In the weeks following, he received other messages inquiring whether Dorothy had appeared in Florence, all of which he answered in the negative. 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. One report said his doting mother still bought all his shirts and ties. George is the indispensable, star-crossed lover of our mystery. Then, on the afternoon of the twenty-fifth, he called reporters to his office. Even before alerting police, Dorothy Arnolds family began to conduct investigations of their own. Era George C. Griscom, Jr., un regordete de cuarenta y dos aos de patillas que viva con sus ancianos padres en Pittsburgh y veraneaba en Nantucket. Or she may have died on an abortionists table. Failed to remove flower. He died in 1920. . [Such] atrocious things do happen, though there seems to be no justification for them.. She told her family about Poinsettia Flames, and they all began teasing her unmercifully about her literary pretensions. Resend Activation Email. In New York newspapers he inserted ads in the Personal columns signed Junior, which begged Dorothy to communicate with him. He now suggested a search of morgues, hospitals, and even jails. A reward of $1,000 was offered for any information leading to her return. This account has been disabled. To a young lawyer like Keith, Francis R. Arnold was potentially a valuable client. FAMILY PROSTRATED. Then, dive into the secret life of Roald Dahl, a fighter pilot and spy who became a beloved childrens author. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Newspapermen were asked not to search for her, and out of deference to the ladys health, age, and social standing, they did not. George married Joanna Griscom (born Dugan). A more reasonable possibility is that Dorothy leaped from the Fall River side-wheeler which left New York at five P.M. daily; suicides favored these overnight boats, for no passenger list was kept. The Kowloon Walled City Replica: Historical Accident turned Amusement Park. However, noviable leads were generated. The discovery of these letters revealed that Arnold and Griscom were in regular communication before she vanished, a communication she continued over her parents objections. During her young adulthood, Dorothy Arnold had grown close to a man by the name of George Griscom Jr. After this came a real shocker: recently the two had spent a week together in Boston! The disappearance of New York City socialite Dorothy Arnold remains one of the biggest missing persons cases in U.S. history. Brother of Henry Schwartz Griscom. Sadly, the story of Dorothy Arnolds disappearance remains one of the biggest and perhaps most tragic mysteries in New York Citys history. Denial, while just as tragic, goes down a little easier. [Special Dispatch to The Call] ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. 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. I am firmly convinced my daughter has been killed, he said. FAMILY PROSTRATED. Potential husbands shouldnt convince young women to pawn their familys items for a steamy hotel meet-up. But when he probed with his finger, he saw no writing visible on the charred remains. 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?). Only a year or two older than Dorothy, Keith had occasionally escorted her to society dances or to lectures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 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. Dorothys mother, who lived until 1928, never believed her daughter was dead. Dorothy allegedly went on a secret trip to Boston with George that summer, whilst telling her parents she was staying with friends. The public theories were many, and even when the case was closed 75 days later, it grew more and more absurd. And her dad thought she had been abducted in Central Park. Tax Lists. Opening a desk drawer, Keith found a pile of personal letters, some with foreign postmarks. 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. That, Keith said, was an area where had found some troubling things. 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. He immediately replied: KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 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. Then, just before Thanksgiving, she again drew her former classmate, Theodora Bates, into the complicated web of her life, when she decided to visit her friend in Washington, D.C., where Theodora was teaching. On the day of her disappearance, Dorothy Arnold was expensively and modishly clad, a fact that would make her highly conspicuous at a time when class distinctions in female dress were sharp. When he arrived at the Arnold home, Keith was taken directly to Dorothys room. The total mystery ol the Dorothy Arnold case is as unfathomable today as it was fifty years ago. In the main hallwhich newspapers were later to describe as magnificently furnishedshe found her mother waiting. Her friend, Gladys King, bumped into Arnold as she was leaving a nearby book shop. Others whispered that she was the victim of a botched abortion. But through all the furor Francis Arnold persisted in his stubborn assertion that Dorothy had been murdered in Central Park. As the weeks wore on, the case grew worse than cold, it grew stale. Fearing that her disappearance would become a media spectacle and a source of shame for the family, the Arnolds didnt report their daughters disappearance until six weeks after the last time she was seen alive. Arnold told her mother that she was headed out to buy an evening gown at a department store on Fifth Avenue. They finally brought in the big guns: the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency, whose agent interviewed Dorothys friends, acquaintances, and classmates, but again, no dice. The man she had been seeing, George Griscom, Jr., thought she might have committed suicide after her writing was rejected from a magazine. Manuscripts she submitted to publisherswere rejected, a fact Dorothy was anxious to hide. Oh, no, she said, I always planned to leave today., At the Arnold home in New York, Dorothys mother was equally astonished when her daughter reappeared. The facts of her case are sparse but suggestive of a darker story. of George James of Philadelphia, shopkeeper. Then there was Keith, the family lawyer whod been there from day one of the mystery, who finally felt he was able to pitch his two cents about what had happened now that both parents passed: Dorothy, distraught from her failed career, took her own life. Free subscription>>, Please consider a donation to help us keep this American treasure alive. As she departed from her home, Dorothy carried no luggagethough it is conceivable that a nightgown might have been hidden in the depths of her large muff. 