The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-29
new CASTLE GIRL
IS STILL MISSING
indianapolis Detective i:
Hunting Little Miss Be-
lieved Kidnapped.

NEWCASTLE, Ind, March 29.-The
people of thic city are eagerly waiting
for word from Harry C. Webster, the
Indianapolis detective, who has charge
of the search for little Catherine Win
tiers, the nine-year-old child, who SO
mysteriously disappeared March 90.
Webster was to start for Plattsville,
Wis, last Tuesday, to ascertain if the
child was with her grandmother, Mrs.
Eliza Whistler at that place, and he
was to telegraph here as soon as he
completed his investigation.
Nothing has been heard from Web
ster since he left and it is not known
if he reached that point or is delayed
somewhere on the road. Newcastle
large city, except Indianapolis, and it
may be that Webster is not able to get
through the message for which the
citizens here are so anxiously waiting.
Or. Winters In Search Of Gypsies.
The failure to get word from Web
ster, however, has not caused any
abandonment in the search here nor
lessened the excitement in the search
in this locality. Winters has dropped
everything in the way of business and
Is devoting all his time to the search
for his child, which he still declares
was stolen by gypsies. He started
today for Westfield, Hamilton coun-
ty, to investigate the Information CIV
en- him in a letter from a minister at
that place that gypsy wagon and a
strange child is at that place.
The police today made public an an
nouncement that has caused a feeling
of uneasiness here. A few days be-
fore little Catherine disappeared a
man in a buggy stopped Helen, the
seven-year-old daughter of Calvin Mill
igan, saying he knew her papa and
home. The child climbed into the bug
gy and as they passed the Milligan
home the little girl said: There is
where my papa lives"
The man drove short distance and
then put the child on the sidewalk.
and a half block distant he abandoned
the horse and buggy and disappeared
A lumber dealer found the team and
returned it to the stable where it was
hired. The police kept this matter
quiet and have searched for the man
on the theory that he had mistaken
the wrong child for the Winters girl
and when he found he had the wrong
child he permitted her to 60.
Little Girl Was insufted.
At the livery stable the man was de-
scribed as being about 225 pounds, full
his left leg. 1t was at first denied the
man took any liberties with the child,
but last night the chief admitted that
the little girl had been insulted, but
not in any way injured.
1t did not take long for this story to
be known, and it has added greatly tc
the excitement here. The parents OF
little girls are alarmed, fearing a de-
generate is prowling about in this vi
cinity. No trace of the man has beer
found
The police also gave out the fact
last night that they had heard from
Ivan c. Whistler, the uncle of the miss
ing girl and half brother to Miss Ida
Chalfant. Four days after the Winters
child disappeared Chief Bosloug re
ceived a telegram from Whistler e
Madison, Wis, which is about one hun
dred miles from Plattsville. The tele-
gram asked for particulars, and in
structed that the answer be sent il
care of the Madison police department
A telegram was sent to the chief of DC
lice, but was not answered.