The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-04
WEST SIDE WILDLY HUNTS Her
TINIC IND WOTORTITLES
LOON ron MRS. NHIEFFELIN.
she I.rv the NnsORIa and Wandered
Absui. AZ IWLnO~inG of ENrii-H'eni
Hsr Departure caused HS'eI tan.
ploy~s EJnsls Her Locking In window.


pIoyre FInsls Her Locking in window.
Four members Of the SChiefe elm family.
Who belong to a branch related to that
Of William Jaw Schieffelin. came back
Ia tn" city Yesterday from their place
in Westminster near Williamsbridge Tn"
eldest Of IN. four. Mrs Edgar Schienelin.
was cIstomarilv looked after to some
extent by her s,st.rs-in- Law. the Misses
v and l. = Schiefelin. and her
bruther-in-law Efingham 1. Schi-nelin
4 short time after they arrived AZ their
partm-nt az the AnsOnia At was found
that she had left the hotel
The news came Ia IN" Office 1t the
hotel when Miss y ' Schi-n.lin went
IN considerable agitation Ia tn" desk
and said her sistar-in- Law was E"n"
and that she had left no word with the
servants Il was entirely out "f her
habit Ia gu out alone and Manager Fred
erie, Starring hurried to do something
Half dozen halIb"vs we're sent out
ON Broadway for two ~ thrs" blocks
above and below S.N -nty second street
They dipped into IN. side streets and
brought bach word that there WAS no
trace of Mrs Schieneln She had been
Il, ing at IN. hotel for several wears and
was we'll known to the employees. II
was then about I o'ciock and sh. had
been AWAY an hour
Four taNicabs were hir-d by the hotel
al Ha
Drive across town and far up and down
Broadway One of th. guests of the
Ansonia came IN lust then. aud when h.
learned What had happened h" SAID he
had seen Mrs Schi"nrliu walking ward
Central PARK ia S-N enti-th street
Two more taNis went nut on this in
formation and n couple 81 motorcycles
were hired AZ a mel ghb"ring garage and
their riders had Instructions To- keep
patrolling the upper West Side until they
got some trace of Mrs Schlstslins where
abouts 4 dozen 81 the men and bows
working about The house we're spread
ont along We-, End avenue. high up
into the cross streets and into Central
Park The house detective - W-nt ont too
Al dusk when Mrs Schiehelin had been
away for three hours Mi-sE V SChiefelin
went To the West SiNtv-eig hth street
station and told Lieut. Austin about her
disappearance The policeman explained
To her about general alarms. but she
WASH Z anxious 10 have the whole police
force turned loose on the case so she told
Lieut. Austin TO make a note u the dis
appearance and added that she would
he back later
The smissaris~ began coming hack ~
the hotel with unfaVoralla reports They
had been To- the Grand Central on the
chAnc. that she might have started
back to the country. but the plat
form and ticket punchers. who Were
familiar with her appearance. had seen
nothing 81 her Some one telephoned tn
Williamshridgs and had the servants
up there 20 - the station Ia case she had
taken train from i75th street The
neighhurhood ~ the ho'IS" IN Westminster
was thoroughly searched and again the
news hat came wa Disappointing
One 81 he hot 81 employees who had been
going through Central Park was coming
down Broadway about O'Clock At
~ glit eth street he saw Mrs Schiefelin
She was walking slowly down town.
stopping 10 look IN the shop windows
and wat ching the persons who passed
When IL was suggested 10 her that her
family vas very apprehensiv- she -aid IN.
was going home. and she TOOK her own
Z ime about "
when she reached the hotel she was
very much surprised at the excitement
that had been caused 10y her absence.
The police were notified % her return and
the employee who found her was we'll
rev arded Mrs Schi"n.lin was IN the
habit 81 carrying ssD or sI0o With her.
and her relatives were afraid that she had
l..n rnkhaH