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 father accompanied him, but. Dorothy did want to go out alone that day, and perhaps she was upset about her writing. The day before, she had withdrawn $36 from the bank to lake some girl friends to lunch at Sherrys, followed by a matinee. As nighttime fell and she failed to return home, Arnolds family became worried. She decided that it contained the rejected manuscript of Dorothys second short story, Lotus Leaves. Yet there is nothing to support this assumption. Thanks for your help! Try again later. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. His name was George Griscom Jr. (better known as Junior), and he was not favored by the Arnold family. This may have led to contact with the underworld, and the pent-up Dorothy may have seized on this road to a new kind of life. But she did nor go to Cambridge. You can always change this later in your Account settings. He also had an electrical cord tied around his neck. Trusted Writing on History, Travel, and American Culture Since 1949, DOROTHY ARNOLD MISSING. She was well educated, and graduated with a major in literature from Bryn Mawr College. Presumably, no one who knew or recognized Dorothy Arnold ever saw her again! Pinkerton officials listened to the story of the disappearance and immediately mailed a descriptive circular on Dorothy to police departments all over the country. It satisfied the NYPD, but not George or her parents (the only time they would ever agree). 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. Formerly engaged to heiress Carrie S. Hays.Romantically involved with heiress Dorothy Arnold when she mysteriously disappeared on December 12, 1910.------Notes:*Death date confirmed via 1939 court decrees, re: Griscom's estate. One had simply to look at her wide, placid lace to realize that she was more studious than frivolous. 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? Early in October the Arnolds returned to New York. Walking was her only exercise. Then Gladys King excused herself, explaining that she had to meet her mother for lunchit was now nearly two oclock and she was late. The burnt papers were confirmed as Dorothys rejected manuscripts, one of which she had recently received back. Griscom urged all whom he met to call him "Junior." When his parents traveled, he invariably accompanied them. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. The conflict between the police and her family over the case fueled even more speculation around her disappearance. But his search led nowhere, and finally Keith recommended that the family call upon the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Romantically involved with heiress Dorothy Arnold when she mysteriously disappeared on December 12, 1910. Outside Brentanos she met an acquaintancea girl named Gladys King, who the day before had received an invitation to Marjorie Arnolds debut. What she really meant, was men like George Griscom, Jr. George is the indispensable, star-crossed lover of our mystery. For 70 years, American Heritage has been the leading magazine of U.S. history, politics, and culture. Now, fifty years later, Dorothys body has yet to float to the surface of a reservoir. The Arnolds were furious that she had blown their money on this middle-aged, deadbeat love interest who still lived with his parents. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. She did have a lover that her parents disapproved of, George Griscom Jr., but he joined the search effort for her and, eventually, moved on and married someone else . George had 3 siblings: Clara Griscom and 2 other siblings. Rebecca James was born in 1721, in Pembrokeshire, Wales as the daughter of George James. 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 animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Now, George was a wealthy Pennsylvania boy, so his social standing wasn't the problem for Dorothy's parents, but his social etiquette was. The story, and pictures of Dorothy appeared in newspapers as far away as Europe. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Drag images here or select from your computer for George Stewart Griscom Jr. memorial. It was made of black velvet, with two blue roses for decorationa type then called a Baker, which resembles nothing so much as an overturned dishpan. Or rather, lack thereof. She was a clever woman with a college degree, she was fluent in several languages, and she was independently wealthy. Dorothy was the daughter of a Manhattan millionaire. The Arnolds did a hire lawyer (but most importantly, a friend) named John Keith a day after her disappearance. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. 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. Yet she lived with her parents in a mansion on East 79th Street because her father forbade her to move out. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Then, on January 16, a young man and a heavily veiled woman came to visit him. She had with her about $25 of a monthly allowance of $100. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. 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. When she failed to return for dinner, an increasingly worried group ate without her, then began making discreet phone calls to Dorothys close friends to ask if the girl had, by any chance, dropped in on them. Dorothy did have a secret boyfriend, George Griscom Jr, who she intended to marry despite her parents' disapproval. Back home, she retired to her room and answered Griscom with a letter which he saved and later returned to the family. