The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-27
So-Called "SchOOl Girl" Es-
capade Comes to an .
Abrupt Close
FATHER ANXIOUS TO
AVOID NOTORIETY
Girl Whose Absence Has Been Mys-
tery to Relatives and Detectives
Tumbles Into Fathers Arms
in Boston Hotel

Boston, April 26.-Romona Borden tum-
bled into the arms of her father, Gail
Borden the millionaire milk dealer of
New York at the Hotel Touraine today.
and so brought to am end what the fam
lily has decided to regard as a school
girls escapade
Half an hour later father and daugh-
ter drove away in an automobile for a
destination not made public. Mr.. Borden
is hopeful that the affair will soon be
forgotten, and is determined to protect
the girl from more notoriety.
Miss Borden will not return to New
York in the immediate future. Her father
plans to place her under medical care In
quiet retreat to recuperate from the
physical and nervous strain that attended
her flisht from the sanitariuf at Pompton
N. j., last Wednesday. There will be
no legal proceedings against any one
Miss Borden was located at noon today
at hotel where she was staying with
two girl friends and she was asked to
return to her father. She promptly con-
sented. Mr. Borden was waiting for the
girl when she arrived. Later it was said
that the reconciliation was complete.
Daughter Restored
person authorized to speak for Mr..
Borden said tonight
Mr.. Borden's daughter has been re-
stored to him today by the ill-advised
and foolish persons who assisted her to
evade his authority. The case is simply
that of an undiscipined girl who found
he ar
laid out for her distasteful and what has
been made so notorious is actually Moth
in& more than a reckless escapade Of
some school girls. Mr.. Bordens only
thought has been the good of his daugh-
ter. at heart good girl and sweet
girl, who now fully recognizes the deplor-
ably consequences of her foolish conduct,
and is happy to he back with her father.
Mr.. Borden hopes and believes that
the matter may nov BE treated as
purely private affair which it Is. so that
he and his family may be relieved from
further notoriety."
Once before Miss Borden broke away
from the parental moorings and for that
reason her father decided to place her in
the New Jersey rest cure after she had
been found in Washington 10 days ago.
At that time she visited friends in the
south, being absent from home without
permission.
Regarded as Punishment
When she was placed In the sanitarium
she regarded it as a punishment and last
Wednesday while out walking with a
nurse, jumped into an automobile and
was whirled away The identity OF her
companions in the car was not known.
The party went from Pompton to New
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Haven. Thursday afternoon they arrived
here. The next day one of the party
left. Miss Borden remaining at a hotel
with two girls
Yesterday one of the girls was recog-
nzed by Boston acquaintance who com
municated with Mr.. Borden. He arrived
here early today and local detectives
who had been searching promised TO re-
store the girl to her father.
The subsequent proceedings were scarce
" less a mystery than the circumstances
surrounding tho girls disappearance. o.
C. Kyle, who came with Mr.. Borden from
New York and said he was his representa-
tive, this afternoon notified the news
papers that the girl had been found Ac-
eordlng to him, Miss Borden had been
located at a private residence. The de-
tectives said they had found her at a
hotel. MT Borden refused to discuss the
matter lie appeared to have suffered
severely while waiting for word from the
detectives, and according to Kyle he was
almost ready to collapse when he met
his daughter.
Case Set Forth
New York, April 26-Through
statement tonight by William B. Elli-
son, former corporation counsel of New
York city, the interest of Mrs. Helen
sheldon White in the case of Miss Ro-
mona Borden was set forth.
"I have known Mrs. White for many
years and | know her to be most
estimable woman" said Mr.. Ellison IN
his statement. She has no children and
has grown very fond of Miss Borden.
with whom she has been intimately as
sociated The families had been close
friends for a long while.
Yesterday Mrs. White telephoned me
from Boston and explained the disap-
pearance of Miss Borden. denying that
she had kidnapped the girl: that Miss
Borden had pleaded with her to take
her from the sanitarium and that Mrs.
White was unable TO resist the girls
appeals"
The statement described visit Ro-
meAa paid Mrs. White in Savannah last
winter. Joining her father later in
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