Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2011, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== NEWSPAPER: THE EVENING NEWS - North Tonawanda, N.Y. Monday, March 24, 1924 =========================================================================== 11 GIRLS BELIEVED SLAIN _______________________ DISCOVERY OF BONES MAY SOLVE MYSTERY OF HOME INMATES' DISAPPEARANCE ___________________________ New York, March 24. -- The fate of 11 girls, missing within the past two years from Letchworth Village home, may be entrusted for investigation to a special prosecutor if Governor Smith grants a request of Dr. Anna W. Hochfelder, who has evolved a startling murder theory. Dr. Hochfelder, assistant corporation counsel, insists that the skeleton found in a cave on Cheesecock mountain is that of Lillian White, former inmate of the institution. Together with Captain Grant Williams, former head of the missing person bureau, Dr. Hochfelder claims to know the iden- tity of the White girl's murderer. Disappearance of Mary Weissnek and Helen Johnson, two other in- mates of the Letchworth home a fortnight ago, led to demand for a special deputy attorney general to prosecute Dr. Hochfelder will accuse. Circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the Weissnek girl were somewhat similar to those that occurred when Lillian White was missed. Eight other girls, one after another have vanished from the home, which is the New York State Home for the Feeble Minded. Finding of bleached, white bones in a cave several miles from the in- stitution, put Dr. Hochfelder and Captain Williams on the case. They reconstructed a crumbled skull and declared it to be that of Lillian White. They accused a former employe of the Letchworth home as the murderer. Alleging that prosecution by local officials has been hampered by lack of funds and of interest in their murder theory, Dr. Hochfelder and Cap- tain Williams are demanding appointment of a special prosecutor. Haverstraw, N.Y., March 24.-- Dr. V. S. Little, official of the Letch- worth Village home, confirmed today that no trace had been found of Mary Weissnek or Helen Johnson, who disappeared from the institution two weeks ago. Dr. Little also confirmed the fact that other girls have disappeared from the Letchworth Village home under unexplained circumstances, but pointed out that in many instances, after a lapse of several months they had been located. Dr. Little said officials of the home would welcome any inquiry tending to clear up the mystery of Lillian White's disappearance and added that they were by no means certain the bones found in the Cheese- cock mountain cave were those of the missing girl. =========================================================================== NOTE: Both Helen Johnson and Mary Weissnek were found alive and well a short time later.