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. When Francis died, his will said nothing of Dorothy. Mrs. Arnold was equally well-connected, and the family ranked high in the old guard of New York society, then noted for its propriety and unbending reticence. Already informed by the Arnold family of the general outlines of the case, Flynnwho later became head of the United States Secret Serviceadvised an immediate meeting with the press. There she had gone to escape the anxious hours of waiting in the Arnold home. Now, George was a wealthy Pennsylvania boy, so his social standing wasnt the problem for Dorothys parents, but his social etiquette was. PA John Denn Griscom b.1808 m. 1839 Margaret . Guests at Griscoms hotel recalled that as he read the wire, Junior seemed agitated. The Mellon family is a wealthy and influential American family from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It read: DOROTHY ARNOLD MISSING. Although the murder weapon was never identified, the most likely candidate was a camera tripod. But then that same year, a shocking statement came out of the police department: the case had been solved. Please enter your email and password to sign in. It was disheartening, vague evidence at best. 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. This limited edition print is for my fellow people. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. The Arnolds were reluctant to cooperate with police, which led them to clash with investigators and spawned a plethora of conspiracy theories. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Family members linked to this person will appear here. It was the sharp-eyed pawnbroker who exploded to the press and police the story of her Boston sojourn. Presumably the police department of New York City received one of these circulars, but it stood firmly on protocol, refusing to act in the Dorothy Arnold matter until appealed to directly. 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. *Burial confirmed via The Times archive - Deaths column dated March 14, 1938*Engagement confirmed via FamilySearch.org, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Her highest aspirations were to become a writer, although she wasnt having any luck getting published. She also had on a long blue coat and carried a black fox muff. Legacy invites you. The couple met while she was in college. At least one discovery was made, and it was a most unwelcome one for Dorothys family:unbeknownst to anyone, she had a boyfriend. The salesgirl recognized her as a familiar customer, and without question added the purchase to the Arnold family account. Her name was Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold. She was 25 years old when she disappeared. Please try again later. Was she kidnapped and murdered? That day she wore a well-tailored suit, with a blue serge coat and a tight hobble skirt in a matching color; she carried both a huge silver-fox mutt and a satin handbag. The speech was as you would expect, filled with talk of affection and worry for the young woman, praise for the police, etc. or the lawyer who was employed in their service? Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Yet no one saw her fall that day, and no hospital received a girl with a concussion or a blanked-out mind. On the desk-top he noted two transatlantic steamship folders. It would be bad enough, the stern Francis Arnold cried out once, if the daughter I loved so well [were] lying beside her grandmother in Greenwood Cemetery, but this suspense and uncertainty are a thousand times worse., And that uncertainty was never resolved. The Mysterious Case Of Dorothy Arnold, The Wealthy Socialite Who Vanished In Plain Sight. But first, a little portrait of a not-so-happy family. When her second short story, The Poinsettia and the Flame was rejected by McClures magazine, it seemed that something broke in her. To make matters worse, she felt she had few champions behind her given her parents negative attitude, and had to keep a secret PO box for sending and receiving mail about her work. When women died, they were burned in a furnace, and Dorothy wouldve met the same fate. It was starting to look more and more like the . 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. George remained in Europe for another month, but eventually had to give his own press conference upon returning to America. To license content, please contact licenses [at] americanheritage.com. 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. This browser does not support getting your location. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. She was a woman about town and the belle of too many Uptown balls to count, but to this day, no one could ever figure out whether Dorothy was murdered, kidnapped, or stepped through some kind of inter-dimensional portal. His tongue had slipped, and he had been misquoted. Presumably these came from Griscom, who had arrived with his parents in Italy. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Verify and try again. Why, whats happened? Mrs. Arnold demanded as Dorothy stepped through the door. About six months before, a tipster claimed to have seen her at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-third Street. WAS MISS ARNOLD LED TO SUICIDE BY AUTO-SUGGESTION ? Could she come to the phone? A fourth brother, George, died at the age of 21. Its worth noting that Dorothy was a secretive person and there were aspects of her life which she kept hidden from her family. . Griscom went back to Pittsburgh, there to prepare for a trip to Europe with his father and mother. Never had Dorothy skipped a meal without warning the family ahead of time. Six years after her disappearance, an inmate at the Rhode Island State Penitentiary named Edward Glennorris claimed he helped bury a body that matched Dorothy Arnolds description. A quiet-looking, sturdy girl with a healthy complexion, she had brown hair done up in a high pompadour, and steady, blue-gray eyes. Natasha Ishak is a staff writer at All That's Interesting. Dorothy Arnold was an aspiring writer but her work was never published. He's a 42-year-old named George C. Griscom, Jr., but he goes by "Junior." She met him at Bryn Mawr. Did Dorothy simply run away? This theory was immediately dismissed by police because it was 21 degrees Fahrenheit in New York City on the day Dorothy Arnold disappeared, which meant that the reservoir was frozen solid. Annak idejn a lny fiskols vei alatt ismerkedtek meg. 