The Cairo bulletin., 1911-02-13
MRS. ARNOLD HAS
NOT CONSENTED.
TO MARRIAGE or DOROTHY 10
GEORGE s, GRlscoM. JR.,
or PlTTsBuRo.
SHE ARRIVED YESTERDAY
Tells Reporters She fias No knoWI-
edge Whether Daughter is
Alive or Not--Griscom
Remains Silent.

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New York, Feb. 1.-THE end oe
the mysterious story of Dorothy AL
mold by no means has been reached.
The romantic turn given 1t yestar-
terday by George 5. Griscom. Jl', In
the expression OF his confidence thot
the young woman is alive and In
his quoted intention of marrying her
If possible was given contrary
twist today by the arrival home from
abroad Of the missing girls mother.
Mrs, Francis r. Arnold.
In reply to the only two direct
questions her son, John w. Arnold,
permitted the reporters to ask her,
Mrs. Arnold even denied circumstan-
tial knowledge whether her daughter
he dead cG alive, and emphatically de-
clared that she had not given con-
sent to a marriage between the girl
and Griscom. Mrs. Arnold came
home on the steamer pannonia after
having spent three weeks In Florence,
Italy
Her eldest son, John, went down the
bay this morning to meet her and 1t
was agreed among the reporters that
none should ask to interview Mrs,
Arnold before her son had talked to
her.
Arnold was In conference with HIS
mother more than twenty minutes,
and when he emerged from the state
room he said:
There is nothing to say My
mother has nothing to tell you. She
is urset by the circumstances, and
wish you would not ask to see her"
The son, however. hesitatingly con-
senhed TO the submission OF twosai.
rect questions to his mother. She
was found seated in her cabin with
the Misses M. l., and A. C. Shackle-
ford, elderly women friends, ann
with bow acknowledged the re-
quest that some statement was dH-
sired from her.
Have you" was asked most forul-
ally, sat any time since your daugh-
ter's disappearance received any def.
mite information which would lead
you to believe she is dead or alive..'
In a very low voice the mother re-
piled. mo, none. / have received
no word which would tell me whether
she is dead or alive"
''Have YOU" was asked, "given
your consent to the marriage of yoGr
daughter to Mr.. Geo. s. Ggiscom
Jr?"
mo, decidedly not" The reply
came quickly and in a firmer voice.
Young Arnold shielded the women
Of the party from further question
ing.
Discovering one OF the Misses
Shackleford replying to a reporter he
cautioned: "You must not talk" AMI
ushered her into the stateroom.
Francis r. Arnold. the millionaire
head of the family, and his younger
son, Hickey, boarded the vessel as 1t
tied up at its pier, and shortly after
wards all drove to the Arnold home
In taxicab.
The pannonias purser said thSt
notwithstanding her grief Mrs. Ar
mold had proved god sailor through
out the trip.
Because of the strain she was IN.
der, however she was under the care
Of the ships physician.
None of the passengers knew ot
Dorothy Arnold's disappearance, ami
the mystery was not openly discussed
in the mothers presence. AS a pre-
caution the ships officers were asked
If any one resembling Dorothy Arnold
was aboard They said there were,
neither in the first nor second cabin,
any young English speaking girls.
and no one resembling Miss Arnold
was seen to disembark.