The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-11

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| Chestnut street. Philadelphia. sh,
! seemed very nervous and upset
II IL fact. too. uat the girl had
expected to vis,t Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
over Thauksg.v,uS ami had been very
J diss ppoint,d " en she was unable 10
CO. She had told Wcndie Squros. her
sweetheart. That she had looked for
ward to ;hc visit because she could
have rest and that che was anxious
for another chance 10 make the bclated
trip.
| Another who thought he saw her was
: John Byrne. VINO Is game commits.
sloper nj Lebanon. ~. H.. but - visit
7 IT, o. sister, Aiiss " v. Byrne, at 40
G6 Central PARK West lie boarded an
Eighth avenue car at Ninety-eighth
street at T.. n. 10 go to one Hundred
and sixteenth street. and saw a girl
across tho car from him who seemed "a
he trying 10 shield her face from his
gaze. Thinking II was Miss Mccain
he rode twenty blocks beyond his des-
tlnatlon. But tho girl made no move 20
alight. so no left the car.
As TO Wendell Squires, whose home
IL IN tho vicinity OF Columbia Univcr.
sity. II developed that he met tho girl
Tor the mrs, time last summer. when she
spent a considerable time at the Airing.
ton Hotel in Good Ground. l.. l.. -7hich
Is owned by his father. He has been
going about with the detectives ever
since they began their search, but his
Identity was not made known until yes
terday.
YOUTH. NOT GIRL. WROTE Mvs.
FERROUS LETTER.
II was he. II now appears, who wrote
the letter which Miss Mccain received
at the breakfast table Thursday morn
ing just before she started away from
home. As members OF the family pre-
viously have said, abe had \ weeping
spell about this time. They told the re-
porters. when originally asked about
this. tina! tho letter was from . GID
friend and entirely unlmportanI"
Mr.. SQurcs said to q reporter Last
night:
"Jcss and were not formally en-
FACED. but I had hoped to marry her.
and l think thu same thing was In her
mind about ma At least / hope that It
was.
Il have known her since last August.
when l met her at my fathers hotel st
GOOD Ground. I have admired her
very much. but never have I spoken
one word Of love TO her nor dA I ask
her to marry me.
i have frequently visited her at the
nome OF the McCanns ana have taken
Jess out to theatres often.
Il wrote the letter to her that she re-
ce>vsd on Thursday morning Just before
she left ] mailed II Wednesday night II
she 10 found. l suppose the letter will be
found on her and made public. but IN
less that happens. I cannot tell you It,
contents. ! must shield her and protect
her In every way can. and while there
10 nothing In tho letter that I am afraid
to have made public stiilII am sure Jsss
would prefer that did not make
Known Its contents. There was nothing
In the letter TO cause her unhaDpinsas or
make her run away.
TELLS OF GIRLS VISIT TO COMFY
go. SCHOOL.
Harold A. Callahan. the Columbia law
student whose name was mentioned
yesterday In connection with the dlsap.
psarancs Of Miss Mccain was surprised
when he learned that his name had bssn
brought Into the case. When seen At
the University Law School by q World
reporter. yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Gala.
han said.
1T 10 true that was At Good 0round.
l.. j. last summer. but while there
spent most OF my time tutoring or on
board my boat never met Miss Nc
Cam. In fact. while l was there I did
not even hear her name mentioned"
A. TO Miss McCaun's movements after
she left her home. yesterdays new EVIL
! Arnold. a PRINCIPAL Of Public School No.
leo. at Coney Island. lie said:
AT II o'clock Thursday morning q
young woman came to my ONCE and
said che was Miss Jessie Mccain,
teacher at tho Home for Destitute Chill
dren. She said she was interested In
instruction and asked II she might visit
some of our classes. She seemed quite
normal and cheerful.
! Il agreed and she went into the room
OF Miss Goldsmith. one u the teachers
here. She stayed there until 1. Then
she visited Miss Phill'ps's room. whore
she remained until 230. At recsss time
she engaged In exercises with some Of
the children In tho schoolyard. She 70
malned altogether until after I o'clock"
\ well dressed man Of middle age.
who said ho was Hector j. Upper OF
NO ls3 ialsey street. Brooklyn. entered
Police Headquarters this afternoon and
after trying TO see Commissioner Waldo
or Deputy Commissioner Douyherty
finally told Capt Dunn that he had
found Miss Jessie Evelyn MCann. the
missing brooklyn girl. She was I'm the
chorus OF a Bowery burlesQue show. he
SAID and he wanted the reserves turned
out to hght a way into tho theatre and
rescue her.
Tupper TALKED so strangely that Cant
Dunn had Policeman seamon lead him
TO the Mulberry street station. where
he said, they'd pick up the reserves,
and then he was driven TO Belleyue
Hospital, where he will be observed 70,
a few days.
ANOTHER FLATBUSH GIRL
MISSING FROM HOME