New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-10
|GR|SCOM HERE; THINKS
| MISS ARNOLD IS ALIVE
Denies Marriage and Declares
He Doesn't Know Where
Missing Girl Is.
COMES TO AID IN SEARCH
Member of Arnold Family to
Arrive from Europe To-mor.
row May Be Dorothy, In.
stead of Her Mother.

stead of Her Mother.
George S. Griscom, jr., the frst man
whom the Arnold family traced after the
d,sappearance of Dorothy II. c. Arnoid
nm December -, arrived here on the
North German LLOYD steamer Berlin late
last night. and announced that he han
come TO aid the family in the searen'
Apparently unacquainted with the
,stest news and moves OF the family In
the search. Mr.. Griscom said frankly ne
.xrected to see the Arnolds to-day and
that he expected TO see Mrs. Arnoid at
the same time.
Francis r. Arnold and his son, John
w. are said to have secured cu''er
masses for the Pannonia, which is ex-
pected 10 dock on Saturday, TO meet ~
member OF the family. who. until MI.
Criscom's admission, was understood To
he Mrs. Arnold. the mother OF the miss
,ro GIRL Griscom said Mrs. Arnold told
him in Florence that she would be back
IN New York three or four days beforA
no arrived. and he believes she is in ths
city now.
Mr. Arnold said last night that his
wife had not returned from Europe, but
tho contradictory statements have iene
c,,or 10 the story that the one expected
70 arrive on the Pannonia Is possibly
Miss Dorothy Arnold herself.
Griscom declared positively he did moo
lnow where Miss Dorothy was, but ha
was equally positive she was alive IN
spite of the purported belief or her
father and eldest brother that she was
| dead.
Hero at ArnoIds' Request, He Says.
.I came back here to do certain spe"
cihc things at the request OF Mrs Ar'
mold" said Griscom. II Interrupted oun
trim to return now, as I promised Mrs.
| Arnold would do So
Where is Mrs. Arnold now?" he "aa
asked. and with evident surprise at tho
question he replied:
why, right here in New York
Mr.. Griscom was found In the smoking
room OF the Berlin talking with two OF
the male Messengers. and, though at 1rse
he made a half-hearted attempt TO deny
his identity he ended by admitting that
he was Griscom. and inviting the re-
porters TO his cabin.
A pile of newspapers, brought 10 him
on the pilot boat off Sandy Hook, had
apparently been hurriedly scanned ana
thrown aside, and, though he received
no wireless messages on nearing lana
Yesterday. he said he had received
message from the Arnold family repre-
sentatives asking him not to discuss cer-
tain aspects of the mysterious case.
In answering the scores OF questions
which were put to him Griscom main
tanned a comparatively calm demesnor.
though he constantly rubbed his hands
together and stroked his rather bushy
burnsides Only twice did he betray any
particular nervousness at the trend Of
the ouestions-once when he was asked
about the last letter he had received
from the missing girl and again when
asked about call he made upon her in
Boston late last summer.
| He saw Miss Arnold on November as
| he said, and had not seen her since then.
He sailed on November D. two days later.
and she was not down at the dock to
see him off Her last letter was dated
November 81. and reached him in Flor
ence Just few days prior 10 December
12. the day she disappeared.
There was nothing in that last letter
TO Indicate that Miss Dorothy had
changed her attitude from what IL was
when last saw her." he explained, but
| he wouldn't say what attitude she had
taken then. Morbid or cheerful he de-
clined to say but he secuted the theory
| of suicide and scoffed at murder, repeats
| ing that he felt sure she was alive and
would he found.
Was the sentence, I am abou, to dd
something that may seem cowardy.' In,
that last letter from Miss Arnold to
you?" he was asked.
Mr. Grscom was vsbly startled.
caught his breath and looked down at tho
floor For n few seconds he twisted ant
interlaced his fingers; then he looked up
defiantly and said, mo. I don't-thats
the first time ! ever heard that"
Never Any Marriage, He Declares
IL
story had been going the rounds OF tho.
friends of the family that he and Miss
Dorothy had been secretly married last
summer, and that an announcement oc
IL would be made soon after his arrival,
There has never been any marriage"
was his response.
Asked whether he had proposed 10 tho
girl. and whether their prospective mar
acquaintance. had been objected to by
Mr.. Arnold, Grscom smiled as he re-
piled:
We'll. now. you know that's something
can't say anything about"
He gave the same answer when asked
to confirm or deny the story brought by
the Italian dispatches. that Jack"
Arnold had ended their interview in tho
hotel IN Florence by punching his face.
George 5. Griscom. sr., said that he
knew nothing OF any fist fight between
forty year old son and young Mr.. Arnold.
Mrs. Griscom. in response To a question
concerning the probable announcement
OF the marriage OF her son and Miss
Arnold, said:
Il can't talk about that now"
Not Trying to Dodge.
The junior Mr.. Griscom explained THAI
If he had remained abroad it would loos
as IL he had some reason for dodgins.