Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
Job Sutterly'S Attitude
Increases Mystery OF
Disappearance.
YOUNG TEACHER IS
ILL AT FARMHOUSE
Says Man Formerly Employed
at ST. Mary's School,
Burlington.
Especial to the Newark star.l'

BURLINGTON, March 25.--The mys-
terry which mantled the sensational dis
appearance, more than a month ago, of
Miss Mariana Sutterly, a teacher at
st. Mary's Hall, was enhanced today
when Job Sutterly, of Trenton, brother
of the missing woman, refused fatty to
guarantee the 5000 demanded by man
long search
Mayor Farmer today sent Detectives
Gaskill and Sadtaker to Bordentowh to
get, il possible, the strangers story.
Mr.. Sutterly professed to believe 1t was
not worth investigating. He said he
understood a relative and not the man
whom he interviewed professed to have
seen his sister.
This man, once employed to do car
penter work at st. Mary's Hall. ap-
peared before Mayor Farmer yesterday
and declared he had found Miss SUIT
terly He said she was in a farmhouse
within fifteen miles of Burlington and
that she was i'll, but further than this
he refused to go in his revelations.
On the assurance that he would re-
ceiye 5000 If he made good his claims
the stranger said that he would lead
the detectives to Miss Sutterly's hiding
place. Mayor Farmer said that he was
powerless to enter into any such nego-
tiation and referred the carpenter to
Miss Sutterly's brothers. Job and Ed
ward His secretary was Informed by
telephone today that they had refused
to guarantee the $500 demanded for in
formation concerning their sisters 8
whereabouts.
search Probably Ended.
That Miss Sutterly has been found
and that the case, which, for a time,
threatened to rival the Arnold case in
interest, lis almost ended, there seems
to be no doubt The man who says the
missing teacher was seen in farm
house would easily recognize her at
sight, as he was at work at st. Mary s
long enough to know all of the teach
ers. He told his story In a straightfor-
ward way, and asked for no morey in
advance. He insisted there could be
no mistake in the identification of Miss
Sutterly.
Persistent rumors to the effect that a
appearance were interviewer seemed to
have been strengthened by the story
told by the carpenter. 1t was asserted.
and was not denied. that Miss Sutterly
had been corresponding shortly before
she went walking one evening and did
not come back, with a young man she
met in the West last summer. When
detectives convinced themselves after
Il rjx SnffnrlV
had not taken her own life they were
inclined to the opinion that an elope-
ment might explain the suddenness
with which she dropped out of the quiet
school life at ST. Mary's Hall.
Crossed River in Boat.
- 1t is now known positively that, leav-
ing the school hail in the evening, os-
tensibly for walk to relieve her ner-
vousness, Miss Sutterly went to the
river That fact inclined many to be-
heve she had drow led herself. But the
police, after working several days on
the case, discovered that she had
boarded boat that was awaiting her
at the shore and had gone over into
Pennsylvania.
Miss Sutterly is about 80 years old.
She had been ten years a teacher in
st. Mary's Hall, and was very popular
with the girls. About year ago she
suffered an acute illness which shat
tered her nerves. She was compelled
to abandon her school work. But the
doctor recommended finally that she
resume her place at St. Mary's. He
believed she would be benefited by
being with her tasks and friends at
the school. On her return she improved
remarkably. At times. however, she
suffered nervous attacks at night. Then
she would go out for long walks about
the grounds.
About o'clock on the night of March
2 she went out, apparently to take one
of her walks. She had not disturbed
the articles in her 'ooms. She had even
left her watch and good-sized sum
of money in her apartments. She was
not seen after that, and no word came
from her at any time. though news
papers printed widely the news of her
disappearance, with descriptions of her.
and told of the efforts to trace her and
the theories of murder and suicide.