The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-20
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Moneyand
VaniSheS
Was She Followed and Rob-
bed, or Did She Enter
Convent as Nun?
MOTHER GETS NO WORD

What has become OF 1s-yenP-
old Mildred TunisY
l. she In hidings Was she NJ
napedy Or was she murdered h
cold blood for money-psrt os :
legacy left her by an aunt
which she drew from . Seattle
bank the day after Thsulugiv-
ing,
These are questions a broken,
hearted mother, Mrs. Pearle smith.
and an aged grandmother. Nrs,
Helen Berry. who is near death
from worry at their home. 3so2 41nd
ave. s.. have asked The Star to an
swer In solving the mystery.
Mildred is described By hor
mother as "a very pretty girl. anN
pure In heart as a baby, with Jlght
brown hair. blue eyes. about s fnet
3 inches In height and weiehine
about us pounds. OF large but wplh.
balanced figure"
On the morning after Thankoasv.
Ing the gin kissed her mother eooA.
by and left the home on Beacon NM
intending. her mother supposed. ~
80 to the Sears Roebuck company to|
apply for work.
She was dressed In q larrs dnr2e
brown beaver hat with wide ssfloppvs.
brim. n long brown coat trtmmoA
with gray-brown fur. n bIa~,e
worsted dress with white lace col.
lar. black shoes and stockings.
At $50 that morning she was s>en
by Mrs William Joyce. OF s25 goth
ave. s.. an acquaintance. at Third
ave. and Yesler way. Mrs. joyce
says Mildred told her she was On
her way to work.
Drew $500 to 500
Mrs. Smith has been unable -
trace her daughter from that point.
altho the girl is known to have
drawn between $500 and $500 out ~
bank the same morning and al.
appeared.
whether someone saw her dr,~
the money at the bank and followe6
or kidnapped her with a motive ~
robbery. later disposing of her bodv
or whether her disappearance Is duc.
to some other influence. Mrs. smith
Is AT n loss 10 explain.
"She was so very near to me Al.
ways" said Mrs. Smith, that am
positive she did not run away. sh~
may have been murdered. or ma
sibly she was kidnapped and Is stii1
alive
i know II she was at liberty 10
do SO. Mildred would have sent "
some word. We were very dear ID
each other. my daughter and I. ana
II she is alive she knows that / am
broken hearted. Her poor grand.
mother is dying from grief, and
don't know what to do. l have -.
hansted every means OF finding her
unssss The Star and its readers viii
help me-"
Attended Academy
Mildred attended the Aouinas
academy in Tacoma for four yearn
and planned. her mother says, to
enter convent and become a nun.
She talked Of this frequently with
her mother.
About a year ago. Mrs. Smith
says. she allowed the girl to 70 to
Tacoma and enter a convent there.
altho II was her mothers wish that
Mildred wait until she was soma.
what older, and until their home
had been paid for. Later she r.
turned.
after her disappearance. -
thought perhaps she had gone back
to the convent" said her mother.
but 1 couldn't understand why sho
didn't write. l would have allowed
her to stay there IL she wanted to
and was all right. Finally / phoned
to the convent. They told mo she
wasn't there.
81 must know what has happened
to my girl or | shall go crazy.
don't know how much longer I can
last 1t out this way. And grandma
afraid for. hero