Daily national Democrat., 1859-11-08
Abduction of a Young Girl.

The following from yesterdays issue of the
Sacramento Standard will be read with in
terest by many in this city. Most of the par.
ties named ale known in Marysyille 1t will
be seen that Wash. Montgomery, wild and
wayward as he has been in many things,
has acted towards the young lady involved
in this transaction. very noble part. 1t does
honor to him as man;
George w Montgomery. of this city, sued
nut a writ of habeds corpus in the Supreme
Court on Friday last, returnable before Judge
Huger, of the Fourth District Court in San
Francisco, requiring one Irene McCready, n
woman of i'll fame residing in san Francisco
to appear and produce the body of Il certain
young lady named Alice Lewis, aged 10
years, which she, the said Irene together
with an abandoned woman named Caddy
Thompson. had spirited away from the Cath
olic School at San Jose and secreted in the
city of San Francisco. Alice is the daughter
ot Count Lewis, at present residing in the
city of New York, but formerly of Louisiana
she came to California with her mother. EN-
ma Lewis, several years ago. and was taken
under the protection and guardianship of Mr.
Montgomery. who appears to have discharg-
ed the responsibilities of his guardianship in
the most devoted manner He sent her II
the Catholic school ut San Jose, were she was
carefully reared and instructed under the
care of the Sisters, in all the graces and ac-
complishments of a refined education. Her
guardian seems to have spared no expense
but lavished upon her the mea%s to provide
for every necessity, Notwithstanding the
changes and vicisitudes of his own fortunes
for years. The girl grew to be an amiahle
accomplished and beautiful young lady, de-
voted to her studies and an ornament to the
school. Some weeks ago her mother died nj
Marysville, and an abandoned woman of the
town named Caddy Thompson, under pre-
tence Of having authority from the deceased
mother. and with II false show of regard to
ward to the girl, proceeded to the school at
San Jose, and without the knowledge of hei
guardian removed the girl from school and
placed her, rs it is stated, in the care ot
Irene, a noted courtesan Of San Francisco
under pretence Of taking her to her father in
| New York Count Lewis her father. having
heard of her mothers death, made request
that Alice should be sent to New York and
under pretenee of sending her there, it i
alleged that CAddy Thompson and Irene Me.
Cready have spirited the girl way from sin
lster ana improper motives. Montgomery Il
willing and anxious that the girl should 90
to her father but is unwilling that she should
go in company with, or be placed under the
charge of IA prostitute SO notorious as Irene
AS soon, therefore, as he heard that the gir
had beeu given into her charge, he engaged
j. W. Coffroth, Esq, as counsel, and sued
out wait OF hGbeds corpus, returnaUle a:
above stated. On Friday last, Messrs. Cof-
froth and Montgomery went to the Bay. aud
on saturday morning, having engaged the
services of sundry detective officers in that
city. they searched the two steamers about
to sail for the Atlantic States, and succeeded
in finding Irene secreted in one of the steam
ers. but did not find the young lady. Irene
asserts thnt Alice went home on the Golden
Gate. on the 9th of October, in charge of q
woman named Mrs Taylor; but it wa.
proved before the District Court at San Fran
cisco that she had Teen seen in the city with.
in the previous week. II was also proved
on the hearing of the case, that Dir. Mont
gomery had expended $1,000 in educating
and supporting the girl during the past few
| years.