Failed to delete memorial. He was George C. Griscom, Jr., a plump, sideburned forty-two-year-old who lived with his elderly parents in Pittsburgh, and summered at Nantucket. At Fifth Avenue she turned left, and headed downtown. There are a few things to consider about the state of Dorothys room. In an effort to bring things to a close, Dorothys father said he thought shed been killed and disposed of in the Central Park reservoir not likely, said the police, as the lake was frozen at the time of her disappearance. Yes, shes here, Mrs. Arnold stated brightly, in reply to Elsie Henrys question. Shortly after, Andrew Griscom had leaped from the deck of a transatlantic liner because his Philadelphia Main Line family would not allow him to marry an English governess. Theodora, although her curiosity was fully aroused, asked no questions for fear of hurting her friends feelings. Yes, quite scandalous for the times But while the letters speak of love, they do not throw any further light on her whereabouts only some mentions of depression over an unpublished story (Poinsettia?). During the summer of 1910 Dorothy had dutifully gone with her family to their summer home at York Harbor, Maine. Griscom was 20 years older than Dorothy and she had visited him a year before her disappearance, telling her parents that she was visiting a college friend (Monroe). That night Elsie Henry, one of the girl friends queried, called back shortly after midnight to ask if Dorothy had returned. Then, on January 16, a young man and a heavily veiled woman came to visit him. Nevertheless, on this particular day she seemed more than walling to venture out of doors. I dont approve of young men who have nothing to do.. There she had gone to escape the anxious hours of waiting in the Arnold home. The day before, she had withdrawn $36 from the bank to lake some girl friends to lunch at Sherrys, followed by a matinee. Since that day, nothing. He even went to Boston and Philadelphia, but still, no dice. It was at this time that Dorothy made her request for a Greenwich Village apartment, and wrote her two stories. Yet no one saw her fall that day, and no hospital received a girl with a concussion or a blanked-out mind. She had the present-day equivalent of about $600 (half of her monthly allowance), and walked to a fancy 5th Avenue sweet shop, Park & Tilfords Temptingly Delicious Chocolates & Bon Bons, where she charged a box of chocolates to her account. FAMILY PROSTRATED. The doctor who ran the clinic, Dr. Meredith, would later claim to have performed a procedure on Dorothy that took her life, as the conditions, he argued, were simply so shoddy that complications and deaths amongst patients were inevitable. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Abstract: Correspondence concerning activities at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, as well as field notes, reports, and biographical information about Griscom. Now that youve uncovered the bizarre investigation into the disappearance of Dorothy Arnold, learn about the odd 11-day saga of crime novelist Agatha Christies disappearance. When her mother died, she was still hopeful. At two oclock on the afternoon of December 12, 1910, she stood talking to a girl friend outside Brentanos bookshop, then located at Fifth Avenue and Twentyseventh Street in New York City. Now, fifty years later, Dorothys body has yet to float to the surface of a reservoir. Try again later. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Not tonight, they said. Privacy was obviously an issue, and Dorothy wanted to live on her own. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Nor has it been found buried anywhere. Two days before leaving Boston, she visited a pawnshop on Boylston Street, obtaining $60 for $500 worth of assorted personal jewelry. Instead, they cabled European correspondents to locate Griscom. edited by Homer L. Kerr (Hill Jr. College Press, 1976, 255 pages) is the diary of Lt. George Griscom who was the Adjutant of the 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment, whose well written diary gives the history of the famous cavalry brigade from Texas who fought with famous Texas Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross, who command this famous brigade during the . Enter your email and Ill send you my latest stories. Mother will always think an accident has happened.. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Whichever it was, the elderly gentlemans behavior before the assembled press was gloomy to an extreme. A summer affair with one George Griscom Jr. seemed to corroborate this story, but it soon fell apart; George too had been searching for Dorothy, rather than living with her in Europe. The most popular theory is that she secretly eloped with engineer George Griscom Jr., a suitor her family disapproved of because of his passive and inconsistent character. There they stood for several hours, peering vainly into the faces of passers-by. The intersection on Fifth Avenue where the heiress was reportedly last seen. Back home, she retired to her room and answered Griscom with a letter which he saved and later returned to the family. . But this could hardly happen at midafternoon on one of the busiest streets in the world. Or to a healthy girl like Dorothy, so capable of fighting. When the Arnolds finally divulged the predicament to the NYPD, admitting theyd waited to tell them, the force assumed they meant a matter or days, maybe a week. The Last Grievous Deeds Giveaway Starts Today. Griscom urged all whom he met to call him "Junior." When his parents traveled, he invariably accompanied them. "Fighting With Ross's Texas