The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-16
Of Girl
MISSING 3 DAYS
FEARS ABDUCTION
HOlice Detectives Search in
Vain for Ruth Cru
ger, Aged II.

4rew York, Feb. 16.-Because ol
mysterious circumstances surrounding
tbs case, Police Commissioner Arthur
Ngccds has taken personal charge OF
aAxs search for Ruth Cruger, II years
oa daughter, Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
DS#Eruger Of $50 Claremont avenue
xys,ns disappeared from her home on
Td6aday. oor.
sfayor Edwin F'iske and CORPORA.
ti6n Counsel Frank Bennett OF Mou,ie
VSenon, where the Crugers iornierly
it,. are alao taking an acIiVe pa
IN The search. The police uepaI.lno.S
tO4sboth cities and private oe.eouses
!. SsEEs1osng their utmost to ind some
tlk3A Of the girl.
INA last seen of Ruth was when she
t3f&d At q. motorcycle store on lZfAn
stfSet to obtain a pair of skates Wnich
.lE had left to be sharpened. EN-
r;i&kes sof the store told the police that
afX walked cast after obtaining ner
sffs4es. Though they have questlone0
al Nv persons, detectives have peen
al fble to find anybody who saw the
81 after she left the store.
II. and Mrs. Cruger left Tor Boston
Il Monday leaving Ruth IN charge
o4$twoe older sisters, Christina, ~, anu
FfSlen, 90. On Tuesday, the sisleis
saE Ruth went out to a grocery STORE
t&gcash a eek for $40. She returned
~ luncheon and then took 81 cents 70
pky prfAhe sharpening Of her skates.
PARENTS Summoned Home.
when Ruth failed to return home
III. the evening the sisters sent mes
sage to the parents urging them 10
come home They returned yesterday
/, alsd Informed the police.s At mrs. tne
parents thought Ruth might nave
rome to friends in Mount vernon.
Theys hurried there, but on visiting
all their acquaintances In that city
fouuN That Ruth had not been seen
fhar .xnr some time. Mr.. Cruger, who
in 1pS7blic service accountant, with
offices In the Grand Central Terminal,
appealed to the Mount Vernon omc1als
and they communicated with Commits
nioner Woods.
Z IT believe my daughter Is g. v1cum
Of foul play" Mr.. C-uger said yester-
day. sAThe ground could not nave
opened up and swallowed her. 1t would
! have been an easy matter tor an au-
tomobile to drive up and take her
away without anyone noticing It.
At the suggestion Of Mr.. Cr7lger, 10
Detectives under Capt. Alonzo Cooper
OF the fourth branch started q house
toulouse search OF the neighborhood
where the girl visited to have her
skates sharpened.
Mr.. Cru,yer believes that some per-
son may have seen Ruth when she
called in the morning and waited Tor
her return In the afternoon. Detec-
tfves have completed search Of all
the hospitals in the city and have been
unable to find trace Of the girl.
Police Seek Young Man.
The police learned yesterday that d
young. nan, about % years old, tall
aoaad well dressed, escorted the girl to
hex home last Friday after she had
Z been skating He carried her skates
3or her and seemed, it was said, quite
attentive The police are looking for
the young man to question him.
Anoter clue which the police have
10 work on is furnished by a story
, which Ruth told her father several
Sundays ago. She was on her way to
j church, she said, when a well dressed
man stopped her at the steps leading
TO Riverside Drive from 127th street
and invited her to go for a ride In q
motor car which was standing at the
curb. She declined and hurried on to
! church. When she reached her home
she told her father Of the incident.
Mr.. Cruger was unagle to give the
police satisfactory description of the
man who accosted his daughter.
Ruth is a graduate of the Wadleigh
/ High school She is considered pretty
j by her companions. At the time OF
: her dfsappearanceg sher wore a black
velvet sailor hat, white shirt waist,
blue serge suit, a long velour coat and
brown shoes. She is 5 feet inches
tall and weighs 100 pounds. She has
! dark hair and eyes and q prominent
dimpl0 In her chin