The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-23
WOMAN VANISHES IN
CLAYPOOL MYSTERY
Miss Hill, Indicted After Tale
Of Hcircss, Cannot Be
Found Here.
NEW RIDDLES APPEAR

The strange misadventures that hefell
Miss Gertrude Claypool. helress under
the will of the late John W. Bookwalter
OF Ohio. may or may not be parts OF
q huge conspiracy. but already enough
"a known TO perplex District Attorney
Swami and his assistant. John T.
Dooling.
In fact Assistant District Attorney
Dooling has never before encountered
such a confused tumble of facts from
WHICH he Is expected to develop a chain
Of evidence.
The newest problem hat confronted
Mr.. Dooling yesterday morning was
presented with the information tina, Miss
Margaret Hill OF EOS West Fifty fourth
street, the leading cha-a cter thus far
figuring In the m~isadvcnturcs of Miss
Claypool. was missing. She had been
indicted on Wednesday by "A Grand Jurv
IN Essex county, New Jersey, on a
charge Of assault, the specific &C,
charged against her being the ~drurginp
or Miss Claypool In the Robert Treat
Hotel in wark In the same indic,-
ment was the narne of Alexander Sidney
Rosenthal. lawyer. OF 299 Broadway, who
like Samuel Sobel. says that he is the
estViHN W WISE 'ltNI ptis
Left Picture of Herself nchind.
Mr.. Doollng sent Detectives Cuninc,
Gallagher and Jones to- Mlss Hilrs apart.
ment. only to find that she had vanished
They had a warrant for her arrest, based
OH the New Jersey Indictment. Thc
apartment had been cleared OF many OF
Miss Hille belongings. for she had
packed up on TUESDAY. hut She let u
box which contained a picture OF herself
and of Frank Humphrey. a ~tangoist. In
evening dress. That picture shows q
robust. attractive woman. with dark hail
and eyes. In the box also were pictures
OF many prominent men here-men witt
whom Miss Hill apparently was no
acquainted. How the pictures got Into
the woman's hands was a riddle to tn,
authorities.
In Miss Hills apartment we're founc
several package. containing a whit,
powder. These packages were taken e
the District Attorneys office and will 70.
handed TO "A chemist. VINO Will analyz,
them carefully. The substance had Z
fweet smell, similar to the perfum.
found or the flowers which Miss IN
sent to Miss Cltypool at tine Grea
Northern and similar TO the scent Of tn,
artificial lilies If the valley that wer,
found in Miss Claypool's room in ~
Robert Treat Hotel. Newark. where sh,
is said to have been kept prisoner 70
two days.
In the apartment WAS u negro maid
Frieda johnson ~ 2O2 West l32d stree,
who said that she had also worked "A
maid for Miss Claypool in the ,irra
Northern Hotel at the time that Mis-
Hill was calling upon Miss Claypun'
The maid was held as witness and wa
questioned for some hours last cN.rin
by Mr.. Dooling and William Dean En-
bree. another Assistant District .Attor
nsy.
Other Witnesses Fomnd.
While search for Miss nm prove
fodle. detectives succeeded in iindin
ether witnesses who knew Of the High
OF Miss Claypool from the Great Nurtf
ern on June ! in company with Mis-
Hill. They found the chauffeur who WI
hired by a certain man to drive the Nv
women from hotel to hotel and VIII
finally took them to Newark. Tho nam
OF this man was not disclosed. tn
driver. who was hired at | O'Clock O
h morning of June : TO take Miss III
and Miss Claypool back To- New Iorl
was also found He too has told h
story.
Mr.. Dooling has learned that viii
Miss Claypool was away from the Gre.
Northern Hotel, ana under tho IL
fuence OF drug at least part of q
time. she signed "A number of document
Many OF those documents were four
either in the Claypool-Hlll suite in Il
Robert Treat Hotel or in the hotel SAT
Among these was a document IN.
promised to Miss lin a commission
10 per cent. of all the money she VIC
In her fight to contest the will OF Bool
walter. filed in ohio and ~bequeathir
only 500. 900 to Miss Claypool. Anoth,
document was an agreement ~retainlI
Rosenthal as attorney for Miss ella.
pool and authN izinG him TO carry on Il
will fight,
&4,OOO.OOO In second VIII
Mr.. Dooling said last nlgh; tn
Rosenthal had told him that there ",
second will In existence by the tern
Of which Miss Claypool was to recei
$4,000. 900 from the Bookwater esta'
now valued at from $4,000, 00o TO 81
100000.
One OF the executors under the FIR
will is j. W. Baxter. y cousin OF Nj
Claypool and son of Mrs Baxter. res
duary legatee, to whom the bulk OF q
estate was to go. There were -four
among Miss Hill's effects in the Newa'
Hotel several a~tliduvits attackil
the personal character of Mr.. BaNt
and OF another man who figures in Il
first will. one Of the aiIidavits W
made by Carl Johnson, or Carl Wac
worth, an actor. who received mon,
from Miss Hin, and who says he ma
the afidavits as part OF his prcparati'
for a suit for lander against Baxter.
Rosenthal was not arrested here 80
terday because he called up Assista
Prosecutor Mott in Newark and told hi
he was ready TO appear there any d.
he was needed.