Cavalry Brigade, C.S.A. Arnold told her mother that she was headed out to buy an evening gown at a department store on Fifth Avenue. George, however, also wasnt fond of another explanation that surfaced, and put him in jeopardy: the Little Louie Theory. In 1916, a man named Edward in a Rhode Island prison said he was paid to dispose of a womans body the same year Dorothy went missing. The pair had met when Arnold was still at Bryn Mawr, and Arnold once even lied about visiting an old college friend to meet with Griscom in secret. On Thanksgiving morning she expressed a desire to remain in bed. Only two months before, after her return from a vacation at the family summer home in Maine, Dorothy had requested her lathers permission to take an apartment in Greenwich Village, a district which even then had a reputation lor stimulating creative effort. Then there was her older lover, George Griscom Jr. Arnold's family did not approve of Griscom and forbade her from seeing him. Search above to list available cemeteries. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. 14.---George S. Griscom Jr. has received word from Miss Dorothy Arnold, the missing girl, and this has been communicated to the Arnold family. The investigation had reached a tipping point for everyones sanity, but especially for her parents who said it was time to face the music: their girl had been murdered. The Arnolds feared that the case could be socially embarrassing Arnold had eloped and spent a week with George Griscom, Jr., a month before. By the afternoon of her disappearance, Dorothy had written another short story called Lotus Leaves. Whether or not this had also been rejected by McClures or another magazine is a question that might have provided a key *o the disappearance. As if lie wished the interview over as soon as possible, he immediately informed the reporters that he believed his dearly beloved daughter dead. Gladys had her note of acceptance in her muff, and she handed it to Dorothy with a joke about postage saved. Opening a desk drawer, Keith found a pile of personal letters, some with foreign postmarks. But her lie was uncovered when the family realized shed pawned some jewelry to spend a week with Griscom at a Boston-area hotel. After phoning Dorothys friends, the Arnolds realized something must have happened to her. But people who are about to destroy themselves usually seem depressed. When Francis died, his will said nothing of Dorothy. Others point out that the drugging and abducting of attractive girls was fairly common in 1910. No word ever came. An artists sketch of Dorothy Arnold on the day of her disappearance. This theory might seem to be borne out by the steamship folders found on Dorothys desk. Samuel helped build the bell tower at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall). It is not true that f objected to her having men call at the house, he thundered, I would have been glad to see her associate more with young men than she did, especially some young men of brains and position: one whose profession or business would keep him occupied. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. George had 3 siblings: Clara Griscom and 2 other siblings. That same morning a bulky envelope was delivered for Dorothy. She was 25 years old when she disappeared. Then, in mid-September, she had asked her parents if she might spend a week in Cambridge with a former college classmate named Theodora Bates. Dorothy allegedly went on a secret trip to Boston with George that summer, whilst telling her parents she was staying with friends. After mentioning her metaphorical, long road with no turning, she writes, Mother will always think an accident has happened. What accident? Call it a classic glass-half-empty-or-full perspective, but the police saw the lack of evidence for her death as proof of her living. Ludlow Griscom papers, 1918-1961. George Griscom Jr, Arnold's boyfriend, theorized that she had committed suicide because she was despondent over her failed writing career. Its the best Agatha Christie novel that never was: the story of the disappearance of Manhattan perfume heiress, Dorothy Arnold. It took no master-mind to figure that the young man must be Dorothys older brother, John W. Arnold; he could easily have boarded a transatlantic liner in the six weeks before the story of Dorothys disappearance broke in the newspapers. The salesgirl recognized her as a familiar customer, and without question added the purchase to the Arnold family account. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Trusted Writing on History, Travel, and American Culture Since 1949, DOROTHY ARNOLD MISSING. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Passengers merely walked aboard, chose a cabin, and paid on getting off. On September 24, Dorothy had returned to York Harbor. Tax Lists. Samuel Griscom (grandson of Andrew), was a builder and owner of a lumberyard in Philadelphia. Despite the fact that it would be difficult to recognize her after a quarter of a century, detectives were dispatched to the corner in question. No, this is serious, John Arnold replied. Yet Dorothy traversed the twenty blocks to Fifty-ninth Street on foot. Record information. Dorothy Arnold was hardly the madcap, kick-up-her-heels type of girl who might easily get into trouble. Name: . The mystery of Dorothy Arnolds disappearance is still unsolved. