Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
POLICE GET NO
TRACE OF TWO
MISSING GIRLS
Believed That Hattie Journt
Prevailed Upon Companion to
Leave With Her.

No trace has yet been found Of
Hattie Journt, of $50 Bergen street.
and Cecilia Holiday Of 306 Peshine
avenue, who left their homes to at
tend church last Sunday and have not
been seen or heard from since.
From what the police have learned
they believe the Journt girl went
away rather than go to Saybrook to
make her home, and that she pre-
vailed upon the other TO accompany
her. Both are sixteen years old and
have been companions for a long time.
Nine years ago Ernest Journt,
father OF Hattie, was stationary en-
gineer In Heltzman's brewery. then
at Morris and Springfield avenues. In
the course of quarrel with a driver
one day he was hit over the head
with a heavy glass and sustained a
fractured skull, from which, it is as
serted. he was only partially restored
to health, being subject to epileptic
fits and periods of irritability ever
since.
He was very strict with his four
children, of whom Hattie Is the Sec
ond, and the strictness increased as
his condition grew worse. During
the past year he has been able to work
but little, and his wife was compelled
TO find such work as she could secure.
Three weeks ago Journt was taken
to the City Hospital In the hope that
an operation would save his life. The
greatest fear of his wife now Is that
he will learn of Hattie's disappear
ance and work himself into frame
of mind, which will Interfere with
Al. Of a
ton.
Did Not Want to Leave.
Last week Mrs. Journt told her
children she feared that she would
have to break up her home, and sug-
gested that Hattie would find a
home with her married daughter,
Mrs. William Bremmen, of Saybrook.
Hattie did not like this suggestion.
partly because of an inability to get
along well with her brother-in-law
and partly because she did not want
to leave Newark.
She said nothing about going away,
however, and her mother did not
suspect her intentions when she left
home last Sunday. 1t has been
learned since, however, that she had
packed most of her belongings in a
suit ease which she hid in some place
not yet learned. She formerly
worked in Wadsworth's chocolate
factory, In Jelliff avenue, but was
not employed recently.
The Holiday girl gave no hint as
to her intentions. either. She lives
with her parents in very comfort
ably furnished home, and although
she worked for short periods once or
twice, could have gone to school IL
she had wished. Like the other girl,
she was INDUCED by her parents, but
so far as known neither went to
dances and only occasionally to a
moving picture show.
The Holiday girl packed a suit
case and hid IL away from home at
some time previous to Sunday. Her
parents are greatly distressed, as is
Mrs. Journt, but 80 far have been I'M
able to give the police any promising
clues as to the possible destination
OF the two.
Both girls are about feet inches
tall and each weighs about 1870 pounds.
The Holiday girl. who is dark, wore
gray dress. black velvet hat and
black and white shoes. The Journt
girl. who is of light complexion, wore
| q gray skirt, blue sweater and black
| hat