New-York tribune., 1910-03-11
NO TRACE OF GIRL
DOGS FAIL TO HELP
SEARCHFRS.
Mss Bjoodgood's Father
Thinks NoucL Caused Her
To Disappear.
rBy telegraph to The Tribune. ]


of Miss Helen A. Bloodgood, who eS-
capped from the home of Leslie r. Fort,
son of Governor Fort of New Jersey, in
Madison avenue, after she had attacked
and overpowered her nurse early yester-
day morning Although bloodhounds
were brought here from Atlantic High
lands and two trails were picked up, the
scent was lost each time. After scour-
ing the surrounding country all day the
police now believe the girl is hiding in
the woods north of the town.
Five minutes after the young woman
had jumped from the second story of the
Fort cottage. after breaking away from
her attendant. the police knew about it,
aud automobiles were patrolljng all the
roads leading to Carafal5o Lake. where
II was feared she might seek TO drown
herself The authorities are positive
therefore that she did not take her life.
in that manner at least Clad only in a
night dress and in bare feet, she is sup
posed to he wandering about the coun-
try.
The father of the young woman, Will
lam Bloodgood, secretary of the Annerl-
can Felt Company, whose home is at No.
5S East 18th street New York City. or
dered ter thousand circulars giving de-
scription of Miss Bloodgood to be printed
to-day. These circulars, offering lib
eral reward for the recovery of the girl.
have been scattered in all directions in
! the neighboring villages and hamlets,
and the inha bitants and constables of all
the surrounding towns are on the watch
Girl Has Nervous hfflction.
Mr. Bloodgood said to-day that his
daughter was suffering from nervous
! trouble. but was not mentally deranged
! He said he believed the act of his daugh-
! ter was inspired by Anna Katherine
Green's novel, The House of the Whls-
pering Pines" which she had been read
| ing In this story a girl is taken TO
! Lakewood to recover from nervous shock
! He said Miss Bloodgood had hallu-
| cination that she was the heroine of the
tale, and so escaped from confinement IN
/ the manner described in the story. Nine
ears ago he explained, Miss Bloodgood
disappeared from her home. then at NO.
/ 73 Irving Place after reading detective
story in a current magazine. She was
finally found in Basking Ridge. n j.
| George Van Dosl1ercl1. her uncle. tele-
graphed TO Rasking Ridge to-day, think
ing that perhaps she had made her way
( there again, but she had not been seen
there.
{ DR. H. S. Norris. of No. 10 West 4ath
street, New York City. who has been
/ treating Miss Bloodgood, sent her to
Lakewood. Ten days ago her father
who had taken Mr.. Forts cottage for
two months, brought the girl and her
mother here. She was placed in the care
of DR. ". q. Schauff1er. nerve special
ist. and two trained nurses, Miss Smith
and Miss Macarthur, Mr.. and Mrs. Blood
good went to New York Tuesday night.
/ About 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning
the young,woman got up out of bed and
woke one of the nurses, who was sleep
ing in the same room, asking her for a
glass of water.
Struggle with the Nurse
When the nurse appeared with the
wate.. Miss Boodgood threw it al her
and jumped to the window. The nurse
grabbed hold Of the young woman's
,
wher the girl jumped, leaving only a
remnan; in the nurses hand Miss Smith
j Immediately told DR.. Schauffler and the
police Of the girls act
The physician who is a member of the
volunteer fire department. and dresses
quickly. jumped into his automobile and
drove Immediately to Carasaljo Lake.
half mile from the Fort cottage. In a
short time he was joined by Chief Nor
cross of the local police and Constables
Reilley and Mason. They patrolled all
the roads leading to the lake for the rest
] of the night and found nothing to show
that the girl went in that direction.
At the request of Mr. Bloodgood a
pack OF bloodhounds was brought here
/ from Atlantic Highlands. The dogs were
taken to the Fort cottage and picked up
a trail This trail led to the estate of
George J. Gould, following along the
fence 10 the lake drive. There it ended
Acting upon the information of Stewart
Estel. q young man who lives two miles
from Lakewood, the bloodhounds were
taken out there. He told the police that
he thought he saw the girl al o'clock
on the morning she disappeared John
r Estel said he saw the girl at II
O'Clock that morning. The bloodhounds
were taken out and finally picked up a
trail which led to the little hamlet of
Maxim and ended at the railroad sta
tion.
No Trace at Railroad
As Maxim is only a flag station and
conductors of passing trains would be
likely TO remember whether any passen-
ger got on there, A careful inquiry was
made at tho railroad offices, but no con-
ductor could recall having seen the girl
Under the impression that the blood
hounds might have failed 20 find the real
traces of the girl, Mr.. Bloodgood asked
the police to drag the lake this afternoon.
After a few hours work, without success.
the idea that she might have been
! drowned was abandoned.
DR.. Schauffler said Miss Bloodgood
was positively suffering from neuras-
thenia and that her disappearance was
| due entirely to her illness.
Tonight automobile searching parties
are securing the country in al directions.
Among the Searchers is Henry j. Her
Association and a friend of George J
| Gould.
The police are giving some attention
to the theory that there may be another
element in the mystery Last Saturday