The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-21
FOLLOWING DEFEAT
OF AMENDMENTS, NOW
FOR RESERVATIONS
Parents Made Glad
by Newspaper Man
Who Finds Daughter

After having almost despaired n
oven finding their sixteen year Old
DAUGHTER who nysteriously disap-
peared from her Richmond home
over month ago, parents Of blue
eyed. sweet~faeed Louise Rowe
were made happy again last night
through the efforts Of a Washing
ION newspaper man who hrou cht
them joyful tidings of their daugh-
ter's health and safety
tie brought them photograph Of
girl who has been cared for for
four weeks al the Washington
asylum hospital under the name Of
Louise Clay Louise has been
dubbed the Mystery Girl" by Of
metals Al the hospital where she
has come 70 be looked upon AS
an enigma as unsolvable as the
sphinx. Her Interested v4rdans
nave heen in c j . 4 ~ en-
Gagged III trying 10 reconcile
L@uise's innocent el-hshly-s
lace and honest blue eyes with her
rrQeliYity for giving phonss I'D
dresses as her former home
The Washington officials have
sent no less than fourteen frult]ess
kilograms In trying 70 locate rgla-
tives- As soon as reply was re-
ceiVed from ore wire Louise would
che@Tfnl.y supply the reptoachful
doCtGr with a brand new address.
Nothing could Ire learned AZ the
girls motive in leaving her home.
but her determination never 10 re-
turn II she could avoid Il was as
tabl!shed whom her father vas to-
Gated last night by Leonard. who
was sent here by the Washiuptn i
Star. Louise has repeatedly told
her inqu&S1torS that her mother was
cead and that her father had re-
ra arytsa and WIS living IN ~ prtrr:
Ohio. The Richmond addresses she
furnished were supposedly those Ct
her masried sister
Tire girl sans she was horn IN
Roanoke, where she lived until a
few years ago She was taken -
the home IN Washington by a po-
iicewnman who saw her lingering ~
the Union station shortly after her
arrival in that city She told a
straight onward rsit. OF, }Frsv~ she s-as
On her way 70 Baltimore 20 WISH her
Two brothers. but could INT give
their addresses, saving she had fur~
soften. she descri bed the house n
y bach LaeS were surpassed t27Al&a
wIth great fsiiency ana a wealth Of
detail
Her father was overtoyed last
night and announced his intention
Of going TO Washington on rho first
train today To bring the girl back 20
this CITY Her disa ppearance VS.
reported to the local police hut as
far as they learned the earth mi GIT
have opened ara swallowed her
Bat for 4 clever ruse of Leonard
the newspaper man, the girl s
father might have been forced to
mourn his daughter a. dead
After the hospital authorities had
despaired Of ever getting anything
hut romance from Louise. Leonard
hit or the scheme Of buying ad-
dresses from her. hoping that her
excitement in the game might cause
her to become careless. He paved
her a small sum for each address
she gave him. providing he could
find the names in the Richmond
directory After obtaining a num-
her of names and addresses In this
manner. he came TO Richmond yes
yerd9y ana located her father NJ
Rowe Immediately recognized the
phot ograph of the Mystery Ciirl'
as his missing daughter and be-
slowed his blessing on the weary
Leonard.