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Dorothy informed her that she planned to spend the day shopping for an evening dress to wear at her sister Marjories coming-out party, five days hence on the seventeenth. When it came time to for Edward to describe him to the police, the description actually resembled George. She was under the weather after a day of shopping. He now suggested a search of morgues, hospitals, and even jails. And her dad thought she had been abducted in Central Park. At the Lenox, Dorothy registered under her real name, with the correct New York address. Like most of the upper class of the time, Mr. Arnold had a deep aversion to publicity. The total mystery ol the Dorothy Arnold case is as unfathomable today as it was fifty years ago. Reporters also discovered that, in September 1910, Arnold had lied to her parents and told them she was going to visit a former Bryn Mawr classmate in Boston. All I can see ahead is a long road with no turning.. Did the young heiress disappear of her own accord? Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. The tale also endures as a reminder of the gross disparities between the attention the media and police do and dont give to certain cases as evidenced by how much leeway they gave to Dorothys upper-class parents, who effectively withheld information and handicapped the cases chances from the beginning. This account has been disabled. On Monday she paid a visit to the general delivery window of the Thirty-fourth Street post office, where she received several letters with foreign postmarks. She was pre . However, noviable leads were generated. Soon they found the man Mr. Arnold meant. Griscom was in Florence, Italy in December 1910. While in Mobile, he saw Dorothy in a store, accompanied by a young man. At the law office of Garvan & Armstrong, to which he hastily repaired, young Arnold was angered to learn that his father had a few days before released news of the missing girl to the press. If there was one thing we can be certain Dorothy was passionate about, more so even than we can be sure she even loved George, it was her writing career. Natasha Ishak is a staff writer at All That's Interesting. Then, dive into the secret life of Roald Dahl, a fighter pilot and spy who became a beloved childrens author. One report said his doting mother still bought all his shirts and ties. Since Dorothy Arnolds disappearance, reported sightings of the heiress cropped up nearly every year afterward and many imposters claimed to be her in a bid to attain her fortune. To obtain the old mans business, Keith was fully prepared to become, for the moment, a private detective. Again she used her right name and address. Why, Dorothy, Theodora exclaimed, its only Friday and you were to stay until Monday. Dorothy shook her head. [Such] atrocious things do happen, though there seems to be no justification for them.. But he was in Italy at the time. Dorothy's family was stunned to learn that she had spent a week with him earlier that year, when she claimed to be visiting some friends from college. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). One thing the gentlemen of the press could not believe was that anyone, even a sheltered heiress, could lead a life as dull and uneventful as that described by her father. George worked at a logging camp 6 miles from their home and when he was gone 17-year-old Sam Russ, a cousin of Blanche stayed with her. Her highest aspirations were to become a writer, although she wasnt having any luck getting published. George Griscom Jr. of Pittsburg. But by far the most conspicuous feature of her attire was her hat. But at the same time no passengers were reported missing from ocean-crossing liners during the early days of her disappearance. She hurried away, but on the far corner of Twenty-seventh Street, she turned to wave back a second good-by to Dorothy. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. George Fredrick Griscom was born on month day 1843, at birth place, Pennsylvania, to Edwin Atlee Griscom and Beulah Griscom (born Denn). Despite their romance, her family didn't approve of her contact with him. She married Samuel Griscom on 6 February 1741, in Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America. A moment later she vanished, never to be seen againat least never by anyone who both recognized her and acknowledged her existence to the world. For the most part it was cheerful, feminine, and chatty, but toward the end there appeared an intriguing paragraph: Well, it has come back. His mother still buys all his shirts and ties." For in any display of anger there might be a cine to the girls inner feelings about her family. However, he claimed that it was a man who resembled Dorothy's boyfriend, George Griscom Jr. As for Dorothy's cause of death, the convict also claimed that she had passed away following a "botched. Wikimedia CommonsThe intersection on Fifth Avenue where the heiress was reportedly last seen. They hired private investigators, the notorious Pinkertons, who searched everywhere for the heiress: shops, hospitals, friends homes, and even the morgue. December 12 was not an especially good day underfoot; the winter weather was raw, and strips of ice made the Fifth Avenue sidewalks treacherous. But then, sometime between noon and 2 p.m. on Dec. 12, 1910, Dorothy Arnold vanished. She died on 21 September 1793, in New Britain, Bucks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the . He was also 44 years old. