Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1913 — SEEKS LOST NIECE [ARTICLE]

SEEKS LOST NIECE

New York Millionaire Offers Fortune in Search. a Miss Marian Ege, Relative of Wealthy Manufacturer, Disappears After Telling Uncle of Being Followed By a Strange Man. New York.—With a declaration by Jacob Doll, millionaire manufacturer, that he will spend an unlimited amount of money to recover his fif-teen-year-old niece, Marian Ege, who disappeared while walking near her home, police of New York and a score of private detective agencies began an exhaustive search of New York and neighboring cities ftr the missing heiress. Following the girl’s disappearance, the police began a quiet search, but were unable to unearth a single clew except that the girl had spoken to a friend of being followed on the street by a strange middle-aged man. After two, days of fruitless efforts by the New York police, Mr. Doll ordered into the search a number of private detectives and made the statement that he believes that his niece had been kidnaped. The statements of Miss Ege’s friend that the young woman had told her of being followed have been corroborated by Mr. Doll. The aged millionaire said that on numerous occasions reaching back over a period of several months his niece had remarked to him that a middle-aged man, whom the young woman could only hazily describe, had followed her while walking in the neighborhood of her "home, and on one occasion had attempted to attract her attention. Since the search was taken up Mr. Doll has kept in touch almost constantly with the police. As the search continues and no tangible trace of what has become of the young ,woman is discovered, the aged millionaire reiterates his determination that every power that can be controlled by his vast fortune will be turned toward finding the girl. The policy have carefully questioned many of the young woman’s friends, but so far none has been able to give a hint that promises to clear up the mystery of Miss Ege’s lUappearanca Several possible explanations are being entertained by the police and every angle is being Investigated. It is thought that Miss Ege may have been taken ill and that she now lies, with her identity unknown, in some New York hospital. Friends of the young woman's family in neighboring cities are being communicated with in the hope of ascertaining if Miss Ege, without knowledge of her own family, had gone to visit them. The main energies of the search, however, are centered pn learning the worth of the clew offered by the young woman’s previous statements that she had been followed by a stranger. It is well known that Miss Ege was a favorite niece of her wealthy uncle, and it is hinted by police officials at work on the case that the young woman is being held for ransom by some individual or gang in New York City.