Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-27


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A. Melancholy IHistsry-A Poor
b. .VYonEan with Three GiCRiIdreIl
/ Walks from Writer County, mis-
81 souri, TO ST 'EopissTA Few sIiIes
81 from the, City her Daughter uis
liii FOrcibIy VI CARRIED OF: -sDoT9ibni 9dl
A somewhat singular and interesting
case was developed at the Central Police
Station Saturday morning. A woman,
bearing every Indication Of extreme power
l;ty, accom- panied by two small children,
called and askedsto see the Captain in com
mand. to whom she related the following
4 history, She gave her name as Julia Ann
Smith, and stared that she had only lust ar
rived in the, city from Miller county, MIS-
souri,. Her husband, who was a cooper by
trade, died a few weeks Since, after a pro-
| traeted illness, and left her without afiy
Fortunate woman was forced to do some
1 thing to avert actual Starvation. She
stated she has some well to-do relations in
Bradford county, Kentucky, and hence de-
terInined to reach that place, if possible.
.. Having no means to defray the expenses
Of railroad travelling, she resolved to COM
mence the journey to this. city on, + }ot,
hoping, when She reached here, to be able
| TO find means of being forwarded TO her
destination. She carried out her design,
and started for ST.. Lotis on foot, taking
her children with Her. ilndaunted by the
distance, which is nearly one hundred and
titfy miles, Travelling q few miles each
ana dhiidfeH ff5fn ttis charity of thefafm-
ers along the road. she succeeded, on Thurs
| day night, in reaching Eureka Township.
in this county, about eight miles from this
city. Having a little food with her, she
determined to pass the night in the woods
beside the road. - ~
She. succeeded in lighting fire, and hav-
| ing bnilt a little camp of brush, the mother,
with her erichhdren, passed the night in the
open air. q In the morning early, as she
was preparing to continue her journey, the
woman states q man came up to her CAMP
ing ground, and, after a few words of con-
versation, suddenly seized hold of her old-
est, daughter, a girl about fourteen years
old, and carried her into the woods, not
withstanding her most violent struggles to
escape. The mother pursued and endeav-
ored to overtake the ruffian, and to attract
attention by screaming for assistance, but
succeeded in neither; and, being afraid of
losing her two smaller children, aged about
! four and eight spectively,. was compelled
to return. She remained in the vicinity all
that day and the following night, hoping to
ascertain something concerning her alb
Quoted child. but failed to hear or see any
thing respecting her, and, when Saturday
morning came, she came on to this city and
applied to the police as above mentioned.
Onlearning these facts, and at the most
urgent request of the bereaved woman, the
Chief of Police dispatched two of the
mounted police to the spot where the alb
duction occurred, to make Investigations
Into the matter and if possible capture the
party who perpetrated the outrage and re-
cover the girl. We have not yet learned
what success the officers have achieved .,s,
The woman and her two little children
are now at the police station and are well
story is authenticated in all its particulars,
the carrying off of this child is certainly
one of the most daring Instances oil kid
mapping we have heard of for long time,
and demands immediate investigation and
the full punishment of the guilty party.