The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-04
STORY
LOCATES GIRL
EVELYN BRITT OF 5RAINERp, To-
GATED AT DETROIT THROUGH
MEDIUM or FoRUM--pETRoIT
OFFICIAL READ STORY. NoTI-
FLED FARGO POLICE.

Through the medium of The Forum
Evelyn Britt, the 15-year old Brainerd
girl, who ran away from her home
Tuesday afternoon, was located last
night at Detroit, Mimi, where she had
gone yesterday morning from Moor
head. Word was telephoned to the
Fargo police station. advising Chief
Bowers of the girls whereabouts by
Clerk of the Court Kitten of Detroit
shortly after the first edition of The
Forum had reached that place. The
girls distracted father was sitting in
the police station at the time the COM
munication was received and FASTENED
to Detroit as soon as the first train
could carry him there.
After searching the city the whole
day and calling on the assistance of
the police forces of Fargo and Moor
head, Mr.. Britt, returned to the Fargo
police headquarters last evening to
await any possible telegraph or tele-
phoned communications from Brecken-
ridge to which point he had tele-
graphed earlier in the day requesting
the authorities there to be on the
lookout for the arrival Of his daughter
should she have gone there. AS the
hours dragged by he was getting more
depressed each minute as he stated his
little girl had never been away from
home alone before In her life and he
feared for her safety. He was almost
IN state Of frenzy when the call
came from Detroit.
1t was Chief Bowers who answered
the call and when he said into the
transmitter why her father is sitting
right here now" Mr.. Britt jumped to
the phone excitedly and grabbed the
receiver from the chiefs hand and told
the Detroit authorities to hold the
child until he could come. Selling his
hat be rushed from the police head
quarters and made a wild dash for
the station where he took the earliest
train for Detroit.
From Clerk Kitten Of Detroit the
police department was informed that
the child had arrived in Detroit with
out any money whatever and had come
to him for help, asking to be allowed
to remain at his house all night in
return for any assistance she could
render about the house. She had no
clothes with her and looked quite dis
any opportunity to make a toilet since
her departure from home. The Kit
tens took her in endeavoring to learn
from her where she lived and
who her parents were. These facts
she refused to divulge admitting aft
erward that she was ashamed to have
her family learn OF the failure Of her
trip, and 1t was not until the arrival
Of The Forum containing the story
of her mysterious disappearance, that
Mr.. Kitten was enabled to get in touch
with the girls father.
The story Of the chil6's trip was
interesting and at the same time pitt
ful. Never having ventured far from
her fathers hearth stone she had al
ways yearned to see life as 1t is lived
In the world at large. She had been
promised a trip to Fargo last week
while the state fair was in progress,
but unavoidable circumstances sudden
iy arising prevented her father from
bringing her here to the keen disap-
pointment Of the little girl, though
she had been promised a trip to the
city at some time in the future. Fear
ing that the wait for her prospective
visit would be too long, she. concluded
to, come at once, so without saying
anything she emptied her bank and
purchased her transportation to Far
go. She knew her aunt, Miss Brown,
was employed here and knew that she
would look after her comforts after
her arrival Upon her failure to find
Miss Brown either in Fargo or Moor
head, she was at loss as to what
to do and purchased a ticket to De-
troit, as that was a far as her money
would take her. Having been de-
clined Accommodations at the Columbia
hotel owing to it's crowded conditions,
she slept in the Moorhaad station all
Tuesday night,
II don't see how she expected to
seek employment as domestic" said
Mr.. Britt, for she has never done a
bit of work In her life She is only a
little school girl and has not even been
called upon to help about the house.
1t was just wild idea she had to show
me she would come to Fargo without
me-"
Desk Sergeant Fred Bowers of the
police department, this morning stated,
I'VE want to thank The Forum for
the service 1t rendered in the loca-
ton Of the little girl, for had it not
been for the story In last nights paper,
she perhaps might have been there yet,
and her poor father would have been
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