Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-05 | Page 2 | Mystery of Girl is Cleared Away by Message

I MYSTERY OF GIRL IS CLEARED AWAY DY BY MESSAGE Friend of Parents Tells Hist History History History His His- t tory of Young Woman Who Sought Death A telegram from Sioux City Ia la this morning dispelled all doubt as to the identity of the year sixteen-year-old girl giri who Thursday tried to end her life lite by freezing on Ensign peak The tele telegram ram was from Dr Harry Chott of the Iowa city and it set at rest also the stories told by the girl that she was an heiress and a runaway from a fashionable girls' girls school The girls girl's real name Is Helen Fred ericks Her hier father Is a laborer ac according according ac- ac cording to Dr Chott She Sile has las several brothers and sisters and her mother u II i forced to work to help make ends ends' meet Has Been Demented The girl has been incorrigible the till telegram stated and has haa lived away from home for years practicallY years practically a tramp She has frequently been subject subject sub suh- to fits Its of or dem Ua mostly of a tl morbid nature It was as stated Officials here do not kno know what to tc todo todo do with ith the girl They feel sure sur that she Is not Well balanced and It is apparent apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent that her people cart can do nothing with her She is at present in the county j Jail ll but much more quiet to today today today to- to day than she has been She no longer fights and refuses to eat cat On the contrary con con- she has displayed a n. healthy ap appetite appetite appetite ap- ap petite since incarcerated at the expense ex ox- pense penso of the county Where Is the Money The however howe Is i ish great mystery r where sh she got the money she had had about about when she arrived and where sh she has lias hidden It it- it for when arrested she hall had only It is Js believed she burl burled it somewhere and officials are are trying to find out where that pla place e is Js The Tho girl Is a moving picture en enthusiast en- en st spends most of or her time when free fre In visiting the movie shows and has tried to write scenarios She told fold the police she was on her way to Lt Los es Angeles to become an actress The Tle girl will be held at the county jail and will probably be examined as to her sanit sanit sanity Monday