The evening world., 1913-12-09

years ago mex, Friday and was never
seen afterward.
We have absolutely no new. Of my
daughter yet" said Rober. q. Mccain.
Il can only hope the newspapers viii
keep up their good work In aru vi us"
Then tho distracted father begged
that his message 10 the missing girl
might be published again. In the hope
that 81 might and her. wherever che
may he.
"for GODS sake. Sic, come home
70 your art-broksn parents. Your
mother 10 distracted ana will die
" you don't return soon"
SIS was family nickname. IL IL
engraved inside Of gold bracelet the
girl wore on her wrist when she disap-
pearcd.
The search yesterday led through hos.
pitfalls and niorgues The records Of the
new bureau for the Identification OF the
unidentified dead were eagerly searched.
All the resources OF the city's police
we're placed ~ the disposal Of the
scarchers. under the spur OF Mayor
kline's Instructions to make every pos
sble EFFORT on behalf of his old personal
friend. Mr.. Mccain
THINK SHE is VICTIM OF
APhASiA.
Members OF the family are about
ready to accept the suggestion Of the
family physician. Or Roger Durham.
No. a. Park place. Brooklyn, that the
girl has broken down and may be wan
derinE somewhere. a victim Of sphasia.
IN. Durham said to-day:
II saw her = few days before she ieft
home. She was nervous and iaolin$d TO
be morbid. She complained that she
had not been doing as much good work
a. she would like TO have done think
she may have wandered away In . state
Of aphasia because Of her nervous
condition and may therefore b found
before q great length OF time"
The police also believe that Miss Nc.
Cam will return home before very
long. They were particularly interested
In the fact that on Thursday morning
at the breakfast table an hour or %
before she left home. she received Q
letter. After reading this she began to
weep.
When Inquiries were made about
this missive. both Mr.. and Mrs. MCCAIN
said that Miss jessie nlYd always told
them the contents OF the letters she
received. or at least had said from
whom the letters came and narrated
their general tenor.
LETTER FROM GIRL FRIEND she
TOLD FAMILY.
There was nothing significant about
this particular letter" said Harrison
Mccain. u brother. 'Jessdc said It came
from a girl friend, and told It's con
tents. which were not important We
repeated the information to some Of
the detectives and they agreed with Us
that the letter had no bearing upon the
case. Jessie's crying at Just that time
was not caused by the letter.
The exact details Of the girrs disap.
peArance are these: Soon after break.
fast she donned q street costume and
told her moth;r that she was going "a
walk to the Home for Destitute Chill.
dren. She wAs not paid for Reaching
them but did It out Of charity. a. par
Of her Social service" career. to which
she always seemed to b intensely de
votsdN
"A far - Mrs. Mccain was able 4
estimate. Miss Jessie had only abou
nifty cents In her purss.
There was no worriment IN the Nc
Cam household wAsa the gir4 did MOI
return At 4 or s O'Clock In the afternoon
A. was her custom. II was only wher
she did not come back At late hour IL
the night that the family became
alarmed. And then they thought she
had gone to visit friends. 1t was tn,
next day when her father. Q clos,
friend OF Mayor Kline. asked the Ex'
scu.!ve to help In the search.