Colleen Steffen

Nine-year-old Catherine Winters, once famous, now forgotten, disappeared from New Castle, Ind., in 1913. Writer Colleen Steffen still searches.

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Look for Catherine info (and me) on Facebook: https://t.co/ZWRhr4QGhn

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Thinking of Catherine today, 103 years later. Here's hoping she's someplace she no longer cares.

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Like Catherine, perhaps this poor little girl's early wounding made her vulnerable, a scent only monsters can smell. https://t.co/FPATwt19EV

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The new website, an online repository for all things related to the case: https://t.co/HGcFnvNPJ0

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A year after his daughter disappeared, Dr. Winters had spent $2,200 of his own money, a huge sum. Total spent: an estimated $50,000.

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CW's 10th bday had come and gone on Feb. 10. Said the Courier, “Dr. W.A. Winters sat quietly in his office today thinking of his daughter.”

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Winter 1914—it passed in a series of sad, strangely monotonous searches of Gypsies. 7 look-alikes, from Seattle to Nola, none of them CW.

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The search paused in Dec 1913, and now so do I: heading to Russia ahead of @bsuatthegames !!! Not enough exclamation points. See u in 2014.

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Now #NewCastle's top two law enforcement officers are new to their jobs and perhaps don't get along. It doesn't bode well for CW.

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Bouslog and Wynn have vied against each other in narrow and apparently bitter political contests. #NewCastle #Indiana

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#Today1913 Outgoing police chief isn't out of work: James Bouslog is newly elected sheriff. He and his fam move into quarters in the jail.

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#Today1913 Mayor-elect Watkins has chosen a new police chief: John Wynn, barber, local constable and former town marshal.

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Dec. #1913 will usher in big changes in #NewCastle #Indiana law enforcement, with a new county sheriff and chief of police.

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Pres. Wilson had given thanks for a year of peace in his annual proclamation, but war clouds would gather before another Thanksgiving came.

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#Today1913 Thanksgiving had come & gone in #NewCastle. What had the Winterses found to be thankful for, or had they let the day slip by?

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#Today1913 We'd recognize the turkey & pumpkin pie on #NewCastle Thanksgiving tables—and the canned cranberry sauce, a year-old innovation.

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Woodrow Wilson declares #today1913 "a day of thanksgiving and prayer," calling all citizens "to cease from their wonted occupations."

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CWs stepmom made her clothes every time an imposter stepped forward. Guessed her size, set to sewing. It's a saving detail.

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Mundane details of daily life turn those strange and stiff characters of a century ago into real people.

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More #NewCastle #1913 life: Few to no women's clothing stores, just dry goods for home sewing. In every attic a dress form.