The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-12
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DUTH CRUGER, an eighteenyear-old.
athletic high school girl stepped
d - around the corner from her home to
get her skates sharpened-six months later
her twisted body was found buried in the
little machine shop Of an Italian named
Cocchi, where she had gone with her
skates.
Dorothy Arnold, wellformed, vigoro
young social favorite of twenty-five, Il
her fashionable home on East Seventy
ninth street, bought box OF bonbons at a
nearby shop, went on downtown to Bren-
tano's and bought novel-and no trace OF
her has ever been found from that moment.
That was ten years ago.
On Saturday evening, November 20,
pretty little Dorothy Keah Vackers put
on her gold turban hat an ,aalskin coat
and started along the street the Church
OF the Sacred Heart, only three blocks
away in the suburbs of New York, to go
to confession-and disappeared.
The circumstances surrounding the dis
appearance of Dorothy Vackers are quite
unusual. and yet they seem to have no
bearing on the disappearance.
Dorothy vackers was bride-and yet
she really wasn't a bride. Four days be-
fore that fateful Saturday evening she had
been married Dorothy Keahon had be-
come Mrs. George F. Vackers by civil
ceremony. But she and her family are
devout Catholics, while young Vackers Is
hat ba hrido
and bridegroom should not take up the
full duties of man and wife until church
ceremony had taken place.
so from Tuesday, when the civil we'd
ding was performed, until that Saturday
evening, when the young husband saw his
bride for the last time, she was bride in
name only Vackers lived at the Keahon
home and everything went happily. The
young man had agreed not to really claim
Dorothy as his very own. When young
vackers came back from the ceremony
that Tuesday he was welcomed as SON.
in-law and he was given Dorothy's own
room-but Dorothy moved out and shared
her grandmother's bedroom on the floor
above.
1t was an odd situation in the Keahon
household, but worked out very well be-
cause young Vackers was desperately In
love with Dorothy and was entirely willing
to respect their wishes in regard to
church wedding. OF course, he longed to
possess his pretty bride. But he was COM
forted by ne thought that the civil cere-
mony had oeen accomplished, and 1t was
only a matter Of few days and little
patience when the restraining barrier be-
tween them would be removed.
so they spent their time together about
the house or at the theatres or in strolls
about the neighborhood. Young Vackers
was a favorite with all in the household.
Mr.. Keahon, a contractor and drayman.
liked the boy very much, and Mrs. Keahon
was delighted to feel that her daughter
had found very promising husband of
correct habits and OF such amiable kindly
disposition.
The young bride was happy. She fitted
about the house humming songs and played
the piano to entertain her admiring hus-
band They were all pleased because
Vackers seemed really glad to join their
church, and thus, without any dsagreeable
friction, the one doubt that threatened to
cloud the young peoples romance was en-
tirely removed. Yes, dear George was to
join their faith, and 1t was one step in the
necessary arrangements that the young
bride was taking when she started for
Father Leonard's church at halfpast seven
that Saturday evening.
But Dorothy never reached the church,
the priest says.
what happened somewhere along those
three blocks between the door Of the Kea-
hon home and the church steps? A dark,
deserted street II is-did the same mys-
terious fate overtake her that befell Dor
othy Arnoldf
II was a long and anxious night, that
Saturday night After an hour had passed
Mrs. Keahon stepped to the window and
looked up and down the street. Half an
hour later she slipped down to the door