The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-06-19
Parents, Neighbors and Po-
lice Search All Night for
Leaon Duvall Hiding From
Relatives.
SAYS MOTHER GONE
Kind Neighbor Believes
Child's Story and Harbors
Runaway While All Night
Search Is On.

After friends and neighbors OF the
family and several police officers had
spent the greater part of the night
searching for her and preparations
had been made this morning to drag
Glen Miller lake, Leaon Duvall, the
9-year-old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Amieal w. Duvall, 207 North Six.
teenth street, was returned to her par
ents about $3.50 this forenoon, by Miss
Edith Meyer. She said the child had
spent the night at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Meyer, 209 North
Eighteenth street, just two blocks from
the Duvall home.
The little girl became so hysterical
after her return home that she was
unable to offer any explanation for
running away from her home. After
crushing the child to her Mrs. Duvall
swooned.
Says Mother 10 Gone.
"Leaon accompanied my young SIS
ter to my parents home late yesterday
Afternoon Miss Meyer informed
newspaper men. She told us that her
mother was away from home and that
she could not get in the house be-
cause all the doors were locked. She
told US that her mother would call for
her when she returned. After supper
we waited some time for Mrs. Duvall
to call but when she failed to put in
an appearance we told Leaon she had
better 90 home.
She told us that her mother was
not home, saying she assuredly would
have come for her If she had returned.
We then decided to keep the child
over night.
This morning Mrs. Alonzo Massey
called at our home and told US that a
child living on North Sixteenth street
had been missing from home since
yesterday morning and that her moth
er was almost frantic. We realized at
opeo that Leaon was the missing child
and told her was going to take her
home. She did not want to 60 at first,
saying she was afraid OF the polics-
men,
Child 10 Nervous.
The child Is described by some
neighbors as being OF peculiar dispo-
sition and OF an extremely nervous
temperament. They also state that
her parents, who have two younger
children, are quite strict with her. It
is generally believed that after the
child had been absent from her home
several hours she was reluctant to re-
turn, possibly fearing she would be
punished.
"Leaon left home about s o'clock
yesterday morning, slipping out the
back way while l was busy with the
baby" Mrs. Duvall said this morning
before the little girl had returned
home.
Mrs. L. E. Price. 2o6 North Six
teenth street. said that the child
came to her home about o'clock yes
terday morning and informed her that
her mother was away from home. She
told her she should return home and
care for the babies.
Seen Near School.
! About noon the child called at the
home of Mrs. Charles Kuhlman, 2O3
North Sixteenth street, and asked her
If she intended to go to Glen Miller
park. Mrs. Kuhlman told her she was
not going and told her she had better
return home. She said she would wait
until 1890, when her father went
back to work. About that hour she
was seen trying to get into shed in
the rear Of her home and was sobbing
At / o'clock she was playing In a sand
pile with a little boy in front OF the
Starr school on North Fifteenth street
That was the last her parents heard
of her until she returned home this
morning.
A tramp was on Sixteenth street
yesterday afternoon and he was very
familiar with all the children he met.
It was feared by many that this man
had induced the little girl to accom-
pany him so a searching party Of
about ten men was organized and they
fisited every part Of the northeastern
lection of the city last night.