Letter from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, September 22, 1926
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Title
Letter from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, September 22, 1926
Subject
Letter from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns, September 22, 1926
Description
Typed letter sent from F.L. Bateman to Dr. Alfred E. Stearns about Helen Tsai's missing suitcase. Explains the hotel searched for the missing suitcase when it first went missing. States the chauffeur only handled 8 pieces of luggages from the hotel to the train station. Asks for Helen Tsai to confirm how many pieces of luggage the group had to help determine when the suitcase was lost. Plans to continue the search.
Transcription
Sept 22, 1926
Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, Principal,
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.
My dear Mr. Stearns:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th inst. I received a wire from Miss Tsai dispatched enroute on the evening of her departure from Chicago.
On the next day we instituted a very thorough search for the missing suit case. The chief porter, as well as the porter on the baggage, from their quarters in the Drake were interviewed and a search of the hotel was made and they advised me they could not locate the suit case in question.
My chauffeur, who handled the baggage for the party from the Drake to the Baltimore & Ohio Station, tells me that he had eight pieces. The station master at the B&O depot at Chicago together with the Red Cap who handled the baggage from the car to the check room and from the check room later to the train, claim to have remembered having handled eight pieces.
It will assist me materially, therefore, if Miss Tsai could tell you whether or not there were more than eight pieces of baggage in possession of the porter when they packed up at the Drake Hotel.If there were nine pieces it would indicate the shortage occurred in the hotel. If, however, they found that only seven pieces were received on the train by them it would indicate the missing suit case was lost somewhere between the check room and the train.
We are still continuing an exhaustive research and cherish the hope that this package may yet be found. I will speak to Mr. Drake tomorrow to see what if anything further can be done at the hotel.
It is needless to say that we feel very much chagrined to think that case should have occurred in of course write you promptly any further developments to report.
Yours sincerely
F.L.Bateman
Mr. Alfred E. Stearns, Principal,
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.
My dear Mr. Stearns:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th inst. I received a wire from Miss Tsai dispatched enroute on the evening of her departure from Chicago.
On the next day we instituted a very thorough search for the missing suit case. The chief porter, as well as the porter on the baggage, from their quarters in the Drake were interviewed and a search of the hotel was made and they advised me they could not locate the suit case in question.
My chauffeur, who handled the baggage for the party from the Drake to the Baltimore & Ohio Station, tells me that he had eight pieces. The station master at the B&O depot at Chicago together with the Red Cap who handled the baggage from the car to the check room and from the check room later to the train, claim to have remembered having handled eight pieces.
It will assist me materially, therefore, if Miss Tsai could tell you whether or not there were more than eight pieces of baggage in possession of the porter when they packed up at the Drake Hotel.If there were nine pieces it would indicate the shortage occurred in the hotel. If, however, they found that only seven pieces were received on the train by them it would indicate the missing suit case was lost somewhere between the check room and the train.
We are still continuing an exhaustive research and cherish the hope that this package may yet be found. I will speak to Mr. Drake tomorrow to see what if anything further can be done at the hotel.
It is needless to say that we feel very much chagrined to think that case should have occurred in of course write you promptly any further developments to report.
Yours sincerely
F.L.Bateman
Creator
F.L. Bateman
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
September 22, 1926
Rights
All Rights Reserved By Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts. Correspondence.