New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
ARNOLD CASE NOW
A 3-YEAR MYSTERY
Worldwide Search for
Rich Girl Cost Fortune
and Failed Completely.
DISAPPEARANCE CAME
DURING SHOPPING TOUR
Family Convinced Young Woman
Is Dead and That Her Fate
Will Remain Unknown.

When thousands OF dollars had been
spent in frui,less search, the resources OF
the worlds cleverest detectives and re-
porters exhausted, and not single sub
stantial clew to her whereabouts discov-
ered the quest for Dorothy Arnold was
abandoned. It stands as the most abso-
Lutte police mystery of modern times.
Three years and twenty-five days have
passed since Dorothy Harriet Camille Ar
mold walked out of her fathers luxurious
home at No. los East 18th street. bent on
shopping tour. Two hours later she
was seen, on the street. Since that time
not a clew regarding her whereabouts or
fate has been picked up, despite the fact
that even the most remote cities of the
earth have been searched carefully.
The young womans picture has gone
the world over. Hospital and death rec
ords in every country have been scanned
carefully, but without success. Her
family and others connected with the
case now are convinced she is dead,
though none can hazard a guess as to
how, when or where she met her end.
on the day of her disappearance Miss
Arnold went to Park & Tlford's store, on
Fifth avenue. near 59th street, where she
bought box of candy. Later she visited
Brentano's book store. at Fifth avenue
and 9th street, where she made a pur-
chase. These two incidents caused de-
tectives TO place small faith in the theory
of suicide.
After leaving the book store Miss Ar
mold, so far as could be learned, was not
seen again. For more than a month her
parents kept her disappearance secret,
employing private detectives to keep up
the search. On January %, 1911, Francis
r. Arnold, her father. decided to make
public the fact that his daughter was
missing. The newspapers Immediately
assigned their best reporters 10 individual
searches for the missing GIRL and her
disappearance became the leading topic
of the day.
a reward of $1,000 was offered by Nr.
Arnold for information concerning his
daughter and in a few days the whole
world was looking for the girl. An APP
parent clew centred the search for time
about Philadelphia, hut nothing came
of it.
1t developed few days later that there
had been an attachment between the
missing young woman and George S.
Griscom. jr..' OF Pittsburgh. 4 clandestine
correspondence, it was found. had been
carried on. week later Griscom re-
turned from Italy and assumed charge Of
the search for the girl. which had then
led detectives to Atlantic City For the
f.fI lot ixrac
spent all their time running down false
clews.
on March is the lakes i'm Central Park
were dragged in final effort to find the
girls body but. like other efforts. that
was unsuccessful. The next day Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold admitted that they had given
up hope OF ever seeing their daughter.
The Arnold family was opposed to
Griscom's interest I'm the case. and re-
ports of an open break between him and
a member of the Arnold family were cir
culated. While at Atlantic city Grlscom
engaged detective TO conduct the in
vestigatlon and at the same time ward
off reporters who were watching his own
movements In an interview soon after
he returned from abroad Griecom stated
his positive conviction that Dorothy
would be found within a week.
William j. Flynn, then head OF the
New York police Detective Bureau. be-
| lieved at first that the mystery would be
solved but later he altered his opinion
and declared IL would go down in history
as unsolved.
II is estimated that the search FOR Doro-
thy Arnold cost fully $4,000. Half that
amount was expended by newspapers.
So. 900 by the Arnolds and the remainder
by the police. From time to tine there
have been rumors that Dorothy had re-
turned. but these have always been de-
MED al the Arnold home.