New-York tribune., 1911-01-30
Woman Friend Tells Lawyer She
Saw Missing Girl Near Central
Park on Day She Vanished.
LAKE WILL BE DRAGGED
Fear of Father That She Was
Slain on Lonely Walk Home
Made Stronger by First
Clew Found for Days.

Keith that she was In Park e. Tilfords
store In 69th street, between 1870 and
o'clock on the afternoon OF December IL,
and that she heard a young woman IN
struct the clerk at the candy counter u
charge her purchase TO F. r. Arnold.
giving also her fathers address No los
East 18th street
Mr.. Keith's informant showed by her
conversation over the telephone that she
was woman OF refinement. She SAID
she was positive that the girl was Miss
Dorothy Arnold, as she took note az the
time OF the low V shaped neck in her
dress and also distinctly remembers the
hat. both of which have since been de-
scribed In detail In the newspapers.
It was about 5 O'Clock. she said. sc-
cording TO Mr.. Arnold. and quite dark.
This information, Mr.. Keith said, helped
to confirm the theory OF Miss Arnolds
friends that she had gone into Central
Park after dark and had got lost.
Mr. Keith regards the unidentined
woman's story as one OF the most I'M
portant pieces OF evidence that has yet
reached the Arnold family.
What had attracted the attention OF
the family's unknown Informant espe-
cially to Miss Arnold was that she went
from box to box directing the clerk VINO
was waiting on her 20 make UP tns
candy order in the exact way she Visheo.
Her acquaintances were aware that th's
was her habit when ordering candy.
Sure As to tho Time.
The woman was sure that II vas dark
AZ the time. because the store nsnts
we're lighted. She was also sure OF the
| time. because she had taken a streetcdr
to be home before 6 o'clock.
This new light on the case heipeo l"
convince Miss Arnold's friends that
their theory is correct and tnat harm
came TO her as she walked through the
park after dark.
Almost anything can happen in Cen
trail Park after dark" said Mr.. Keith.
The new clev will he investigated to-
day. Mr.. Keith intimated that o search
| Of the lake might be made. ION the
night OF Miss Arnold's disappearance the
lake froze," said Mr.. Keith. Since that
time II has frozen once or twice, but at
present there is no ice
Among the letters and telegraph NEE
saees received at the home Of Mr.. Arnold
Yesterday was a letter from Buffalo. the
contents Of which the Arnold counsel
think worthy OF police investigation.
The letter reads: "Mr. Arnold: THAR
Is lady here She is sick IN bed She
is insane Come and see"
The letter was not signed, but the
name Of a Buffalo hospital was mem
toned. Fearing its publication might
retard the detectives Who viii work ON
the case, John S. Keith, one Of the law
yers employed by Mr.. Arnold, refused
10 make the name known.
Another Central Park Lead.
The girls father placed good deal
of Importance on the supposition e3e
pressed in a letter with a New York city
date line, that Miss Dorothy Arnold
walked near the large lake in Central
Park. and perhaps, to pick up some
thing. walked too far and slipped IN.
The lake always looks pretty. winter and
summer" the letter said. and she may
| have met with an accident there when
nobody was near 10 help"
Mr. Keith acknowledged at Mr. Ar
| nold's home. in East 10Th street. yester-
day that the lawyers and the family
had not been frank In their treatment of
the newspapers. On Saturday Mr.. Keith
kept the reporters waiting three hours
and then refused TO deny or affirm that
George 8 Grscom. jr. OF Pittsburg. 4
York, formerly Ambassador 10 Italy.
had been under suspicion relative TO the
girls disappearance.
Mr.. Keith had more 10 say yesterday.
He cleared UP one thing that had been
especially puzzling on Saturday by eS-
planning that Jack" Arnold had sailed
on January instead OF December 3. on
Saturday II had been said that Miss Ar
nold's brother didn't hear Of her disap-
pearance until January 90. statement
obviously untrue. Moreover. Mr.. Keith
also said that young Arnold saw George
s. Griscom. jr., in Florence. Italy. on
January Is.
Mr. Keith said yesterday: Miss Dor
othy knew Mr. George S. Griscom. jr..
and she knew about a dozen other men.
We decided that the tone OF the letters
we found from four men seemed TO make
II worth while looking them UP. Three
Of the men live in this city. imme-
diately began my Investigations OF those
In town. found them, talked with them.
and learned that they knew nothing OF
her disappearance. Then asked sone
Of her Bryn Mavr friends TO help me
and from them | found out that they
knew Griscom. but did not know his
present whereabouts. Griscom left the
country on November 5.
The Search for Griseer,.
According TO the young women re-
ferred 10, Miss Dorothy had told them
she had not seen him since two week,
before ne sailed. Then I communicated
with his family mean Lloyd G.. Gris.
com. He did not know where oeors.
Griscom, jr.. was--has not seen him IN
twenty years-but put me In touch viii
the Pittsburg family.
From George Griscom, jrs. aunt IL
Pittsburg ] found that Griscom was n
Florence, Italy, with his father ant
mother. The Arnold family wrote lonl