Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-11
.DOROTHYA YARN()LDIN
.HOUSE0FNYS YSTERY?
Woman Patient Said to Have
Told Doctor She Talked
With Heiress.
A SECRET PATHWAY.
Female Clothing of Fashionable Cut,
Not Belonging to Anyone in Hospi-
tai, Found.

| Pittsburgh, April 11.-Evidence to
prove that Dorothy Arnold was be-
inss treated by DR.. C. C. Meredith, in
the 'House of Mystery" in Bellevue
soon after her disappearance has
teen given to District Attorney R.
II. Jackson, by one of the most
prominent physicians in this city.
This information was cleaned from
a prominent woman, who was in
! the Bellevue house at the same time
with Dorothy Arnold and for the
same purpose. The name of the
practitioner who divulged this infor-
nation to the District Attorney may
be made public today. He is the fam
lily physician Of the woman who was
in the Meridith "hospital" with Miss
Arnold.
"That Dorothy Arnold, the miss
ing Now York heiress died in the
Bellevue house is the conclusion
have reached after considering the
evidence l have at hand" declared
District Attorney Jackson. "It is
possible subsequent developments will
disprove this theory, but at present
all the evidence I have indicates that
Miss Arnold met her fate in the
Bellevue house."
Mir Jackson added that he had
been informed by reputable ply
isician Of this city, whose name is
withheld. that a patient of this ply
sic;an, while an inmate of DR.. Meri-
dith's hospital had often seen
Dorothy Arnold there and talked to
her on several occasions. Miss Ar
mold at the same time was treated
by Dr.. Meridith.
In commenting on the statement
given out by J. S. Keith, of New
York, attorney for the Arnold FAM
lily, anent Mr.. Keith's visit to this
city and his search of the "House> of
Mystery" in company with DR.. Meri-
dith, District Attorney Jackson said
he was of the opinion that Mr..
Keith had been fooled by Meridith:
! "It would have been an easy mat
ter for the attendants in. the house
to substitute another woman for
Miss Arnold in the interim between
the visit of Attorney Keith at the
i house and when he first called on
Dr.. Meridith and demanded permis-
sion to search the place, said Mr..
Jackson.
Mr.. Jackson, continuing, said:
Investigation of the house re-
veals three rooms in the top of the
building the entrance to which easily
escapes detection In these rooms
the more important cases are said
to; have been treated. In addition,
there is a secret path leading from
tic house which my men have dis
covered.
an view of the information / have
received l am of the opinion that
| Miss Arnold was either a patient
at the House of Mystery when At
torney Keith searched it or that her
death had occurred before mis- visit
and her body done away with.
Gwen had she been in the house
it would have been an easy matter
for the attendants to .secrete Miss
Arnold and substitute woman with
blonde hair for Mr.. Keith's inspec-
tion, Miss Arnold had black hair
and it was a black-haired woman
who was known in the house as Dor
, othy Arnold when our informant
was va: there. From black hair to
blonde hair is a wide range, and
the person who Informed Attorney
Keith that she had seen Dorothy
Arnold in the Bellevue house could
never have mistaken a yellow-haired
woman for one with raven black
. locks" @
District Attorney Jackson announ-
, ces that he is now working on clue
which may clear up the mystery OF
, Miss Arnold's disappearance. ano
! that the solution may be made pub
!. lie at any time.
4 He added:
81 am not so much interested II