Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-27

Eight-year-Old Helen WaSnkO B1id
County Detective Ferd David t6day
that as Stella disappeared into the
woods Tuesday afternoon q mar
dressed in white clothes and wearing
a peek cap met her. The Washkc
girl stuck to her story and rapidly
answered correctly questions put &c
her by the county detective. She
claimed that the Ostroski girl saic.
"Oh, oh. I'm going to meet my papa
when she saw the man, but went
into the woods with him.
Walter Ginnienni. another school
mate sf the missing girl, told the
detective that the Ostroski girl trip
ped him and that he ran her in the
direction of the woods. He said he
did not see any man meet her.
Mrs. Margaret Schuck. who live<
at Davison's Mills, about mile rom
the-~Fresh Ponds school, inf r1l1- 81
J the authorities that she saw IA girl
/ answering the description of the
| missing child in the car station n
4 Davison's Mills between 4 and >
! o'clock Tuesday afternoon, but paid
no attention 10 her.
Tuesday night the searchers were
/ in the woods for the entire night and
every foot of the country was seour-
child has been found. The resi-
dents OF the Fresh Ponds district
have been greatly augmented by the
county authorities and Boy Scouts
of Jamesburg and New Brunswick
| The scouts of this city, seventy-five
/ in number. assisted yesterday after
noon in the search. The method
/ employed has been the formation
of a long line of the searchers. a few
4 feet apart, slowly beating through
4 the woods and the swampy territory
and leaving scarcely a foot of ground
I uninspected.
The family of the child lives al
! the old Julick farm al Rhode Hall
i The people are Polish and have oc-
cupied the property about three
years. Stella and her sister Loretta
have been in the habit of going to
school al the Fresh Ponds school
! house. walking the two miles to-
gether every morning and afternoon.
I Stella, being younger, finishes her
classes at 3 o'clock and plays around
/ the front of the school building un-
til the arrival of her sister. who is
dismissed at $3.50 O'Clock.
On the afternoon OF her disap-
pearance il has been learned that
usual engaging in play with several
other children for time. Suddenly
she is declared to have shouted. y
am going 70 meet papa" and began
to run down the road in the opposite
direction from that in which her
home lay. She lodged behind a wa
gon shed about 200 feet from the
! school house and has not been seen
since.
When Loretta was dismissed from
school at the usual time she could
not find her sister. Thinking thai
she had merely strayed on for the
moment Loretta waited around for
over an hour, with no sign of her
small sister. Becoming frightened
then Loretta informed the school
! teacher Of her sisters disappearance
| and an instant search was instituted
I As time passed and no trace of tbs
. child was discovered the alarm was
spread and, searchers having beer
en-, ted. a more thorough hum
started.
Arrangements were made here
this morning with the school au-
thorities for the dismissal of the en-
tire number of Boy Scouts in this
city. all If whom are to be trans
ported TO Fresh Ponds Immediately
TO lend further assistance in the
search Yesterday the scouts wefs
taken down in trucks of the johnson
& Johnson company and the county
workhouse.
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