The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-11-13
NJ. Il.

RUNAWAY SLAVE STEALS LITTLE GIRL AND CAR
| RIEs HER INTO THE Woops.-Last Saturday morning
the little daughter of Mr. FRANCOIS Brunet residing at
the corner of Chartres and Toulouse streets pretty
chld only four years of age disappeared in an unaC-
countable manner and he published an advertisement
offering reward for her He was told that Madeline
had been playing at his doorsteps when negro girl
stopped to talk and play with her and then led her
away, This story almost distracted him. for if she had
been stolen, at SO early age, he might never find
her. whereas If she only lost she would probably
be brought back to the house On "Wednesday even
ing third district police officer went down to the old
battle ground IN St. Bernard parish to look at the new
Notifications and out toward the woods he came across
negro girl with the child walking beside her
Thinking 1t very strange to see a nurse and child az
such remote spot the officer up and questioned
the girl as how she came to be there She answered
that she had down to see the soldiers and that tho
little girl was staying with her father who was cap
tain in the regiment stationed there The officer took
them both to the camp and made enquiries, which
Shove s1J tbg girl 3saslvinE She now rot frightened
al 5be ts1 AFFAIRS were taking au& haaHy confessed
tbft she had stolen the child ana did now whose
{. vas.
gae officer 5roagh taen % Che third l.strct poIios
y4oe aa looked as1r Eag newspapers aatil he found
'he a5Tetsmcar aE 4r Bganat which gage a descrip.
uoa ct sae f.s.a - lg which Sue was g4sily recog-
q Afterwards hm obtained from fse Slave an ac-
SINE Has LOUISE and that she
anter Of y d 80 jackson
1a. .s- said 4hsz-sss-s 'ruy au@ut
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near Hr 1traes H.asa- In JEe ming she enticed
away ta--t.a G-, 5a took Ire into the a9ods back Of
-a old battle-ground iu ST. Bernard parish, where she
aaa HTc Hays aus toar ghta Hes i4aa , undertak-
r4 sacI strange s.Ivew ygIe cannot BE imagined Mr..
4iuGG affidavit against her Coz kidnapping
before recorder Gastines court and Lousia was sens
to prison to awaitan examination N. 0. Bee.
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How a YOUNG GENT GOT ARRESTED FOR STBALIsG
HIS OWN HoRsE.-The pulsatng wires sometimes play
innocent. pranks, think young New Yorker,
whose name shall be sacred, testify. The young
mans uncle is lord Of his manor in Rensselaer,
county, near Troy. The young mans ladylove lives
in Albany. While on visit to his uncles he took
the old gentlemans horse and buggy and rode down
the capital see his sweetheart designing of course
return during the evening but expecting to pro
long his conference to such length require the
stabing Of his horse He therefore secured the animal
at the pest nearest the house wherein his dwe
This post about block distant, in front OF the
dence of benevolent and consierate Albanian whose
better half is Of keen perceptiye faculties
and generous nature. The good woman, late in tho
evening, the horse hitched before her dooC and
moved to pity. Later the team still there
Later still the animal remained shvering in the freez
ing atmosphere, until fearing mishap might have
bealien the owner and thinking too bad to retire
and leave the noble horse thus exposed the thoughtful
housewife hailed policeman and caused the to be
removed to stable Itis supposed that the kind NO
man then went to her pillow, with the happiness of
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At length young New Yorker and his charmer
brought their communion to a close. Looking for his
horse he prcceived himself be in the predcament Of
the photographer who went to Wcbsters dictionary to
learn the defnoton of the verb ito staelo The
equine quadruped nowhere to be The post was
where he left it. and probably stands there to this day
so it clear that person had quietly slipped
the bride and fled with the team. The young man
acted on his first impulse, ana instead of making in
quy police station, teegraphed to Troy and other
places description Of his uncles team with directions
to arrest any person in whose possession it might be
found. Having telegraphed which, our young friend
went to inform the police, and was pleased to learn
that his property awaited his commands at neighbor-
ing stable, and would be delivered upon the payment
of small and reasonable fee to the stable keeper
Recovering his team and declaring that in future he
would properly house his horse whenever he might
have occasion to visit Albany he went on his way re-
jocing, and whipping up quite smartly through the
streets Of Troy, when under his telegraphic in
structon, the Trojan police officers arrested him as
horse theft; and not until his rural friends had been
summoned to give testimony in confirmation of hls
statements, the lover permitted to take his shadow
from the threshold of the station house.