Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-31
Mystery GirI'' Still
COnceals Her Identity
Dawn Moore No Longer Dorothy Arnold Now in Seclsion
on Advice of Attorneys Herself the Victim of
"Frame-lp and Confident She is Now Cleared Remains
To Press Suit AGAINST Great Northern IS


.My name is Dawn Moore and was
born in Frederick burg, Va. The rest
OF the story7 Ydu won't get me to
tell you thatir
And Miss Dawl Moore, who as
Dorothy Arnold" IS the central figure
| IN the most puzxn ing case the police
have dealt with Il many years, set q
determined little mouth and at the
same time smiled out Of brown eyes
at the STAR Bulletin reporter with
whom she was talking s.
Miss Moore by the way, she says
| that Moore Is pait of her name but
not necessarily her last name Il in
seclusion. Her attorneys know where
she Ii stopping. At their advice she
IL living at quiet respectable board
| Ing house, the name Of which they
refuse to give. she went there yes
terday, following her release from the
city jail when Capt Of Detectives Nc
Duffie could find no evidence upon
which to hold her.
And In seclEsion. II the advice OF
{ her attorneys is followed, she will
remain until her damage suit for $4,000
against the steamship Great Northern
comes to trial.
The Star.Bulletin nevertheless, has
been able to locate the mystery girl"
and this morning me talked with flu-
ency about her case. As to her past,
she is about as yolpble as the Sphinx,
Comes 81 Virginia Family
All that she would say this morning
| Is that her family, prieinslly IN Fred
/ erickshurg. has moved away. that they
have no idea wh4teEef that she got
into trouble on TIA Great Northern
and with the Honolulu police, and that
she Is acquainted with 9 good many
people in San Francisco.
she declares herself entirely conf
dent that she Is through with the
police. that they win bother her no
( longer They didn't get thing on
me, :, she asserts. Il have heard that
they ana the Great Northern detective
are cabling all over the country to
try and set damaging evidence
against me, but it can't be done. Ny
mother viii stand by me If It comes
to that-every Light Of my life have
been at home"
Miss Moore says that her three days
in jail was q, very unpleasant expert
ence.
,During the whole time / could not
undress and could wash my face only
once, she said. In the cell with me
we're two drunken women who used
vile language, and across the way was
an insane japanese woman. Menah
~. - ,..., e 49,. - sft,Y,n h,rrf11le,
thing s-were allowed to come and
stare at me until ! thought ! was go
| ing crazy
mo. Twas offered no indignities by
any Of the police. Capt. McDuffie
/ treated me entirely with respect.
though must say he was at times
well, rather brief / suppose he Is
cross because there was no evidence
to be had against me. He sent me
down q meal once-paid for by him
self. and perhaps he was sorry for
me.
From Slang TO Conventional Speech
Throughout her conversation, which
was mainly In good English, flashes
| Of the slang OF the streets came into
her words. II made exactly the Inn
preston her story has made--that she
is not unaccustomed to refinement
| and good society, and that she is also
! familiar with less conventional modes
Of life.
This morning she admitted having
used the name Dorothy Arnold as
Q hoax, but declares she has never
had the slightest Intention Of using It
for fraudulent purposes.
Anyone would know instantly that
| I'm not Dorothy Arnold, she smiled.
Il don't look In the least like her.
| / told them the story at the Y. ". G.
A. because they were asking me so
many questions And, after all, the
girls began to refuse to speak to me"
She was asked how she happens to
know so much about the Dorothy Arm
old case. This she declined to an
swer but declared that she has never
used the Arnold name before for pur-
poses Of deception.
One OF those who has talked with
her said today that he Is Inclined TO
think she Is mainland girl perhaps
here on some silly escapade entirely
without harm, and that she Is re-
fusing to talk about her past be-
cause she Is determined her family
shall not know of It II. however, her
name is Dawn Moore, It Is probable
that before now mainland newspapers
have printed the story on cabied in.
formation from Hawaii, and in this
way her family may hear or IT, e.