Detective
Murphy called him out and WILDER pumped
down in the seat beside the girl He said that
he knew her. had been sent by her father to
take her home and weary Adele said that
she was Miss Boas, and the hunt ended.
She asked after her father and mother. and
expressed eagerness 10 go home. She denied
mat any one connived at her disappearance
Ahd naIyely she said that she going home
80 that her father need not pay the $1,000 re-
Esrd 10 anv one
word sent TO the home from Of the
stations and Carl Rosenbaum a brother-in-
a~ OF Mr. Boas; Morris Baar. uncle and
george Rose. cousin. with Inspector McCaf-