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The Evening World
New York, New York County, New York
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In Elmira, N.Y., on May 29, farmers searched woods for missing 13-year-old Charlotte Conklin and parolee George Van Horn, who worked nearby and vanished with her the previous day; a neighbor saw him leading her into the woods.
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MISSING GIRL AND MAN.
ELMIRA, N. Y., May 29—A posse of farmers to-day searched the woods near this city for Charlotte Conklin, aged thirteen years, daughter of a farmer. Search was also made for George Van Horn, who was released on parole from the Elmira Reformatory on May 11. After his release Van Horn secured work on the farm adjoining that owned by the father of Miss Conklin and yesterday both the girl and Van Horn disappeared. A neighbor declares that he saw Van Horn leading the girl into the woods. Van Horn is thirty-five years old and was sent to the Reformatory from Ontario County.
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Elmira, N.Y.
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May 29
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A posse of farmers searched the woods near Elmira for 13-year-old Charlotte Conklin, daughter of a farmer, and George Van Horn, a 35-year-old parolee from Elmira Reformatory released on May 11. Van Horn worked on an adjoining farm and both disappeared yesterday. A neighbor saw Van Horn leading the girl into the woods. Van Horn was sent to the Reformatory from Ontario County.