Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21
Winsted.


 Hubbard read last Monday night in the M. B. chuch, to an appreciative audi ence.
 - The first blno bird of the season ar- rived last Thursday. Think the cold wind of Friday must have caused it to retreat to more hoapitable cline.
 " The ice of Long Lake is two feet thick, and not tea, as the last issue of 1 the paper made me say. I think ten feet in thickness would astonish even Green lander.
 = This place for the past week has been greatly excited over an abduction case. The facts are these: A man by the name of Wilson, who formerly lived at Tyrring- ham, Mass, some 15 years since married | at that place; but soon after, thinking he had not found his aBiaity in ''the wife of his bosom, left her for her cousin q girl of sixteen, and betook himself to the State of Iowa with his thew found love- The wife obtained divorce from him, and he AAAShA1ASt l11C COuoIG. 1nS 1TulG OI CilG 0fSC marriage was daughter, whom the fath- CT, after return to Mass, joined with the motherin binding to his uncle in Tyrring, ham till she was eighteen years of age. She is now girl of 14 years. The second wife, with whom he ran away, died in Iowa, few months since. Last No vember he returned east to steal away his daughter, if possible. She has lived al- ways with his uncle, to whom she is much attached. After laying many plans and failing in them all, he at length succeeded in obtaining possession of his' daughter, last week Monday, bringing her here to start West on Tuesday morning. Deputy Sheriff Stephen Hurlbut, Of Lee, Mass, came on i'll pursuit. The father and the daughter were taken from the train, Tues day morning, as it was about starting, and sine was placed in care of officer L. B. Futile, who detained her from the father at the Hicks House. The father remained there also. Deputy Hurlbut immediate ly went back to Massachusetts, and on Thursday returned with lawyer from Lee, the mother of the girl, two of the Selectmen of Birmingham, besides host of friends and neighbors who sympathized with the girl and her uncle. The father, also, had counsel from Lee, together with Roland Hitchcock, Esq, of this place as additional counsel. The uncle also re- taineG as additional counsel, Wm. F. Hurlbut, Esq, and r. D. Fyler, of this place. Thus matters stood at four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The girl was locked in her room, in charge of officer Futile, and anxious to return to Mass. with her uncle; the father and all his re- tainers determined she should not go, and esch party was fercely and intently watch ing the movements of the other. About dark the counsel of the father made a grand strategic advance by means of Deputy Sheriff Thompson of this place, demanding of landlord Fundy admittance to the room where the daughter was held The demand being granted, the girl was seized by the father and Thompson, and taken down to the parlor of the Hotel The girl, much frightened, begged to be allowed to go home with her uncle The tables were now turned, and the other party had possession. A large number of citizens had collected at the hotel, and the tide of sympathy was all setting in fa- vor of the girls release. The crowd threatened a rescue, and sheriff Thomp- son to save himself from being "doubled up, took the girl back to her room, and she bolted the door on the inside, Thomp- son standing guard outside. While the counsel of the father were consulting in the parlor of the hotel how to get the girl safely to Iowa, her friends were acting quietly, but with much resolution, for bringing her safe back to Mass A double team was quietly hitched up under the hotel shed, the girl slipped from the room through back door, and quietly entered the carriage, and before the other party ''smelled mice," she and her uncle, with Deputy Hurlbut, had a good half hour the start, bound for the Mass. line. Great was the consternation of the father and his adherents when they found the bird had flown. They did not attempt pur- suit, as they found it would be useless Some loud words were used aud threats made, but quiet was soon restored. Next day the father of the girl, with bis counsel from Lee, were seen bound also for Mass, where, if they are wise, they will deter mine the matter by habeos corpus, and decide who is entitled to the custody of the minors person.
 - Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker lec- tured at the chapel of the 2d Congrega- tional church, on Friday evening She spoke about one hour and half to an at tentive audience. Her appearance on the platform was very creditable. This is her first lecture in this place, and she de- lighted all her hearers with her eloquence. She talks real words of wisdom, to which the sterner sex will do we'll to take heed. If she will come again we bespeak for her a full house,
 Morris.
 OUR CoNcERT.-On the evening of the 18th Morris was delighted with the clos ing meeting of Mir. Buckingham's School. It was very good. "Good," by the way,