The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-30

to them and nsk"d them to soc Mr. Griscom
and ask him if ho knew awning about
Dorothy. We told them to Cabk' ~ II
they got anything important from Mr.
Grlsco'n and to write II tn" information
was uulmportant They wrot" tn hS
some time later that w Grl-Com was
amazed when 'iicv tull him hat Dorothy
was lrs and that he sud that "" hadn I
correspuuded with her tot several
months
"Jciu ". N'1l IL found 1t necessary
to go abroad T, ~"rI"r som" contracts
for prop~i"tl,y a'rirl".. business in
which ho j. Interested. ". sailed on
Jan,Iaiy = aud went to Paris and other
cities th,; a~" centres of the business.
II wa. cony "ul"nt cor hum ~ 80 to Flo"-
pncc. and while h. was there he saw
Mr. Gri4rom and questioned him ahoul
Dorothy. Mr.. Gr.sCom convinced MIR
Arnold that Ia" know no more than III"
rest ri rs And th""eaftor no attempt
was made 10 watch NJ. Griscom
Il don't think IL IL irue thnt Franci.
II Arnold Doroths'- iatha". nbirct"d
to Alr. Griscons pyc."ur" ~ tho hous.
last summer. II j. certainly not tru"
that ho objected tr NJ. GriScu'n PEI
sonaly. Mr. Arnpli - one uf thos.
men who believe that everybody should
have definite object ~ life and he has
strong objection - tn" cliss Of men
that devot" their lv", To pleasure. He
told his daughter often thlt h" had n,
objection 10 her :'r"iyng IN" attentions
Of a business ~ professional man If good
character. hut that h" did not Ike la
see i6lrrs calling ~ his house.
"When Jack Arnold gb' haoN from
Europe yest terdav. COM ;nu.d lir hri.h.
she told inpuircrs that We was unawa..
OF his sister, disappearance 9u.il Two
days before he sailed fer nome and hat
of course he had no, IA lked 10 any mon
about borofhys movements Ia. Young
man said this because he ,ya~ lis Sng M
TO an agrcemen' made IA for" ~ went
away that none OF us wou'i di-cus- III
ma'ter, and +" did not know hat "" had
gone 10 Tie nerspaucrs for assistance.
Il should like TO say "rI na 'Icallv haj
the family is not Withholding Hnv infor-
nation or "orC"a'iuE anN faces lh"
public knows all 'ha' v" know We hav"'
exhausted every lead and thocrv aud ,,ig-
gestion A. | said. "" started win .htt
assumption that The r" wa~ a man IN the.
case. We worged uu IN, 'ur wpex-
until ". satisfied ourselves that II vas,
untenable Mr. Gr,scnm wa ,lmna ;.d,
and were he ih"sn vn.inE in,r win
were unda- surveillance IN mi, ci'v
ST far a. hat part of the Inv"- iga ion ,
is concerned We are certain that Doro-
thy did not go away from home hrrauS"
of a love affair
we thought il necessary TO work for a
tim" on the theory that she had committed
suicide, and while there l. no way of
proving the ahsurdity OF that hypothesis
nevertheless ther. are many little things.
that make /, seefh ridiculous Girls who.
are about to Kill themselves world not
buy a box of candy and u new novel or
he in thn mood to converse m""riiy with
girl friends the" meet on tn" street. or
all tho theories that have h.ra pH' for
ward. suicide /" Tn" least likely
1T was most likely. wo Thought Al first
that she had been injured OF killed and
had beer taken toa hospital or tn" morGric.
The records of 200 ana more deaths IN
Greater New Work since DecrmDor - wore
scrutinized. the stats Of every hospital
and sanitariim were Questioned. women
patients in all of them were seen hv Nlr
Garvan or myself And IN addition to
this We went back over the blott"rs IN
the police stations and satisfied ourselves
that no young woman resembling Dorothy
had been reported az injured or helpless
so this work convinced ,is that she hadu,
Had she been kidnapDod' Welt we
thought this was not unlikely But 80
much time elapsed without anv demand
for ransom that IN" kidnapping theory
has been dropped None of TIA. d"te'-
tives. private or pubic. u"ii.v-s IN tn.
kidnapping theory.
1T doesn't seem ~ lIs that -n" als n.-r
with violence or there would hay. been
an aftermath Of some sort. The Central
Office men said that if sh" "1d been killed
her body would have been discovered
by this tim. or some traC. of the crime
would have been disclosed
Did she go away from home Of her owl
accord because she was tired of her
placid. easy gong life or becalis., If som"
more compelling reason We honestly
do not think -. In tn. first place sh.
took keen interest in her hom. lif.. and
her association with her glrl friends
She always found plenty Of thlngS to do
that amused or entertained Der Sh..
was fondest perhaps OF reading, ana
may say that sh" read Thark-rav h.for.
she was years old.
She never showed signs of h".ng bored
And furthermore none of Dorothy : r.a
tives or friends b"li.v.- that she. would
have dropped in few hours the thought
full habits of "A lifetime; that she would
deliberately do something sh" knew
would nearly kill her mother and father !
Not bit of ii. She was So thoughtful in
those matters that whenever sh" knew
she was going To he half an hour late for
dinner she t.IephOned 80 her mother
wouldn't be worried. Therefore il seems
Ia us that sh" couldn't have disappeared
OF her own vOlitiOn.
And lastly | made careful inquire
as TO whether there had been any dis
sension in the family such as might have
prompted girl to leave home am sur.
the Arnolds hav" been perfectly frank
in answering questions Of this nature,
which makes il seem foolish to think that
she had quarrelled with anybody All
Of the members of the family were on
afectionate te.ms Dorothy and her
mother were chums Mr. Arnold was
liberal with her and not inclined to he
domineering
There's the whole situation ". sim
ply haven't an idea left Perhaps that
ie why it has been said that we are con
cealing the facts We haven't anv facts
to conceal The girl has vanished ab-o-
lutelv for no ina ginahle reason and all We
can do ~ to conjecture"
Among m" 900 and more letters and
kilograms that were received on SATURDAY.
night and yesterday from PERSONS all
over the country who think they hnv"
seen IN" missing girl was one mailed in
Buffalo on January "a II said that
Dorothy IS in a hospital there.
THE name of the hospital was men-
toned said NJ Keith. "and tine letter
was -tgu'd, W" ar having he tin looked
ny omitting ia" nam" Of the hospital.