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. The blow of her first story getting rejected from a publishing company was hard enough on her, but the second was unbearable. Dorothy arrived at Theodoras home at 1820 Mintwood Place late Wednesday night. 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. This was ruled out when Griscom was found vacationing in Italy with his family (via Ninja Journalist ). Keith investigated all the local hospitals, morgues and jails. It was now noon. 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. The public loved it. Why, Dorothy, Theodora exclaimed, its only Friday and you were to stay until Monday. Dorothy shook her head. Reporters were no more successful. 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. She married Samuel Griscom on 6 February 1741, in Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America. 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. Lost your password? This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Arnold had fallen out with her father, who refused to let her move out of the house. Please reset your password. Her mother offered to go with her, but Dorothy said she wanted to be alone. I thought you might like to see a memorial for George Stewart Griscom Jr. Ship-news reporters, who had unexpectedly found him aboard the Savoie of the French Line, peppered him with questions. To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Locationeven a guess will help. 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. Oops, something didn't work. 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). You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Was this mothers intuition or wishful thinking? Griscom (who preferred to be called "Junior") was a 30-year-old engineer who came from a wealthy Pennsylvania family with whom he still lived at the Kenmawr Hotel in Pittsburgh. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Yet the package did arrive, and Theodora always maintained that it came by regular United States mail. Two days before leaving Boston, she visited a pawnshop on Boylston Street, obtaining $60 for $500 worth of assorted personal jewelry. Enter your email and Ill send you my latest stories. Out of ideas, and options, they returned to the only place where they decided it was possibly to acquaint themselves with the most intimate side of Dorothy: her bedroom. Ludlow Griscom papers, 1918-1961. Mum & Dad named me Vanessa, but you can call me Nessy. Cant it wait? he asked. Dorothy was the daughter of perfume importer Francis Arnold, and she was the niece of Supreme Court Justice Rufus Wheeler Peckham. To obtain the old mans business, Keith was fully prepared to become, for the moment, a private detective. Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold was one of the earliest high-profile missing persons in the twentieth century. We have set your language to Try again later. 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. The NYPD, however, begged to differ and continued the search. His mother still buys all his shirts and ties." That same morning a bulky envelope was delivered for Dorothy. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. On accepting the package at the door, Theodora jumped to a fast conclusion. The girl who seemed to have everything has never come back in any shape or form. You will receive mail with link to set new password. The discovery of these letters revealed that Arnold and Griscom were in regular communication before she vanished, a communication she continued over her parents' objections. Griscom was in Florence, Italy in December 1910. But he also discovered that some of the burned papers were letters with foreign post from a man named George Griscom Jr. Some quick detective work on the part of the European correspondents revealedto everyones consternationthat the veiled lady was none other than Mrs. Francis Arnold, whose privacy at the New Jersey rest home was still respectfully honored by the newspapers. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Dorothy came from serious money with direct lines back to Mayflower passengers. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 16 daughters. There, because of the laxity of police supervision over the park, I believe it quite possible that she might have been murdered by garroters, and her body thrown into the lake or the reservoir. It wasnt until late the following day that they began to ask each other, Where is Dorothy? Then there was her older lover, George Griscom Jr. Arnold's family did not approve of Griscom and forbade her from seeing him. But George would never be the man the Arnolds wanted as a. But if she did slip into another life, her insensitivity was colossal, for she could not have avoided reading in newspapers of the distress she was causing her family. Dorothy was young and strong andmay not have been easy to subdue. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. In the words of a news account, Dorothy now found life a torment among her amused relatives.. He was hardly the type to sweep a girl off her feet, or rescue her from a stifling existence. When a reporter endeavored to tell him over the telephone of the arrival in New York . You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. It took no master-mind to figure that the young man must be Dorothys older brother, John W. 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