The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
MYSTERY GROWS
MORE BATTLING
Police Quit Search for
lssing Dorothy
Arnold.
CONFLICTING
STORIES TOLD
Peculiar Attitude Of Family and
Lawyers Leads to With
drawal of observation-disclosures
Of George Griscon, Jr.,
Connected With Affair.
Mother Disappears,
Especial to Thc Times -Dispatch.

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.I
New York, January I'll mys-
terry surrounding the disappearance of
Miss Dorothy Fl. c. Arnold, daughter
Of Francis X. Arnold. millionaire i'm
porter. OF No. los East Scvcnty-nlntt
street. grows deeper every day
through the contradictory statements
made By tile family and the attorneys
who are conducting the search. TIE
contradictions are:
Dorothy Arnold disappeared Deem
berh12. or f%orty-nine days ago.
Mrs. Francis Arnold, mother of tho
missing girl, left her home on De-
ccmbcr -, or fifteen days after her
daughter vanished.
John W. Arnold, brother Of the miss
ing girl. on returning to-day from Il
trip to Europe, said that he did not
know until his arrival here that his
mother had left home. He did not,
he insisted. know where she had gone.
John $. Keith, one Of tho attorneys
conducting the investigation, said Mrs.
Arnold was ava from the city. and
that the family knew where she was.
John W. Arnold told the reporters,
OF his arrival here, that he learned
OF his sisters disappearance on Janu-
AIRY 20, or thirty-nino days after she
left home.
Later Arnold changed this assertion.
saying that he was appraised Of his
sisters disappearance from home on
January 3.
Francis Arnold. father OF the girl,
said his daughter did not have any
quarrel with tile family, and that there
was no reason, so far as nc could
divine, why his daughter should hav
run away.
In other sources 1t was said that
there had bccn some words in the
family before Miss Arnold went away.
and that the family was not utterly
surprised When she left.
Met At Every Turn.
AZ every turn i'll tho TRANCE dis
appearance there appear contradictions
by the lawyers and by the family over
various features of the affatr. 1t was
stated to-day that ono OF tile reasons
that Deputy Police Commissioners
Flynn took lis detectives from the
case and stopped the police activity
was that he was not satisfied with the
attitude OF tho lawyers and OF the
family. It was asserted that the police
soon made up their minds that the
family had a rather definite idea OF
the motive of the girl leaving home.
that Arnold went abroad to get some
trace of the girl, It is understood at
the police headquarters. was an es-
tablished fact.
Mr.. Armstrong, partner OF Keith.
stated that a representative OF the firm
did call upon Lloyd G. Grlscom. who is
Ia third cousin OF George Griscom, IT.,
shortly after the girls disappearance
from home, to ask IL he knew where
George Griscom could be found.
George Griscom. Jr, has his home IN
P%ittsburg. where his parents live. lie
Is over forty and n bachelor, and is
said to have carried on a clundestine
courtship with Miss Arnold.
Griscom left the country last De-
ccmber. MisV Arnold departed from
hone on December II. The lawyers
Cor the Arnold family have been work
ing. according to reliable information,
TO learn whether Miss ArnoId left he
country with Griscom.
IL anything has been learned by tho
lawyers leading to tho discovery of
an %clopcment OF Miss Arnold with
Griscom they have made a profound
secret of It.
1t may be taken rs an accepted fact
that the search promoted by tho law
yers for tho family has. as ono Of its
most important fcutnrcs. revolvcd
about Griscom.
Young Arnold, when interviewed by
reporters coming up the bay. denied
all knowledge OF Griscom, and secuted
the idea OF his sister having elopcd.
Inc girl S latncI lnSiSlcu tO-uuS tnut
he was sure there was no romance
associated with her disappearance.
ut Is The silence of DEATH" said Mr..
Arnold. Il am satisfied my daughter is
dead
This was after Mr.. Arnold Ind con-
fcrred with the lawyers and his son,
John ". Arnold. Mr.. Arnold was wecp-
ing. After the conference young Ar
mold refused TO discuss the case with
reporters.
Mr.. Keith showed some impatiencc
over the interrogations of The news
paper men concerning Miss Arnold ana
her acquaintance with Griscom.
First AdmisElon.
1T is true that we had an espionage
over three different men" admitted
the lawyer. This was the first adj
mission or any kind by the family
that any clues had been run dow,
that had any relation to 81 romance.
When asked who the men were the
lawyer remained silent. He was asked
If one was not Grtscoin,
Now, I'm not talking about Mr..
Griscom," declared KEITH. with en-
phasis. II tell you there is nothing TO
that-nothing whatever"
When told that earlier In the day
Mr.. Armstrong had admitted that. a
representative OF the law firm went
to tho home OF Lloyd Grisoom to as
certain whether or not he knew where
George Griscom could he found. Mr..
Keith feigned amazement.
Denial of the. possibility that Miss
Arnold might have committed suicide
because OF auto-suggcstion from tho
suicide seven years ago of Eugene
Griscom. who had lived ut Bryn Mawr,
was made to-day by Griscom's rela-
Etives. a branch OF the Griscom fam
lily In Philadelphia declared. that
Eugene Griscom mover knew Miss Ar
mold. and that Eugene Griscon'S sui