New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-28
THINKS MISS ARNOLD
WILL SOON RETURN
Police Have Ceased Search and
Commissioner Flynn Says He Is
Sure No Harm Came to Her.
FATHER SAYS SHE Is DEAD
Hints of Love Affair Stronger,
Despite Denials of Family
Many Letters Received l.,
From Cranks.
FATHER SAYS SHE IS DEAD

day at the Office or MS lawyers 'dtNa'
G. Armstrong: "I believe absolutely that
the girl is dead. It would he bad enough,
sad enough, if the daughter whom L
loved so well were lying beside her
grandmother in Greenwood. but this 10
a thousand times worse"
At the same time Deputy Police Com
missioner Flynn, 10 whom the father told
all the circumstances surrounding his
daughters disappearance. said: My eX-
perience leads me 10 conjecture that the
girl has not met with violence. and will
probably turn up"
Apart from the above Commissioner
! Flynn declined TO comment upon the
case, but the records of the Police De-
partment show that for the last ten days
at least, there have been no men detailed
on the Arnold case. Last night the
missing circulars" furnished by Mr..
Arnold. were sent out on the Police De-
partment mailing list.
| Yesterdays developments in the search
for the girl who disappeared on Decem-
ber u consisted largely OF tips from per-
son desirous Of securing the $1,000 re-
ward Mr.. Arnold offered on Thursday.
the steady stream Of which was varied
by the receipt of one letter. the writer
OF which said he would tell the father
where his daughter was, but only on
payment OF $1,000.
Letter Showed Under Door.
This letter was not sent through the
mails. but was showed under the door OF
the Arnold home at No. los East 18TH
street some time on Thursday night. IL
was found there late that night and
reached the lawyers in the case yester-
day. Written in German. with mixed
German and English script, il demanded
that the 5000 be placed in mail box No.
. at No. 415 East 9th street That
house is owned by the City and SUBURBAN
Homes Company, and is a sort OF model
| anartment. far over on the East side.
Mail box No. 8 belongs TO Mrs. A. u.
Harris. but as she is the houseKeeper
che has never used the mail box, but has
had her mail delivered in the renting
office of the house.
She knew nothing Of the Whereabouts
of Miss Arnold. nor Of the letter which
had been left at the Arnold home on
Thursday night, but the fact that the
,,.-;,er of the letter knew that mail box
was not used by any one would indi-
cate that it was written by some one in
the house. However, neither Mr.. Arm
e,rong. the lawyer. nor Mr. Arnold him.
eelf attached any importance to the
q Ooo demand, and in fact only notified
the police OF the receipt of the letter as
an afterthought. after they had given II
70 the newspapers.
The only other story that reached the
| eear rchers for the missing girl during
the day was one which man VINO
called himself Mr.. Legs gave in person
10 some one at the Arnold home. Just
who received this visitor remained
mystery, Mr.. Arnold saying that ne
didn't know TO whom the story had been
told. but he didn't believe it would help
him to find his daughter, anyway. IL
was 10 the effect that Mr. Legg while
in Philadelphia several weeks ago over
beard a conversation between two chauf-
feurs n, front Of the Bellevue -Stratford
Hotel, in that city.
Overheard Kidnapping Plot
There had been an automobile acct
dent in front of the hotel, he said. ana
while standing with the small crowd
that gathered he overheard one chaut-
feur say TO another, neither Of them be-
ing directly concerned In the accident:
'I brought a woman over from New
| ,vaf har n
machine by telling her there was
woman inside it who'd tainted. and got
away with her. Going 20 hold her until
something comes out about II. and get
a piece of real money"
II was not until he read the stories
Of Miss Arnolds disappearance that the
man who called himself Mr.. Legg at
tached any importance TO the tale he had
overheard.
There were at least twenty men VINO
drifted UP TO the Offices Of the Arnold
LAWYERS during the day, with as many
different stories Of having seen her since
tho disappearance. One OF them, who
nrofessed 10 have seen her last Monday.
vent the length of describing exactly
how she then was carrying book ana
q candy box which he was sure were
the same articles she purchased just be-
fore her disappearance. six weeks ago.
None of the stories had enough founda-
ton 10 justify investigation. said the
lawyers.
Mr.. Arnold expressed it as his absolute
conviction that his daughter was dead.
and described the exact method by which
he felt convinced she was done away
with.
He could ascribe no reason. however
why any one should do her violence. he
! had no enemies himself, he was sure. and
he thought it impossible that she should
have any, but he insisted that he had
come 20 believe absolutely that she was
murdered.
Murdered in Park, Father Thinks.
1T was her habit to walk through Gem
trail Park" he said. she might have
walked up the walk between the East
Drive and Fifth avenue. which is dark
and unfrequented early on "A winter af-
ternoon, or she might have taken the
walk by the reservoir There IL would
have been an easy matter 10 attack her;
she might have been gagged-atrocious
things do happen" and he made the ges-