Ada M Woodward missing 1898 Bklyn NY mom Huntington
News 27 August 1898 Daily Star An Unusual Story
The Mysterious Disappearance of a Greenpoint Young Lady Last Week. "On Monday, August 15th," said Mrs. HUNTINGTON of 76 Freeman street, in a conversation on Thursday, "my daughter, Ada M. WOODWARD (by my first husband), left the house for the purpose of going to see her grandmother in
South First street.I have not seen her since she left the door.She has disappeared as completely as though the earth had swallowed her up.People saw her on Franklin street standing as if waiting for a car, but no one has
come forward to say that she was seen to take a car.She did not go to her grandmother¹s.Her grandmother has not seen her no more than have any of her friends.She told me she wanted to go and see her grandmother and I gave my consent.She went to the baker¹s just before starting."
Mrs. HUNTINGTON shed tears as she spoke. "Ada and I were like sisters, more than mother and daughter," she said."Ada is sixteen and there is only fourteen years difference in our ages.She had everything that the heart
could wish for.Last Saturday she was to have gone to Saratoga with her aunt for a few weeks¹ vacation.I do not like to mention her aunt¹s name in print, for she is a well-know society woman of Brooklyn and you would probably recognize the name.She is a leader in a number of societies.Ada was her adopted daughter.Her aunt knows nothing as to what has become of her, and the Saratoga trip has been abandoned." A Woman of Refinement. Mrs. HUNTINGTON is a woman of refinement and feels the situation terribly.
The family used to live in the Ninth Ward in Manhattan Borough.Mr. HUNTINGTON is engaged with Dodd¹s Express. Ada was to have graduated at the Grove Street School next year.An unusually good painting by her is on the
wall in the parlor.It is a painting of natural scenery.
As Mrs. HUNTINGTON hurried below to get it."No news" she said coming back with the tears on her cheeks. The telegram was from a friend who has been hunting for the missing girl.
He briefly told of his non-success and signed himself "Heartsick." Good Templars. Mrs. HUNTINGTON then told more about Ada.The were both Good Templars and
Mrs. HUNTINGTON has held prominent positions in the order.
Mrs. HUNTINGTON stated that the letter recently received by her saying that Ada had just been married to a young man is false and was concocted by some mischievous person.The letter was signed "Ada¹s Husband." Mrs. HUNTINGTON says she takes no stock in the letter.The young man, she
says is a mere boy, who has been away for months on a school ship.It is denied that Ada was a great bicycle rider.She never went bicycle riding except with her and her stepfather. Her photograph shows a quiet, sensible girl, not at all disposed to seek attention. Mrs. HUNTINGTON has visited police headquarters and the morgue.The detectives do not work on any successful clue.They accomplish nothing. There is no evidence that the girl was wild.She had no male visitors. This makes the case all the more mysterious.She was not in the habit of running around, hither and thither.She left a handsome omfortable home. Her grandmother was at the house on Thursday. I am not related & have no other info.