Arnold, circa 1910

Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold
Missing since December 12, 1910 from New York City, New York County, New York.
Classification: Missing

Vital Statistics

• Date Of Birth: 1884
• Age at Time of Disappearance: 27 years old
• Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'1"; 160 lbs
• Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Dark brown hair; gray/blue eyes.
• Clothing: A tailor-made blue serge suit and a black velvet hat lined in pale Alice blue and decorated with two silk roses.

Circumstances of Disappearance
Dorothy Arnold was last seen on Fifth Avenue and 27th Street. Hundreds of people surrounded her and yet no one saw anything.
On the morning of December 12, 1910, Dorothy left her parent’s home in Manhattan to go shopping for a dress to wear to her younger sister’s “coming out” party.
As she left the house that morning, several acquaintances stopped and spoke with her as she walked west along Fifth Avenue, and others saw her going toward a bookstore on 27th Street. They all said that she seemed cheerful.
When she failed to return to 79th Street for dinner that night, her family telephoned friends but she had not been seen by any of them.
The family decided to keep Dorothy's disappearance a secret, conducting discreet investigations through a friend of the family and with the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Her parents spent thousands of dollars with the Pinkerton’s but they had no more success than John S. Keith, the family friend did. Keith was the attorney for the family and he had often escorted Dorothy to social functions. For weeks, he searched hospitals, morgues and jails in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
The secret investigations continued for six weeks, before the Arnold’s finally turned to the police and the newspapers.

Source Information:
THE VANISHED HEIRESS
The Charley Project