New Britain herald., 1928-01-16
MANY CLUES FOUND
 IN SMITH MYSTERY
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her name was Luella ( Brown and later said her name was Gushing. When they arrived here shortly after g o'clock. Be nett said the girl ask. ed him to take her to Temple street.
 Leaving the car on Temple street. the girl walked briskly up the street. He said she, had inquired for . lea ther concern. When Benett asked her what she was going to do. he said she explained she had relatives here. The girl. according to Ben nett. appeared to be nervous and ex. cited. He said she was carrying a weekend suitcase. 4 detective was assigned to in vestigate the local angle of the case. Boston, Jan. l6 @ - Belief that Miss Frances St. John Smith, miss ing Smith college student. purchased a pair of tennis shoes in Boston dur ing tho Christmas holidays with the intention of going to Florida was ex- pressed here today by F. Sturn. for mer clerk in 8 fashionable Fremont street shoe shop.
 Sturn declared that he recognized tho girl from photographs published today. She came into the store be- tween Christmas and New Years, he said, and bought the tennis shoes and when he remarked that 1t was an unusual time of the year to buy such apparel unless anyone was go- ing south, she replied:
 "Yes, I'm going to Florida" New London. Jan. 16 UP)- Search for Miss Frances St. John Smith, missing Smith College stu dent, was extended to Connecticut today, following a report. from a government forester from California en route to Wethersfield.
 The police informant declared that a photograph published in 6 local newspaper was that of girl lie saw in an autom obile outside a store here.
 He stated there vas also young man in the machine, which was be- HE EtuShcO "ltl PlofL5tOAcs According to the forester. he saw the girl tear up a letter and throw it into a nearby ashcan. Later. he said, he removed the scraps of pa per from the ashcan. He claimed one piece of paper bore the name smith,"
 Northampton. Mass, Jan: 16 R,- Miss France St. John Smith. IS year old Smith College freshman and daughter of a wealthy New York broker. Was being sought today by every agency at the command Of college and state and local police authorities.
 Since she dropped out of sight Friday morning while clad in fur jersey dress and tan shoes, not single clew has rewarded the per- sistent efforts of several hundred persons.
 Parents Frustrated
 Mir. and Mrs. St. John Smith. the d SIIIp dIt here, prostrated with grief.
 Mir. Smith has offered $1,000 re- ward for information leading to the finding of the girl.
 When the girls absence was dis covered Saturday afternoon by claxsmate who called at her room in Dewey Hall President William AL len Nelson was recalled to the city and immediately conferred with State Detective Joseph Daly.
 Directed COrbett Search
 Detective Daly is the man who di- rected the long but unavailing search for Alice Corbett. 19 year old Utica, N. Y.. girl, who van quished under similar circumstances on November IS, 1925 and was never seen again.
 A search of an area of seven square miles in the vicinity of the college so far mas yielded no trace of the girl. Paradise Pond on the campus was drained with like result.
 Miss Smiths father fears she may have met with an accident while walking in the woods near the col