The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-10-02
LITTLE RUTH KING
WANDERED AWAY
FROM HOME
Found Late in the Evening at
Railroad Station
SEARCH OF SEVERAL HOURS
Lost Alarm Had Been Sounded Be
fore Child was Located BY
Henry Pratt

Afler AL attempts 10 find Ruth
King. the pretty little nine year
old daughter of Mrs. Myrtle King OF
Main street, who strayed from
home after school yesterday had
owed futile. following a search OF
nearly four hours, the lost alarm
was sounded shortly after nine o..
clock in the evening by Chief OF
Police Brazil After brief organic
ed search the child was located at
the local station OF the Rutland rail.
road about 1880 by Fireman Henry
Pratt, and taken home by James
HonidgC
When school closed In the after.
noon a heavy rain was falling and
the little girl. who is In the third
grade, went with some OF her class
mates. who live in the vicinity OF
Min street, for a short distance for
the protection OF their umbrella as
she was without enc. Just how the
child happened TO seek the steps o.
the freight house is not known, but
it is believed that she sought shelte.'
from the rain and the station was
the nearest place In sight BY the
time that the rain had let up 1t was
dark and there is reason To believe
that she fell asleep.
When Mrs. King arrived home
shortly after O'Clock and found
that her daughter had not put in an
appea -ance since she lett Tor schoo,
at noon, she became alarmed and
began to imagine all sorts OF acci
dents. The little girl always came
directly homo from school or from
where she had been sent upon an
crrand aud 10 she wanted 10 &c
home with some olassmale with
whom she had walked from school
she would ask her mother. alft
NJ S. Kings first thought was that
her daughter might have been look
ed in the school building by mistake
and her first sop was to get into
communication with Supt. A. W.
Varney, WHO with Mrs. King and
her daughters teacher. Miss Daisy
Iiudd, made search OF the rooms IN
the building. Then NJ. Narney aud
the teacher assisted Mrs. King in 10
eating as many OF her sehoolmates
as possible in an cffort to ascertain
whether the girl had been seen
rince school closed. but without re
suit.
Chief OF Police Brazil was then
notified and The alarm was sent in
When the girl was found sitting on
the steps of the station she was
| cold. wet aud quite exhausted. She
had been crying. Mr.. Pratt spoke "a
| he. and asked her name which she
promptly gave.
Just as the girl was brought IN
| arrangements were being made Il
drag the Cooper mill pond in search
of the body; lanterns had beer
lighted and several men we're about
| to start to look over the banks o
| the river This was after Officer
| Hurley had returned from the Guide
board district following up reports
| that gil of Ruth's description hat
been seen In that locality early II
| the evening. A woman who board
ed with Mrs. King. who had beer
| assisting in the search walked al
far as Division street and had L
ask the way home. She has live'
here two years and is not acquainted
| with the locality.
Mrs. King stood the strain won
derfully well and az an times wa
able to give any assistance sough
by the searching parties.
The little girl said this morninl
that she intended to get up to go 4
school, but her mother did no
permit her to do so. She is
| bright child and unusually talKativ'
for one u her age,'f rs - 20 I