The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-13
MOTHER Of DOROTHY
ARNOLD COMES HOME
Discovers No Trace of Her Miss
ing Daughter on the Cont
nent of Europe
MYSTERY DEEPENs AGAIN
Young Griscom Still at Atlantic
City, but Refuses to See
Reporters.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE end Of
the mysterious story Of Dorothy Arnold
by no means has been reached.
The romantic turn given it yesterday
by George s. Griscom, Jr., in the expires,
sion of his confidence that the young
woman is alive and in his quoted inten-
tion of marrying her if possible, was
given contrary twist today by the ar
rival home from abroad Of the missing
girl IS mother, Mrs, Francis R. Arnold.
In reply to the only two direct ques-
tions, her son, John W. Arnold. permit.
denied even circumstantial knowledge
whether her daughter is dead or alive
and emphatically declared she had not
given consent to marriage between
the girl and Griscon.
Mrs. Arnold came home on the steam.
er Paunonia, after having spent three
weeks in Florence, Italy, where she
went to confer with the Griscoms re-
garding her daughters disappearance
Mrs, Arnold Has No News.
Her eldest son, John, went down the
bay on revenue cutter this morning g
to meet her and it was agreed among
the reporters that none should seek to
interview Mrs. Arnold before the SON
had talked to her. Arnold was in con-
ference with his mother more than
twenty minutes, and when he emerged
from her stateroom, said.
"There is nothing to say. Ny mother
has nothing to tell you. She is upset
by the circumstances and I wish you
would not ask to see her
The son, however, hesitatingly CON
sented to the submission of two direct
questions to his mother. She was found
seated in her cabin with the Misses
NJ. L. and A. Schackelford, and with q
bow acknowledged the apologetic expla
nations that some statement from heI
was desired.
Positive Answers.
"Have you," was asked most for
mally, sat any time since your daugh-
ter's disappearance, received any de
| finite information that would lead you
TO believe that she is dead or alive7''
In very low voice the mother re-
piled:
HNo, none. I have received no word
that would tell me whether she is alive
or deadn
"Have you,' was asked, ''giver
your consent to a marriage of your
daughter, Dorothy, to Mr.. Griscom
Jr2'
"No. certainly not" The reply came
| QUICKLY ana IN UTHl Npice.
Young. Arnold shielded the women OF
the party from further questioning. Dis
covering one Of the Misses Schackel
ford replying to question, he eau
toned, "You must not talk, - and ush
cred her into the stateroom,
Francis r. Arnold. the millionaire
head of the family and his younger son
| Hickey Arnold, boarded the vessel a!
ii tied up at It's pier and shortly after
ward the party drove in q taxicab tt
the Arnold home. AS TO future plans
young Arnold said, "We have none.'
"Does that mean you have given W
the search9"
eyes. that we have exhausted every
means we know of to find DorC thy, -
"Do you expect to go to Atlantic
City or Philadelphla'' -,
"No, certainly not. Ny mother viii
remain at home for several weeks
rest -
"Do you expect Mr. Griseom to com
here to consult you, or do you eXpec
to be in communication with him?'
"No, indeed, Why should we7'
When Griscom g statements were re
called and he was told that a per
sonal' advertisement in a New Yorl
newspaper yesterday was attributed t.
Griscom. Arnold replied, 81 don't be
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