The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-14
BALTIMORE
HUNT FOR
SHACK
VAIN
Little More Can Be Done,
Police Say, Until Sister
/ Accompanies Them.
ny starf Correspondent.


FREDERICK, Md. Feb. H.
One important admission and an
equally important denial was
made today by the officials of
the Notre Dame Convent, from
which Sister Cecilia was kidnapped
Monday at 2:30, which is still
shrcuded in mystery. They are:
1t was admitted by Father
Kane, supervisor of the con-
vent, that operatives of the
Burns Detective Agency had
been employed by the old st.
Johns Church, to establish be-
yond q shadow of doubt that
the Nun had been kidnapped and
TO establish, if possible, who
> her abductors were.
ii formal denial was made by
the supervisor that the. two
towels. face rae. ana the COS
Iaetics and other toilet articles
found with the sflappeE mt.
which the Nun wore in the
taxicab, and which she dis
carded when she arrived at the
convent from Baltimore, were
hers.
Chauffeur Sure Of Stand.
On this the convent officials and
Stuart Cathcart, the taxi driver.
differ. According to Cathcart. none
of the stuff found by him at the
convent had been left by q previous
passenger, which is the only other
explanation offered as to the pres
ei1ce Of the articles.
Convent officials characterize as
"aSsurd" any reference that the
nuns story Of all that happened is
not true.
Every official of the church has
accepted and believes implicitly that
the case was one of kidnapping, done
for the purpose, we believe, of ex-
tracing ransom" Father Kane said.
Whether or not the same belief is
shared with the public officials is
left matter of conjecture. 1t was
stated, however, by States Attorney
Aaron r. Anders, that he could not
see his way clear to impanel a spe-
ciaf grand jury to investigate the
case until ''there was a leg to stand
On"
Just az soon as we have some
thing definite to work on we win
call q special grand jury of Fred
erick county to investigate the case,
but until there is a leg to stand
on we would not feel justified in
calling a special session to con-
slider the matter. We hope, how
ever, to find tangible clue and
as soon as this is done we will
then lay the matter before spe-
cial session of the grand jury"
Attorney Anders said.
Father Kane pointed out today
that If Sister Cecilia had enter
tanned any notion of leaving the
convent she would not have to re-
sort to any manufactured story to
go away.
Often Alone in House.
Sister Cecilia, it was stated, is
the housekeeper for the Nuns OF
the Notre Dame convent, and as
such, has as a part of her duty
the purchasing of supplies, which
takes her about the city.
Also. it was pointed out, she is
alone, in the house three and four
hours every day and II she had de-
sired to go away she had ample op-
portunfty to do so, any day that she
might have chosen.
Her condition, ii was stated today,
is such that it will be three or four
days before she can leave her room
TO go to Baltimore and assist Of
ficials in that city in making a
systematic search of the territory
adjacent to Camden station, in an
effort to locate the house where her
imprisonment took place.
Sister Cecilia, still in a nervous
condition as the result of a blow
on the head and drugs, was able
TO give the authorities little infor-
nation on her experiences.
Police of Baltimore, accompanied
by Sheriff John Jones, of Freder-
lex. yesterday searched every mousse
In every street and alley within
two blocks of Camden Station,
where the nun approached a police
man following her Incarceration
after she fled in borrowed gar.
ments. her own having been taken
away from her.
The search was unsuccessful last
4 night and Sheriff Jones returned
to Frederick. .- -.--- 200
The nun has a bruise on her head
where she says she was struck be-
fore being carried away. and the
brown-coiored gauzs found in her
room also corroborates her story.
Last night the pieces of gauze
Sister Cecilia says were saturated
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