New Britain herald., 1923-02-14
train at Frederickswere two men. and
that he saw no one wearing either a
coat or hat resembling those shown

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that he saw no one wearing either Q
coat or hat resembling those shown
him.
Confcrs With Archbishop.
Father William ]. Kane. In charge
of Notre Dame convent. was In touch
over the telephone with Archbishop
cnrley who wanted to know why the
nun did not seek refuge In some Bal
timore convent. Father Kane ex-
planned that Sister Cecilia wished to
return as promptly as possible so
that there might be no hostile report
that she had run away. Father Kane
told In detail the story of the nuns
experience to the archbishop,
II have not seen Sister Cecilia since
her return TO Frederick" said Sheriff
Jones. Her disappearance was re-
ported to me at 2:05 o'clock Monday
afternoon and l Immediately began to
try to find her.
After she returned to the convent
and asked to be allowed to see her,
l was told 1t was impossible. and l
haven't seen her yet. DR.. w. Mere
dith Smith says she has the marks
of a blow on her head"
DIR. Smith has the bottle which Sis
ter Nola. the superior of the Five
Sisters of Notre Dame at the convent,
thinks contained the chloroform which
was used in drugging Sister Cecilia.
Father Kane gave the details of the
disappearance of Sister Cecilia SUBJ
stantially as told in the press yester-
day.
She told the priest that when she
awakened in the dingy room she heard
voices in the adjoining room.
How much ought we get for the
damned thing?" man said.
His companion answered.: I'VE
ought to get $500 for her.
Says Men Were Drunk.
Seated near her cot were two
men," said Father Kane. "They were
sleeping. Sister Cecilia thinks they had
been placed there to guard her but, !
being drunk, had fallen asleep. She ]
said all the men she could see were
foreigners. She said they, as we'll as
the man and woman who looked |
through the convent windows at her,
had the appearance of being Italians.
when she awakened she found that
her nuns garb and headgear had been
removed. She was dressed only in
her petticoat and underbody. Near
the cot was coat and hat. The coat
was of cheap material and dark red
dish brown in color. 1t looked, 1 am
told, like the coat worn by the woman
who looked through the convent win
dows.
"Over her petticoat she wore a
small apron, fine in texture, that looks
like yelling. She tore the apron in
half and put part of it oyer her face
as veil. 1t also covered portion
of her head. Nuns have their hair
shaved off, and she wished to hide
the fact that she was a nun. She then
donned the hat and coat and went
down the stairway before the men
arguing about the money for her
noticed she was escaping.
When she got to the street she
saw that she was in an alley just off
, wide street. She walked and half
AN until she reached Camden sta !
ion. She does not know, she says, I
low far she was away from Camden I
station, but she thinks the house in
which she was confined was not far q
rom the station.
Hid Fact That She was a Nun.
She met policeman there. She !,
lsked him about the trains and bus :
inc to Frederick. She told him she !.
wanted to get back to Frederick :,
uickly. She told him there was a
lex friend in Frederick who needed
Ter. She said that because she did :,
ot want him to suspect she was a
un. She feared she would be ac- !,
used by enemies of the Catholic :
hurch of being an escaped nun. Shell
as also ashamed of her appearance I,
nd lack of clothing. =
You ask why she did not go to a :,
onvent in Baltimore first. Archbishop 81
urley asked that question. 1 asked d
ister Cecilia and she said she feared n,
ne might be accused of running away =,
ON Frederick, and to dispel any Ell
ich thoughts her main desire was n
get back to our convent as quick
as possible. =
When she reached the convent she
as in highly nervous condition.
er hands and face were soiled and
sr clothing was dirty. Her petticoat
oked as thugh she had been dragged
rough the dirt. The bruise on her
lad panied her terribly and she suf-
red pains in her body. She had
en recently operated on for appen-
citis.
Il, the nuns and her physician ques-
,ned her Monday night. She was
It able to tell as clear story then
she did yesterday afternoon. We .
d not press any questions because 7
e physician refused to permit it. She
much improved. /,