The Washington times., 1920-09-12
LOST GIRL WANTED
TO BECOME SAILOR
"Why Don't They Leave Me
AIone7" Says Heiress, Found
Working on Farm.
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owa boss. Oh. Why sis.'t they
let Ne aIonef"
There was a note OF sadness In the
girl" OF the Middle West. Miss
Fletcher had been locked up In
Gloucester police station eight hours
despite the effort OF members OF the
North Shore artist colony at Eastern
Point to have her released. She was
held as runaway child.
Last night her mother, Mrs.
Stoughton L. Fletcher. wife OF the
multi millionaire banker. manufae-
turer. and sportsman OF indianapolis.
arrived At the police station. There was
an affectionste meeting between
mother and daughter. They drove
away In an automobile to the Fletcher
Summer home and today will start
West.
The poor little rich girl" has dis
carded the greasy overalls OF alias
Willie Sullivan" and has donned the
conventional clothes Of Louisa 5.
Fletcher. She has given the world
two days mystery and the police
few strenuous hours, and she Is tired
PARTIES UNDER wHARVEs.
Hints Of cigarette parties sad other
nVoe8hWu 0svSHssvpS
On the GIeucesteP waterfront were
given by W. }. Holiday. useie Of Miss
Fletcher. In explaining why she ran
away. He said:
Mrs, Fletcher. who Is In Ill health,
came on early In the summer with
her daughter to place Miss Fletcher
in Miss Felicia Howelfs art school.
Four weeks ago Mrs. Fletcher left
for the West. leaving Miss Fletcher In
charge OF q governess and chaperon.
Miss Fritz Mrs. Fletcher desires TO
deny all statements relative TO dis
satisfaction with Miss Fritz. and
wishes to pay a compliment to her
good judgment and her discretion in
the entire case.
THE whole trouble with Miss
Louisa is that she does not care for
an education, but desires to get out
and make her own way in the world
as a stenographer or something OF
that kind. her case being analogous
to that of a boy who runs away to
sea, and right. here IL may be said
that there was no boy or man in this
case. She had no masculine friend
ships. Her intimates all we're girls.
IMPATIENT OF DISCIPLINE.
"she was Impatient Of discipline,
and for q LARK. she and four students
anA TIVE teachers, lad thr1F careers at
kempePhali school At kenoshs, Wis.,,
cut off BY indulGfnG In cigarette Par-
ties, and home brew parties. which
are tabooed In n well regulated girls
seminary.
"Her art studies here appear Prin-
cipalIy to have consisted OF spend
ing her tiae In secluded poeks along
the wAafyes. smoking cIGarettes and
these her companions were two of the
New York artist set. bat these women
left several weeks ago"
Miss Fletcher ran away from her
governess Thursday afternoon. She
had borrowed overalls from an artist
friend on the pretext of masquerade
ball Going into some bushes on
Rocky Neck, she clipped her hair
close. discarded her feminine apparel,
and donned the overalls. Shouldering
a pair or oars. she was seen making
for the beach by fisherman. At the
beach ii developed today. Miss Fletch
er started out into Gloucester harbor
in the dory of Mrs. LYDIA J. Bacon. of
Cincinnati. Ohio. and rowed across
the harbor to the AnnisQuam river.
She pulled up the river as far as Row
ley, where she went ashore on a lone
ly stretch of the coast and found a
deserted barn.
With only a few green apples and
a package OF cigarettes. the runaway
heiress spent Thursday night, all day
Friday and Friday night alone.
A northeaster was sweeping Cape
Ann all this time. but searchers were
Drawing 1t to look for the lost" girl.
Yesterday morning the rain stopped
and the sun broke the fog banks off
lob Mics Elatrhar ada her
to Upland Hill Farm, which. by a
strange twist OF fate, is owned by
friend OF her father, +. p. Frazer,
weathey Chicago grain operator. 1t
seems that w. X. Hepburn, in charge
OF the farm, recognized Miss Fletcher
from newspaper descriptions. but he
hired her as farm hand to keep
watch of her until the authorities
could be notified.