The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-29
HEAR OF GIRL
DRESSED As HIKER

heNcS ~ the most authentic Glow
yet developed.
HEAR OF Girl,
DRESSED AS HIKER
This elew was obtained from r. F.
Barnett, SO n, s0th ST.. who, Sew.
eryns claims. has Identified q pic.
ture or Miss Austin as the girl no
picked up on the Victory highway.
late Sunday night. dressed In hiking
toys, who persuaded him TO take her
as far as silver Lake.
According TO tho story Barnett
told Chief Severyns. he met tho
girl near the head OF Lake Wash
ington. between II and IL o'ciocl,
Sunday night She was dressed In
hiking toys and she stopped him
and asked him to give her a ride.
She said she was hiking from
Mexico 20 Canada.
DROVE HER FAR
AS SILVER LAKE
Barnett offered TO take tho Eirl
to Bothcll. but she persuaded him
TO 80 farther. Ho drove her TO
Silver Lake. he said. where aho Of
fercd him $40 to take her on 10
Everett. This he refused TO do. he
said. as he was Just returning from
a long trip TO Snoqualmle.
Barnett was confident. Severyns
said, that II was Miss Austin he
had taken to Silver Lake. Inquiries
made AT the homo OF tho three
girls. SIT Willard ave. revealed that
the hiking suit belonging 10 Miss
Georgia Austin. consisting OF trou-
scrs. shirt. shoes and wooden stock
ings. is missing. The girls believe
that the clothes arc too small for
Miss Nell and DO not think the
girl Barnett met was their sister.
A detail of police was dispatched
10 Everett Thursday by Chief Sew
eryns 20 trace the Girl hiker. Sew
eryns Is confident that II she Is
found the mystery OF Miss Austin's
disappearance will be solved.
Interest in the search for Miss
Austin was enhanced "Wednesday
when the Seattle teacherB' and prin.
cipals organizations offered rewards
totaling $1,000. A reward OF $500 Is
offered for the recovery Of Miss Aus.
tin. dead or alive. and an additional
$500 for information leading 10 the
arrest and conviction OF those re-
sponsible for her Disappearance or
death. The order was signed by
Thomas II. Cole, superintendent OF
schools; Mrs. Dora Herrin. president
Of the Seattle Grade club: VI. J..
Hughes. president OF the High School
Teachers league. and +. d. Nc.
Ilvray. president Of the principals
association.
The police OF Tacoma. olympia,
Portland and other Coast cities were
drawn into the hunt for Miss Austin
Thursday. when Capt. OF Detectives
Dyer Dyment was informed OF a
strange occurrence at 2:30 n. m.
Monday. near South Tacoma. A car
with mixed party inside ap.
preached. 4 girls voice screamed,
let me outr' and the car contin.
ued on its way south.
What was considered tho most
promising c1ew Wednesday was run
TO earth and proved blind lead.
This was an occurrence at the 18th
Ave. garage. Sunday night, when
two men stopped at the garage and
inquired OF the garage man what
they should do with a girl they had
picked up.
John c. Mcmillan. 1907 18th ave.
reported to tho police that he and
his companion, man named Prln.
gle. were tho men. and that they
had finally learned the girls address
and taken her TO her home.
The Knights Of Columbus. at a
formal lodge meeting Wednesday
night went on record as plncing
their organization at the disposal OF
the police in the search for tho lost
girl, according 20 Frank J. Barrett.
grand knight OF the order.