The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-09

theirsfather, happy in the reunion. and glad at the prospect Of Cenevfevers apparent restoration to health I4azt evening Harriet and Genevfsve walked out Elizabeth street to the afte of e. new hotel, about which Genevfeve had expressed curiosity and returning hore. they went for another short walk to get ice cream Genevieve retired ae 10:30- At 10:45 Harriet went into eis- ter's room, and in the dim nEi1t could see the outlines of her sisters figure in the bedc1othes. She was apparent ly sound asleep
 At o'clock thig morning Harrges
 entered Genevieve's room She was astonished to discover that the room was vacant. She hastened out. alarm
 ed her father, and the two were mat- ing a hasty survey Of the house when
 the sister discovered the note It Waa
 hastily written on an envelope. and thrust beneath the plate at Geneyieve'r
 place at table.
 The father lost no time in telephon- ing to Chief OdelI of the Derby police. A general warning was issued for fhe
 missing woman. She was described as
 five feet four inches in height, Of
 slight stature, weighing 99 pounds. with black hair, and blue eyes A
 hurried search of her wardrobe led
 the family to believe she had retired fully clad, bent on quitting the house
 as soon as all had retired. for her | newly 1aundered nightcIothes had not been worn. She was believed to have
 worn large black coat, black hat. and
 set of mink furs. There was no way
 but the front door for her to leave the house, for the key of the back
 accustomed place
 The Derby police communicated with the authorities Of other cities.
 giving a description of the girl. The father, shaken with grief. expressad the conviction several times that hfs
 daughter had gone to the river. The ice-bordered banks of the ITouaafonlIo
 were carefully scrutinized several times. but 1t was not until about 1
 o'clock this afternoon that a, Fars1sr reporter and Ernest Pfeiffer discover ed the corpse floating in the ice be- meath the Huntington bridge. There was no hat nor coat. nor any furs up- on the body. Dr. F. ". Loomfa to whom the discoverers of the body sent word. hastened to the spot with a grappltng iron with the aid Of which the body was hauled ashore Dr. Loomis made a casual examination.
 enough to satisfy himself that ft Hal
 case of drowning, and gave permfg- sion for the removal of the body.
 The theory of the drowning is that the girl made her way down Main street. to Housatonic avenue, north fn this thoroughfare to the electric light station, thence to the river bank The quantity of ice afloat in the river re- tarded the progress of the body down stream.
 The death of Miss A1lis is a shock to art circles in Connecticut and New York. Her proficiency in oil painting made her work in high demand
 President HadIey of Yale University has a number of her paintings Others have been exhibited in the principal
 displays in New York, Phi5adelDhfs- and a number of her paintings have found places on the wa1lg Of tho salons of Paris and other art ceuferg- One of the works she prfzed uuoes
 highly is hung in the Public 1fuseum of Art, in Philadelphia
 Miss A1lis was a frequent visltor to
 Bridgeport, and was often a Euest af the home of her aunt, Mrs. Eotch. kiss, in this city.
 She was a member of the Paint r (Conttps- on Page Twol