The Salt Lake Herald

FATHER FEARS AN ELOPEMENT

Miss Alydia Anderson Suddenly Leaves Her Home.

YOUNG MAN BEING WATCHED

POSSIBLY SHE MAY HAVE GONE WITH THEATRICAL COMPANY.

Since June 27 Alydia Anderson, 17-year-old daughter of William Anderson of 1278 West First South street, has been missing. Her disappearance is wrapped in mystery and every effort to get trace of her present whereabouts has been unavailing. Packing together all her belongings, Miss Alydia Anderson and without saying a word to her parents, the girl left her home on the night. Hints that she threw out before her sudden departure led the father to fear that she may have eloped. Whether she is in hiding in the city or has left the state is not known. A young man who has been showing attentions to Miss Anderson is being watched by the father for fear that he may have induced the girl to run away that he might follow and marry her.

According to the story told by Mr. Anderson last night, his daughter packed all her clothing and everything that belonged to her into a grip some time during the night of the 27th of June. She left absolutely nothing but a small picture of herself. When the parents awakened the following morning they found their daughter gone, but there was not a scratch of a pen to tell where she went or why she left her home.

Young Man in the Case.

"A young man in the city," said Mr. Anderson, "had been showing her considerable attention and she told her mother several weeks ago that he had asked her to elope with him. She, however, declared that she cared nothing for the young man and several times after that refused to see him at the house. As soon as she disappeared, though, I thought of a possible elopement and securing an officer went to the young man's room. We found him there and he seemed much interested in helping me locate her. He has been in the city ever since my daughter disappeared, but I have been told that parties who knew them both saw them out together at some of the resorts since Alydia went away. Mr. Anderson stated that the young man seemed to be very much exercised over the disappearance of his daughter, but he feared that might be just a ruse and that they had been married and the girl had gone into hiding until matters could be smoothed over. The father is much afraid that an elopement has taken place.

Wanted to Go on Stage.

Mr. Anderson stated that it might be possible that his daughter had run away to join a theatrical company. Some time ago she wanted to go on the stage, the father stated, but he and her mother dissuaded her from such a course. "We know, though," said he, "that a theatrical manager has been trying to persuade her to join a company and it may be that she has slipped away to do that knowing that we would never consent to such a thing did we know about it. Yesterday Mr. Anderson received a postal card from a young girl with whom his daughter had been friendly, telling him that if he would call on her she would give him some information about his daughter. He went to see the girl in the afternoon, but for some reason she claimed that she could not tell anything about Alydia. She declared that she did not know where she was.