Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-07-29
THE SEQUEL Of OUR MAGGIE"
Remarkable Case OF A5dncfion-Arrest aad Con.
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finemenf oi the iAidnappers.
Our readers will remember the inter-
esting narrative Of young girl from this
city, which appeared in our columns some
three weeks ago. Persons were at once
sent in search of her as we then announc-
ed. We are now able 10 state that she
has returned and that on the same train
which brought her back to the arms Of
her despalrIng parents, there came IN
charge OF officer Hunt, of Cleveland, and
IN irons, Martin Harerman, charged with
having forclbly abducted and carried off
from her home in this city, Margaret, a
girl l3 years old, daughter CT William
House, and secreting her from her pa
lence keeping her in darance over seven
weeks.
On Friday night last al ten o'clock,
Margaret reached home. On Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, eight weeks had
elapsed since she left that home, as be-
fore stated, to visit a school-mate expect
Ing to return to dinner. As she had al
ways been an aHectionate home loving
child, never been absent night from her
mother, her unaccounlable absence now
gave intense alarm. L was soon found
that Martin Hayerman, German, who
had boarded In the house, was also mis-
sing, and fears OF foul play on his par
were at once excited. Advertisements
were printed, handbiljs circulated, every
effort made to follow and find him, but al
though repeatedly on his track, he man.
aged TO eiude his pursuers until Tuesday
last when he was discovered by an uncle
Of Maggie, and arrested at Chicago.
The manner of his discovery and ar
rest was, to say the least, very remarka-
be. Among the number of letters elicit
ed by the publicity given to the case, was
one from Cleveland written in broken
German English, without name or refer
ence to the writer's residence other than
Cleveland. The writer SAID that such q
parry came into his store and took a glass
Of soda water, the man stating that he was
going off IN the cars that day, and the girl
crying and unwilling TO 60, and that he
himself bid her shut up and keep quiet.
This letter was at first disregarded, as OF
no importance, and was about 10 be thrown
aside, when it was !hought best to send
1t to the uncle then III Cleveland in search
Of fHayerman, where ii was we'll ascertain
ed that he had been. Although 4 forlorn
hope to think of finding the writer, Mr.
Duguyd determined at once to visit every
soda fountain in Cleveland. He was saw
ed that trouble-he found the man he
sought at the first place he inquired at,
though not on the first inquiry, tor the ia
Their aad one son knew nothing, bat anoth-
er one being called and finally assured
that 40 harm would come, acknowledged
himself the writer, and said the party had
gone to Chicago some three weeks preyi-
Gus. Thither Mr.. ID. went on the next
train. Handbills offering hundred dol
lars reward had been previously sent, aud
the Mayor and Police had interested them
selves without success. Was 1t likely that
he, a stranger, would succeed better p
He would try He followed very slight
clue until he found two Germans who
said they had seen man with little girl
which he called hls step daughter in a IA
ger beer saloon. IIavernan had previ-
ously called Maggie so, and this gave
hope. He found the German and they
described the man and girl, bat they seem
ed reluctant to tell where he worked for
fear they might be getting countryman
into difficulty. The reward, printed In
German, decided them. They went to
the shop with Mr.. d. and an officer, in
an obscure corner of the German quarter
of the city, and found that such man
had worked there, but was not at the
shop, and no one could tell where he
boarded. His own conscience disclosed
that secret, for seeing strangers about the
shop, he put his + I'd oul OF a window
down the street and was seen and recog-
nized. He drew back and exclaimed III
alarm to Maggie, i" There IS You: uncle
Duguyd;' = and she thwarsed his wish TO
conceal her, By screaming with delight
and fving to meet Mr.. Duguyd as he
came up the stairs.
Haverman was al first very defiant, and
declared that if he took her away he
would follow and have her again, if it
cost him his life.
When the officer told him : You are
nv prisoner" he wanted TO know ''fE hat
for!'' and by what aulhority!' He
soon concluded, however, that the best
thing was quietly to submit and return
here to New York. AT Cleveland the
party was met at the railway station by
crowd of people, who had manifested a
deep interest IN the affair, and who offer
ed not only kind words bat money to as
sist the parents In recovering their child.
Messrs Smith & Dodd, merchants, Cieve-
land, had telegraphed to Mr.. d. at Chic
ago, as soon as they heard Of the arrest,
to draw upon them for any needed sum
Il L.
York Some of the bystanders at Cleve-
land manifested such a desire to take the
case before Judge Lynch court, that the
prisoner appealed like a coward to those
having him in custody to save his life
The people expressed themselves as not
having much confidence IN New York
courts, and feared he would not meet his
deserts here. As 10 that we shall see
he is here and will have TO await his Trial.
We saw and heard Maggie tell her
story on Saturday. She is smart, sen
sible girl, of about medium size for her
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