Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1917 — RUNAWAY HAS ROYAL BLOOD [ARTICLE]

RUNAWAY HAS ROYAL BLOOD

Amy Witting, Thirteen Years Old, of Portland, Ore., Shows Mania for Disappearing. Portland, Ore. —“The Little Bird Girl of the Woods” is the nickname given by friends who have offered a home to Amy Mitting, thirteen years old, of this city, reputed to be of noble blood and who shows a strange mania for running away from home. = To hide herself from the eyes of the world Amy recently left her home and was found three days later with her pet dog hiding in the basement of a church. Following this adventure the girl ran away again and took up her abode in a cemetery. Shewas discovered in this retreat, and the homeending department of the juvenile court stepped in to befriend her. The girl’s mother declares she Is a descendant of royal English and Russian families, but because of her morganatic marriage to John Mitting, an employee in a sawmill, she has been disowned by her relatives. Each time Amy has been found she has begged not to be sent home again, declaring she would be beaten. Her mother says her daughter is never Illtreated.