The evening world., 1911-01-26

such q tlme-and these messages multi
piled as the hours passcd-one OF a
corps Of private detectives was at once
sent down TO run 1t down, no matter
how improbable or Impossible the tale
might sound. This thoroughness was o'
a piece with the most caroful-and the
most hOpeless-seaich for a lost person,
that has been undertaken In this clty
for n long time.
The FIRST message that came was from
a man who was certain he had seer
Miss Arnold IN a downtown restaurant
soon after midnight this morning. ON
the heels OF this followed a statement
by an excited citizen. who was sure
that the missing girl was living under
an assumed name IN a clearinghouse
on a sido street IN Brooklyn. From
that time on persons. some cranks no
doubt. but all well meaning and honest
in their statements. were Offering clues
or suggestions.
Is Bryn Mawr Graduate.
Miss Arnold Is q beautiful woman Of
twenty-five, a graduate Of Bryn Mawf.
1906. and a niece o: the tate Rufus Peck
ham. Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court OF the Unitci states Mentally
she Is described as brilliant.
On the saturday before she dis,p-
peared M.ss Arnold gave a luncheon to
four girl friends at Sherry's. The girls
spent IN hour or so at sherry's. did a
little shopping later and then went
home. None OF Miss Arnoid's guests
were made suspicious by any word that
she planned a trip or even going away
from home. The luncheon had been ar.
ranged several weeks beforehand.
On the following Monday. Dec. L.
Mlss Arnold left her home. No. los East
Seventy-ninth street. about ii.3o In tho
morning. She told her mother she was
COINS downtown 10 select an evening
gown for the approaching holidays.
I'm 60 with you.' Mrs. Arnold said
10 her daughter. but the latter an
swercd.
No. mother: II I see anything I really
ike III telephone you and you can
come down and Join me. You don't feei
just rlght. II I see anything | want to
wear III let you know. 1 might no.
see anything"
Bought Book and Candy.
Miss Arnold kissed her mother az
vestisatIon showed that Miss Arnold
frst had gone to Park a. Tilford's store
on Fiftn avenue. near tifty-ninth street.
where she purchased a box OF choco-
lates. That was about noon. Between
! and 2 o'clock she was In B%rentano's
store. where she bought a book. That
she was In the store was borne out by
a bill received by Mr.. Arnold for the
a week or ~ later. That was the
last trace of her absolutely.
rhe other caildren. who are John W.,
tw~enty-seven: ID. Hinckley, twenty-one.
and Marjorie. eighteen. took an active
In the hunt. and personally sought
very friend who might aid. but with
Jut result.
AZ an illustration Of the .painstaklnS
care with which every possible theory
as been followed. this instance might
ue cited IL was recalled thai once last
summer Kiss Arnold and a girl compan-
on, trim. OF the sizalins asphalt and
sale OF the town. rode up to Van
Park and spent the afternoon
I eadlng and talking under the trees.
because Dec. IL. up to midafternoon.
was bright and. for a winter day.
balmy. the father suggested that Miss
Arnold might have repeated this trip
alone. and that. reasoning along the
same line. II might be possible that she
mad beer attacked IN some compare
lively secluded spot there.
Acting on his idea. men spent days
searching every clump OF bushes and
every thicket In the heavily wooded
parts OF Van Cortlandt and In the
woods which border II, Just over the
Yonkers line.
In their search of New York and vi.
entity the detectives did not overlook
outgoing trains and avery
road OF exit from the city.
friends In Washington and Bos-
ton were communicated with. but with
out result.
Two years q Miss Arnold made a
trip to Europe with her parents. and II
was suggested that possibly she had
gone abroad. So the police OF Europe
we're brought into the case. Hospitals.
private and public. were searched. and
even the morgue was visl. ed by one who
knew the missing girl.
Mr.. Garvan. speaking for tho family
to-day. said that II was quite out OF
the question that Miss Arnold had any
Intention Of vanishing.
The relation between the Arnold
family and that OF the late Judge Peck
ham comes through the marriage If
Judge Peckham to q sister OF Mr.. Ar
mold. The families have been very In
tlmste. and II IL feared that II Mrs.
Peckham. who is ailing. learns OF the
disappearance Of her niece her condition