Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-22
EUTHS VISIT OLD
HOUSE SEEKING BODY
OF DOROTHY ARNOLD
Fellow Directions Given by
Penitentiary Convict, Who
Says He Helped to Bury
It in Cellar
SO FAR UNSUCCESSFUL

new YORK. April 22.--About an old,
rnmbling Colonial house secluded on the
hafikn OF the Hudson, near West Point,
centred search today for the body OF
Dorothy Arnold, missing New York
heiress. whose. disappearance i've years
$40 has furnished mystery baffling the
police Of Europe and America.
In n cold drizzle Of rain scores OF curious
tourists made their way over the roads
from West Point to gaze upon the bleak
old house. Convict Glennorrls In Rhode
Island penitentiary. says II holds the
secret Of the young wonans disappear
ence. Inspector Faurot, in New York Ia
gathering every item of information re-
sariIng the possible house Of death. He
admitted today that n portion OF the cellar
had been dug cp when he and four of his
detectives visited the place last night.
They failed 70 fnd body. but the
search has not been abandoned. on the
contrary, the Information gained so far
leads Faurot and his men to believe that
Glennorris must have had part In some
crime In the section he has been able to
describe 30 infinitely. Whether he actually
was party to the burial OF Dorothy
Arnold, Faurot Is not ready to concede
but he now believes the convict's confes-
sion and the old william Pell house on
the Hudson warrant the most thorough
Investigation.
Faurot and Detective Grant williams
went to West Point to search for the house
In the cellar OF which 0lennorris said the
body was buried after Williams visited
the convict In the Rhode Island penitentI.
ary, II was learned today williams is
thoroughly familiar with the West Point
district and was surprised at the knowl-
edge Glennorris had of the location OF
different landmarks.
WILLIAMS did not tell Glennorris that
he knew the West Point section" said
Faurot. hut Just let him tell Of different
landmarks he was acquainted with. The
convict described the old colonial house,
how their roads lay and the house across
the way In which the light was burning.
Then he told OF the night trip In the
automobile during which the girls body
was carried away and buried
He told williams that statements that
the girls face was veiled were incorrect.
He said he saw her face distinctly, and
that II was so strilingly like that of the
pictures he had seen of Dorothy Arnold
that he asked who she was. Glennorris
then said he was told the girl was Dor
othy Arnold He said he had no idea how
she came to hersdeath."
"Golnk to West Point we located the
house answering Glennorris' general de-
scription. We found that the cellar floor
had apparently been repaired at one spot
nince Il was flrst laid. We began digging
there. After going down 10 considerable
depth we struck sewer pipe. That's all
we found. and we the, returned here to
pick UP the thread OF our investigation.
Later another trip may be made to the
house."
Faurot said that, in view OF develop
ments, the investigation would now be
carried to the limit. II the story told by
GIennorris is not true, Faurot said he
did not know what object the convict had
in telling II, unless he hoped he might he
released from the penltentiary for a time
to aid in the investigation.