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Another theory suggested that she had become pregnant possibly with Griscoms child and died during an underground abortion. She was a clever woman with a college degree, she was fluent in several languages, and she was independently wealthy. His name was George C. Griscom, Jr., and he was a wealthy engineer who lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The man she had been seeing, George Griscom, Jr., thought she might have committed suicide after her writing was rejected from a magazine. He or someone else may have supplied her with the name of an abortionistperhaps along with the necessary funds, in the package so surprisingly delivered on Thanksgiving Day in Washington. Also, no witnesses of an attack came forward. After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Arnold began to pursue her ambitions to become a writer, though she was unsuccessful in getting anything published. Griscom inst a todos los que conoci a llamarlo "Junior". Some preferred to imagine her living out her days laughing at the press from afar, on a boat in Greece, or a cabin in California. Dorothy came from serious money with direct lines back to Mayflower passengers. What had, or was going to happen? As Edward Henry Smith wrote in his Mysteries of the Missing , the Dorothy Arnold case has been called a disappearance which had from the beginning no standard in rationality, being logically both impenetrable and irreconcilable. But he also discovered that some of the burned papers were letters with foreign post from a man named George Griscom Jr. FAMILY PROSTRATED. His name wasGeorge C. Griscom, Jr., and he was a wealthy engineer who lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. What she really meant, was men like George Griscom, Jr. George is the indispensable, star-crossed lover of our mystery. Her destination was Brentanos bookstore, where she was observed leafing through books on the newfiction counter. Dorothysfamily was stunned to learn that she had spent a week with him earlier that year, when she claimed to be visiting some friends from college. But Dorothy was more artistic than athletic. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. [Special Dispatch to The Call] ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. Edit your search or learn more. Failure stares me in the face. By her will, she left her estate in trust, to pay the income to her husband and son for life; after the death of the husband to the son for life and after the death of the son . Yet again, they came back empty handed. The girl who seemed to have everything has never come back in any shape or form. She Lied About Everything, except Marrying Wyatt Earp, Investigating One of the Oldest Private Detective Agencies in Paris, 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. Library of CongressDorothy Arnold was an aspiring writer but her work was never published. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Moly 1 Samantha Moly Searcy Forensic Science 7 November 2019 The Disappearance of Dorothy cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. He remained in his room at a hotel nearly all day. Did the rejection of the first stories she ever submitted to a magazine, which coincided with her fathers stern refusal to let her live in Greenwich Village, or to see more of the idle Griscom, plunge her into a mood of suicidal despair? There she paused at Park & Tilfords candy counter to purchase a halfpound box of chocolates. A search of her room indicated she . Griscom denied any involvement in Arnold's disappearance and gave her family a letter she had written to him earlier in 1910. Still,at some point, had Dorothy lived, would she nothave eventually contacted her family or Griscom? Regardless, the public continued to spin sightings and stories out of thin air about the missing Manhattan Heiress, who grew into a sort of morbid mythology as time wore on. She also had on a long blue coat and carried a black fox muff. At the press conference on January 26, Francis Arnold stated that his wife, whose bad health had been worsened by the shock of Dorothys disappearance, had retired to a rest home at a New Jersey resort. Presumably, no one who knew or recognized Dorothy Arnold ever saw her again! After this came a real shocker: recently the two had spent a week together in Boston! The public theories were many, and even when the case was closed 75 days later, it grew more and more absurd. *Burial confirmed via The Times archive - Deaths column dated March 14, 1938*Engagement confirmed via FamilySearch.org, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. The Kowloon Walled City Replica: Historical Accident turned Amusement Park. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Formerly engaged to heiress Carrie S. Hays. Its unlikely, but not impossible, that she would have staged her disappearance to start a new life somewhere else. [13] [22] Reporters also discovered that, in September 1910, Arnold had lied to her parents and told them she was going to visit a former Bryn Mawr classmate in Boston. For the parents, responding to the reporters was like pulling teeth, especially when they began inquiring about the possibility of Dorothy having run off with a lover of a lower social standing. All that I can say is that it has been solved by the department, Police Captain John H. Ayers, the head of the Missing Persons Bureau, told the press. On Jan. 26, 1911, six weeks after she disappeared, Dorothy Arnolds family made her case public. We didnt expect you back until Monday. Again Dorothy answered firmly, I always intended to come home today., She spent the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend at home, reading and sewing. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Dorothy had met him at Bryn Mawr, perhaps before she knew Junior. There were also suspicions of murder. