The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-02-10

s. Jr
"oh no." he said quickly. "I don't
know that"
WAS there anything in the letter which
John W Arnold took from you in Florence
that indicated Miss Arnold was despon-
dent or about to kill herself?"
Il cant discuss that letter" he replied
Later, however, Mr. Grscom said that
there was nothing in the letter which
Dorothy mailed in New York on November
- and which he received III Florence q
few days before she vanished that indi-
Gated anything significant lie SAID tha,
he had nexor before heard Of "A phrase
said to have been used by Miss Arnold
in the letter: II am about 10 do some
thing that may seem cowardlv"
"Why did YOU return to this countrv?"
he was asked
"On account Of my word given TO Mrs
Arnold We talked for whole afternoon
In Florence She was mover more friendly
She asked mo if | would return and do
certain things. told her would My
father agreed that II was the only thing
to do 50 here We are
"What caused the fight between YOU and
younG Nr. Arnold in your hotel in Flor
ence9"
"Oh, ! can't so into that. you know"
said Griscom instantly. Il am bound
not 10 talk abou, anything that was said
or done in Florcnce"
Replying to other Questions he said
that he hai known Dorothy Arnold about
four ycr"s. lio had visited the Arnolds
last summer a. their country home at
York Harhor Me. going there on the
mothers invitation The last time he saw
Dorothy, he said, was here in New York
on November 3. two days before he sailed
Asked II hn had soon Miss Arnold in Bos-
ten lart August h" said that was one of
the ma t"rs he could not discuss.
Mr. Grscom." somehodv nut in. "arc
you married to Dorothy Arnold;"
Il am not D." was the answer. quick
TO You expect 10 marry her?"
"AGc'n my promise" no replied Il
must soc IN" Arno,is before | discuss
any phases of the case
He eaid that there wds to he a confer
enoe between his family aud the Arnolds
Immediately, perhaps to-day. 1t was
then that he suggested that Mrs Arnold
might he pres mt. He had every reason
to believe thai she was here and not on
her wa' home She had told him in
Florence, l." explC.ncd, that abe would
be home th.ce or four days before he
arrived. Gad it was hi- impression that
she had sailed for home shortly after their
tslk in Florence which was on January rs.
DO you know of any reason why Miss
Arnold left home"
Il give you my word" said Nj Girls
com in some agitation, Il give you nv
word. | know of mona | do believe that
she Is olive and that she will he found
soon. mean" he added rapidly. that
! hope she will be found soon Certainly
] shall do everything in my power to
help find her. am al the Disposal utterly
of the Arnold family. Anything they
suggest to me ! am willing TO do"
He was told that steamship folders
with saliings marked had been found
with letters from him in Miss Arnolds
room after she disappeared
"Oh, ] don't think that is really sig
nificant." said he. Personally. have
neve.' had the slightest idea that the
young lady went TO Europe"
What is your theory"
well. But here again my promise
holds me-"
MIR Griscom left his stateroom for a
minute and called his father When
they returned the younger man said
Father. thought you might like to
say something as to W ny we came back
Because We want people to know that
we are acting frankly about this case"
said George s. Sr. I'VE have nothing
To conceal Please make that emphatic
We don't know anything. But we have
assured the Arnold family that il there
is any way We can help them we are AT
their service"
The father said that so far as he knew
there was To be no marriage. Mrs Gris-
com. in reply to a question along that
line, said II was matter she was not at
liberty TO talk about.
The Berlin was nosing herself into her
pier slip 10y that time and George S Jr
got busy with preparations for leaving
the ship. After collecting the family
luggage under the letter q he went 10 a
phone and called up the Hotel Schuyler,
50 West Forty-sCventh street. and asked
for rooms He obtained them and in
a few minutes more the family wcr" on
their way to the hoCe!
Until the pilot boa; brought Iewsnaners
and mail 10 the Berlin oil Sandy Hook
no one on tn" hoat save thc Gri-coms
knew that Dorothy Arnold la. been
missing sine" beccmi"r - or Tint tn.
name Of a passenger had hc",l brought
into the case. Capt II l.angrc,lt-l' said
that the first he heard oi il wa, wh"u tn"
newspaper mer boarded the Berlin AZ
Quarantine. Some of the passengers
picked NJ the story in their new- -,apers
or got references to il in letters
Several OF the meh passengers who
had been more or less chummy with
George s. Griscom. Jr.. in tho smoki ing
room said that he had been a very agree
able companion. They put MIN down as
n cultivated and unusually we'll informed
man and as one who had read n lot Of
worth while books Also he drew largely
Oh 4 fund OF amusing stories They said
that the elder Griscom, who was very
often with his son in the smoking room
parties. was a jolly sort, but that he let
the son do most Of the talking
Both father and son said last nj ght that
they expected to be in New York in
definitely.