Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-09
GIRL s PARENTS ALSO
ASK PROSECUTION
Totten's Letter to Superintend-
ent of Seaford School, Ex-
planning His Escapade.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Scaforl. Nov. O. Ira T. Hili, father
az Miss Margaret uIll. whose clope-
ment with Roger 1. Totten OF Dover.
statiWlclan cf the state Board OF
ndueailon. has caused such n sensa-
tinn throughout the state, said last
nivht he would appeal to the United
states District Attorney az Whining
tom fuf Aid IN loraing the runaway
upie. A package ~ letters which
NlaH lilll had fppnlNpd from Totien
niutiuus tu their ulupement, and which
Naa lutkpd up ln a dpsk al the little.
country mhualhuuHp near nrldgeVille,
was aUeufpd late Yesterday afternoon
"a u h HiAhl. superintendent ~ Sea-
fnft pnhlll sahunlH and Magistrate
iAnvs Is phillips ~ lhls town. The
papknar Nan forwarded "a The deputy
ATTORNEY Hrneral AZ Bower this morn-
inr NJ a ielisf roticn wrote 20
superintendent siahi. he asked him %
set the letters ana forward them by
express in him az Havkonsaek, \. j.,
nnd sent him the hey 20 Miss iiills
desk drawer. lie reapestcd the super
intendert 90 keep the matter secret.
bot this Professor Stahl did not DO.
Professor Stahl has also turned the
letter ne received from Totten over
10 the attorney.gcneral This and the
package cf letters will be used as evi-
denco against Toiten should he lie ap-
rehended. Superintendent Stahl
visited the school and got the letters
after receiving telephone message
from She attorney-general 20 do so.
Mr.. Inn appealed 10 tkS United
tatcs district attorney 10 help HIM
srd the state officials in trying TO To-
cste Totten and his daughter. When
questioned this morning Mr.. and Mrs.
Iril said they had received no further
word from the eloping couple since the
letter they received last Saturday
night postmarked at Burlington, n
u. The letter Totten wrote TO Super
/ lntendent Stahl is as follows:
Dear Clarence. To ask a great
favor Of you, possibly the lastof all.
] First, there must be little expla-
alton. but II is for YOU alone. II Is
this. Margaret Hin and have beer
desperately In love for some tim,
past and Wednesday night, after q
series of events which must produce
questionable conclusions. although
everything was perfectly innocent, 4
seemed the only thing to do was L
I leave together Immediately. We knew
I Il must eventually work out in SONS
such manner, but had no idea OF Il fol
long time, until conditions forced
us 20 do il. (You must know, too. thai
I there has been no harmony and M
PLEASURE for either OF us in Rnth's and
my lives for long time past, and sh'
has wanted 10 leave me frequently
I'm going myself. il seemed 10 leave
her free in the best way for her. too.)
Now. old man. you may think wha
YOU wish Of us. but FOR old-time's sake
do this for us. In J. NJ. Dickerson'
house. near Smiths school (6s Ia
are some OF her clothes. In the cup
board OF the school. on the third o
fourth shelf, is package Of letter
wrote her. and some others. (Yo'
may read mine II YOU wish.) Their
may be a loose letter or two on tn
desk. VIII you please send all thes
90 me- Put everything into the bag
and express 20 me at Hackensacl
- Aaf ~ NF AAfAA AAAAsA taAAtA ANA WI
lect. OF course.
We appreciate the time and wor,
Involved. but know youn do tina
much for US.
have tried 20 leave things in goo
shape for a big meeting as possible
Clarence. They are all outlined. an
} Miss Ferguson and Lindsay can TAX
care OF all the routine. Nothing exceI
the II. = English conference can b
az ali disturbed by my abseree. be
licye Chipnan has that in good shap,
TOO, but We won't get the project
started.
!, When az Dlckerson's. please ask "a
a btu FOR board and room. and enclos
with the package. Hope you may
able 70 do this on the way 10 lie
Georgetown Friday (which we hor
you do. Co 20 it,
With best wishes for the d. S. T. A
and same for all personal success.
Sincerely.
NJ. II. and r.
fF,ref while lanes