New-York tribune., 1911-01-30

bean KIND 10 Miss Dorothy and VINO were
spend,ng ths winter in Florence
The sisters. whose names I DO not
-sre to make known. were urged 10 see
Mr.. GrisconY and try to ascertain wnet'e'
he coula assist in the solution OF MISS
Dorotby's disappearance. They saw hirn'
ana ne said 20 them that he knew noun
ing about her disappearance az all Ane
rrdarstanding was that II these youhs
women ascertained valuable mformsuon
thew were TO cable; II not they shouiu
write.
"rhey wrote us that Mr.. Griscom Kne"
nothins about the strange features oi
the case, and was there in Florence Nv
inc ouietly with his father and mothef'
Mr. Grisccm. jr., IS about toFty-n'0
wears old. AS soon as we recelVeo 'uo
I.,ter we dropped the Griscom clew ao-
s,,utelv. Since that time. purely by ao'
c,6ent. he has even been seen asa'"
The last time was not more than TWO
weeks ago.
Jack Arnold left America on 1shu'
srv 3-not December 3, as at hrst gwen
out 70 the papers. He went on business
cornecteS with proprietary supplies on
3 special mission. for which ! drew up
the contract that he was succesStul III
closing. Jack kent first 70 Paris, tnen
N number Of seaport towns that deal
IN his line Of supplies. In MS TRIP
through Italy he went to Florence, ana
there saw Mr.. Grlscom, on January Is
HJack" Arnold Sees Griscom.
lack Arnold asked Mr. Griscom if
ne knew anything more. He said no. ~
,bA on,nton OF the Arnold family ana
myself. therefore, Mr. Griscom is anoNe
suspicion. In fact, we have eli'nlhateu
the man theory in Miss Dorothys ais
snnearance I might say that u was
o,,Iv after we had eliminated the man
.h.orv that the family consented that
,,,hl,citv methods be employed IN 'he
~. ~ finding some other clew. Ihe
reason Jacks statements TO the press
on his return yeterday were cohillotIns s
,,.ss that he had no idea that we nau
a,nsa1ed 70 the press for assistance anu
-. ,akon bv surprise when the report
ers saw him. .,,.Os
=. ,.,o,,.,, that the C1riscoms arrived
- ,-1orence on December u ana leA'
,bore on Januarv 25. with ticKetS Io'
GERMANY. on their way, prooaoN' I"
this country. 49,. 1,.,.r for
The reason advanced by Mr.. keith l0'
,i,.irr the above statement TO the news
papcrs was that he feared Wrohs in' %
nress;on had got abroad concerning NV
ton,i,,..s wish TO withhold information
q, ;,s rossession from the public WIN
tho result that Deputy Comm'ssioiie'
,-,.,, nrivate detectives and indiViou-
o,s might cease trying 20 solve the CASE
H. declared that the family ana u'e
LAWYERS had absolutely no clew 70 u'e
.,;rrs vherea bouts. Miss Dorothy TIC
.si6 cared nothing FOR men. The theory
,l,at she might have, for some reason
mental breakdown or girlish notion ieit
nome with a romantic idea Of earning
her own living. had been put aside as
bieblv inprobable. The suicide theory
,r Keith thought, had been eliminated
by the fact that she bought the cahuy
and the book
Mrs. Arnold, the girls mother SAID
Mr.. Keith. has not had any iniorma
tion that the rest of the family has not
received she is with friends, endeaVor-
ing TO keep as far away as possible from
tho narrowing effects Of publicity, She
IS not in New York City. She went
away after New Years, about two
weeks ago
No Ciandestins Letters
\ member Of the Police Department
denied Yesterday that Miss Dorothy had
received mail at the general delivery
window Of the Fostofiice. He said the
Police Department mad investigated that
report and found II had no foundation.
Mr.. Arnold received a prepaid night
/ telegraph letter from Atlanta. Ga, read
ing: Your daughters whereabouts
known to me. Is your newspaper story
authentic? If so. wire answer 20 Pied
mont Hotel here" IL was signed.
Later there was a long distance tele-
phone call for Mr. Arnold from Atlanta,
with charges collect at this end. MI
Keith refused to take il on those terms,
and then the man in Atlanta paid them
and said that some one had used his
name without permission in sending the
night telegram. II was some ones