New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-23
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OFFICIAL JovRNAr.0F THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
- INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE.
Strange Experiences Of a st. Louis Col
ered Girl I'm the Ever Faithful Isle
- RHl- She WINS X idn0Dued.


Strange Experiences of a st. Louis Col.
cred Girl I'm the Ever Faithful Isle
new She was Kidnapped.
Z IN the month of January, 1868, at st.
T0uis. young colored girl named Marga-
ret Robinson was engaged by. woman
named Sackctt as nurse, and shortly after
disappeared in most mysterious manner.
A few days since Chief of Police McDon-
Ough, of that city, received dispatch from
the State Department at Washington, di-
recting him to ascertain the particulars OF
the case, as q young girl claiming to be
Margaret Robinson had applied to Henry
G. Hall, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT at Havana,
for aid. The following is the report of Mr..
Hall:
To the Hon. J. GLIB Davis, Assistant Secretary of
state, Washington:
SIR beg leave to report to the depart
lnent the case of Margaret Robinson,
colored girl jagged thirteen years, or there
abOuts, although she appears much older,
who was brought to this place some two
and half years ago, by q woman named
Sackett, and left in charge of Madame and
Mr. Bolio, prOprietors Of the San Carlos
Hotel. Her statement is the following
That she lived with her aunt, whose name
is Lizzie Mack, on Franklin avenue, St.
Louis, Missouri; that some time after New
Years (ls6S probably, Mrs. Sackett came
to her aunt's and engaged her to take care
Of child. Mrs. Sackctt was then boarding
with n Mrs. King, on Fourth street, st.
Louis.
Some three or four days after this Mrs.
Sackett took her across to Illinois, saying
that they were going there to make some
purchases for Sunday; that upon their ar
rival they went into the cars. The girl then
began to suspect that she was being taken
from her home, and demonstrated all the
way until they reached the station where
they changed cars for Cairo. Then Mrs.
Sackett told her that they were going back
to st. Louis, and she knew nothing to the
contrary until they arrived at Cairo. All
the way to New Orleans Mrs. Sackett en-
deavored to persuade her that they would
soon return to st. Louis. After they ar
rived at New Orleans Mrs. Sackett no
longer used persuasive means to keep her
quiet On arrival at Havana, they went
to the Hotel San Carlos, where Mrs. Sackett
remained two days and then went away,
leaving the girl in charge Of Madame Bolio.
where she has, as she says, remained ever
since, working very hard and without pay.
have reported this case to the Captain
General as per accompanying copy Of my
communication In the foregoing have
given only that part of her story that ap-
pears coherent. With regard to the treat
ment she has received from Mme and Mr..
BOliO, her statements are contradictory. Ii
all that she has stated should prove true, it
would seem to be q veritable case of kid
napping, and would respectfully suggest
1hat inquiry into the facts be instituted at
st. Louis.
The Capt ain General is now absent
Upon his return shall see him, and urge a
full investigation. In the meantime the
girl has been placed in good hands. where
she will be taken care of until an Oppor-
tunity offers of sending her to the United
States. l have the honor to be, very
respectfully, your 0bedient servant,
HENRY G. HALL,
Vice Consul General.
Chief Of Police McDonough, after patient
inquiry, discovered the mother of the girl,
and learned sufficient facts to fix the
identity of Margaret Robinson beyond
doubt, and has forwarded the proper papers
and affidavits to- the State Department,
with the request that she be forwarded to
st. Louis Immediately.
The st. Louis Times says: "This Sackett
woman is q well known institution in this
city. She first gained prominence in the
celebrated Forrest divorce case, tried in
Nsw York several years ago. She was q
domestic. in the great tragedian's family,
and testified to having witnessed all sorts
of queer things during the absence of Mr..
Forrest on professional tour. She next
turned up at New Orleans, where she mar
ried Robert Sackett, aman of low, depraved
habits, and her career henceforward was
that Of blackmailer and thief. During
the war she made her appearance in ST.
Louis. Joe Butts, her stepson, together
with Sackett, forfeited bail bond for $1,000
in robbery case, and have not since been
barnn