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Weve updated the security on the site. based on information from your browser. However, he claimed that it was a man who resembled Dorothy's boyfriend, George Griscom Jr. As for Dorothy's cause of death, the convict also claimed that she had passed away following a "botched. Her sudden disappearance shook New York City and beyond. Another rumor circulated that she had gotten pregnant and died during a . Try again later. Dorothy Arnolds formidable father had not only inherited a large sum of money, bt he had made considerably more as the head of F. R. Arnold & Company, importers. As baffling as the case remains, it helped inaugurate the new era of intense, but extensive crime press coverage that we expect from our news sources today. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226993282/george-stewart-griscom. Told that she had not, the Arnolds begged that no mention ever be made of their call. Or she may have died on an abortionists table. This may have left a lasting mark on the impressionable Dorothy, becoming her pattern of behavior when disappointed in life and love. Mr. Arnold much preferred it that way, and vigorously resisted two days of intensive argument before he brought himself to tell the world about Dorothy. It was thought that perhaps Arnold had run away with Griscom. Griscom urged all whom he met to call him "Junior." When his parents traveled, he invariably accompanied them. He was quickly found in Florence, where he admitted receiving on December 16 a cable from John Keith. You dont feel just right and its no use going to the trouble. His name was George Griscom Jr. (better known as Junior), and he was not favored by the Arnold family. Dorothy's father was a distinguished Harvard graduate who . In fact, all reports of the clerks who engaged with her at both locations said she was very well spirited, not giddy, but quite normal, and pleasant. George remained in Europe for another month, but eventually had to give his own press conference upon returning to America. Dorothys steady good humor at home, her lively anticipation of her sisters debut, the banter with Gladys King outside Brentanosall these indicate a normal state of mind, not a desire for self-destruction. Her friend, Gladys King, bumped into Arnold as she was leaving a nearby book shop. Unfortunately, she wasnt very discreet about it and borrowed the modern-day equivalent of $12,000 in family jewellery to cover her travelling costs, but only pawned them for about $1,500. Presumably, she carried the remainder of that sum with her as she walked along Seventy-ninth Street toward Fifth Avenue. Over the weeks following, he spent days in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia walking down lanes of hospital beds, examining nameless corpses, and peering at unfortunate young females languishing in jail. Please enter your email address. Weeks passed and additional theories surfaced, each testing the limits of plausibility. Dr. Griscom, who wrote a history of pediatric radiology and trained generations of physicians, died Sept. 27 in Lexington. His father accompanied him, but. Those who glimpsed her familiar figure recalled that her demeanor was normal. Or so one would think. You will receive mail with link to set new password. Whenher movementswere traced, investigators found she had first stopped to buy some chocolate and then went on to a bookstore called Brentanos on Fifth Avenue, where she encountered a friend. When she begged her father for an apartment in Greenwich Village, he rolled his eyes, A good writer can write anywhere, he told her. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Or perhaps she was skipping town with some European lover another theory that made Mary and Francis hot with embarrassment, but that they had no choice to chase. All we know is that as she walked down Fifth Avenue on the aftcrncxm of December 12, Dorothy appeared more concerned with the works of others than with her own literary efforts. CDLXXXIII). The family includes Andrew Mellon, one of the longest-serving U.S. Treasury Secretaries, along with prominent members in the judicial, banking, financial, business, and political professions, as well as a famous recluse, Cordelia Scaife May . He was an engineer almost twice Dorothys age, who had met her in college. The Mysterious Case Of Dorothy Arnold, The Wealthy Socialite Who Vanished In Plain Sight. Was it Dorothy herself? In a few days, a much-dreaded event occurred: Poinsettia Flames was returned. Reporters were no more successful. Rebecca James was born in 1721, in Pembrokeshire, Wales as the daughter of George James. This limited edition print is for my fellow people. Alerting their circle of friends meant inviting high societys gossip mongers to speculate about a missing heiress. In 1772 his son Bodo Otto, Jr., purchased one hundred acres of land for four hundred ninety-seven pounds the property . "This guy is a winner. Shortly before Christmas 1910, the heiress to a perfume empire Dorothy Arnold vanished without a trace while shopping for an evening dress at a New York City department store. Just as Mr. Arnold had feared, the case became highly publicized. Dorothy did want to go out alone that day, and perhaps she was upset about her writing. Young Arnold asked Keith to stop at the house on his way downtown that morning. Or perhapsas some suspectedhe had some secret inkling of Dorothys fate. On July 1, 1886, Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold was born in New York City to her prominent parents, Mary Parks Arnold and Francis Rose. and only that. Creator: Griscom, Ludlow, 1890-1959. Dorothydisappeared on a December afternoon in 1910. McClure's has turned me down. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. 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