The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-12
DIG UP VICTIMS
OF HOUSE OF MYSTERY
Continued from page H.

girl for whom all the world has
searched. was mental wreck near
the point OF death in her fathers
house.
Angered by Jacksons declaration
that his daughter had been patient
in house OF mystery" in Pitts
burgh and had thence been brought
home to die, Arnold today broke the
rule set when his daughter vanished.
more than three years ago, and In
vited newspaper men to inspect his
home and set at rest the report OF
his daughters being there.
Seven newspaper men, repr ssentinf
the United Press and newspapers Of
New York. accepted Arnold's invita-
ton. He, with John S. Keith, his at
torney, met the reporters in the par
lor of the old fashioned residence.
Arnold again declared that since the
day Dorothy Arnold walked out OF
the Fourth avenue book store, not
one trace Of ar has ever been found.
He bitterly denounced Jackson's
statements. particularly that part in
which he intimated that Miss Arnold
had undergone an illegal operation
in the Pittsburgh sanitarium.
Now said he, Il have said that
my daughter is not dying in this
house The Pittsburgh district attor-
new says she is dying here. You
gentlemen may go and see"
Guided by Attorney Keith, a Unit
14I, !,
were selected by Arnold, then went
through the house from cellar to gar
ret. Not single trace OF Dorothy
Arnold was found-not even a single
article reminding of the girl. remain
ed in the rich old fashioned home
In the front room on the secona
floor of the four story residence
Dorothy's own room which she left
when she vanished into the unknown
there was not trace Of the girl.
On the walls hung a number of old
prints of the style Of forty years ago
and in one corner stood a stand of
books. The notable feature Of the
room was two brass beds-twin beds
-glittering new. Nearby was heavy
mahogany fiat desk with few books
upon it. Not trace of the girl was
there and it was evident that the
heart-Droken family had striven to
shut out from their eyes the tragedy
which has plainly blighted the home.
After the inspection OF the house,
the four servants were inspected. One
Of them an OLD retainer named Mag
gle, said she had been with ths fam
lily since before Dorothy was born.
Have you ever seen Miss Arnold
since the day. more than three years
ago, when she disappeared? Has she
ever been in the house since?" she
was asked
Never" she said with great posi-
tfveness. II have never seen her or
heard word OF her.
II wish had" she went on. "If
I had ever seen her. I'd hold on to
her. Shed never get away from me
again"
Arnold explains that his wife, brok-
en- down by grief, had left New York
for Europe. THAT should be enough.
Would, a mother leave her child dy-
ing and go away to another land?"
District Attorney Whitman tonight
denied he had talked Of the Dorothy
Arnold case with District Attorney
jackson when he was in Pittsburgh
Friday. 1t has been rumored in Pitts
burgh that Jackson got his informa-
ton as to the present VIII areabouts OF
Miss Arnold from Whitman.
II called Mr.. Whitman on the tele--
phone said Francis r. Arnold. the
girls father, today. "The district at
torney said he knew nothing about
the Pittsburgh case; that he had new
er spoken to jackson about anything
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