, 1873-03-12
THAT" ABDUCTION"
How superintendent Washburn
Dupcd tic Times.
Also How That Voraoious Sheet Manu-
faoturos Sensations.

yQ1l.R gontlotnen or tno esthDltHhmont. Iho
story Of abduction, as told In that voraoioua
journal yesterday, dooa not differ materially
from the ordinary run Of ta htories, 10 far as Its
trutl, is concerned. It did dlffor in this, how
oyor. Tho roportor who wrote 1t WINS tho
aupo OF tho CAiet Of Police, who was hta own
dune also, Mr. Waehburn, in giving tho
atorv AWAY to tic roportcrs took m excellent
opportunitv to advertise his own negligence.
Tho Times reporter told tho yarn to tho young
gentlomau from tho Inter- Fnddtcs, In return for
certain fayora shown by tho 1attor in furnishing
itcmB to tho Times mon generally whom, either
from inattention to duty, or foar of meeting
soiuo unfortunate who is still snarting under
alandorB, tho ontorprielng young mon keop them
Bolyoa relgouHly away from nowH contre8. It
was too bad Of Mr. Washburn to dupe tho re-
portorB, and moro than ungrhtoful Of tho
1Yu.cs man to doccivo tho faithful itouatzor Of
the othor moral sheet down on Congross street.
1t WAS especially unkind Of Nr Waahbarn to
try and dupe The TRIBUNE reporter. Ho would
have Ruccooded too Ind tho representative OF this
papor been satisfied with tho yarna spun by tho
Chief OF Police. But It being rule In all we'll
vestigato thoroughly eyory story they may. hcar,
this yarn OF Mr. Washburn's WAS carefully I'M
wound, and found to be too thin altogether for
use.
Twenty-fourth street, while walking ! square or
two, wna abducted by somo men, thrown into q
carriage, and conveyed to aonao house on West
Madison street, tho number Of which sho did
was thore pronounced not to be tho woman for
whom tho ruftianH woro searching, but another
woman and that ehc was theroupon reloasod.
Tho s'abduotion" occurred on Friday morning.
tho alarm when placed in tho ca1riago, and was
! druggcd or anasthotizod when tho door was
closed and the yehlolo started oil. This was
most ingenious, and saved plenty Of explanation,
In point Of fact tho story was m outrageous
| faisehooa, concocted not BY g. professional
porvertor, but by tho young lady herself, who
thus givoB encouragement In mendaolty where
mono was needed.
Tie renl story ia this, that young lady. who
lives on Indiana avenue WAS aeeply in love.
| This Ia solution Of her eccoutric conduct Tho
! youth who cnusod tho trouble is an empioyo in
sho waa visited, by a lady, friend who
lives in TINT city, and tho two fnir
onnB determined upon u achome by which
Miss = might. visit, har lover and not
- started forth on Friday morning. She won't
to mail letter at O'clock took the oarly train,
roached Joliet in safety, saw her friends, orn-
braced her lover, and enjoyed herself amazingly,
| returning on Saturday 1ftefuo0n.
Meanwhile, her failure to return home on Fri
day caused her father profound anxiety Els
anguish increased toward evening. and at night
tho poor man was nearly wild With griof and
house Of superintendent WssSSSurn, snd narsat:
cd to him Ill he knew. Wlero could 6he DO
Was Hhe murdered Had she committed suicide
Had she e]opcd What could 1t oil moan2 A
across tho poor mans montal vision. Tho Chief
thought 1t would be we'll to lot tho papers know
about it but tho agonizea parent ghrank from :,
Of Of tho PpossiSie fato of liz assghtar VAS moso
| than lo could stand.
Tho Chlef aont him homo with fow words Of
comfort, but Was himsolf quite uneasy about
When Hiss = returned, there WAS great
comnotion. Tho blauehad faces Of Aor rela-
tives told Of tho anguish they had experienced
on hor account, and sho lad not the courage m to
| tell OF her escapada. 30 she calmly aud dolib-
eratoly invonted q most outrageous falsehood.
Q, what tangled weh We weave
| Whom FIRST wo practise to deceive.
she related that wonderful story Of abduction
that appeared in the Times and the scarcely less
desirable journHl Of the guttors: This waa
dreadful. It moro than realized her parents
autioipations. She had been abducted. She
confessed that much. Was there more to toll ]?
| Was it Of 30 foarful nature that she concealed
it7 Then, indeed, the casc was hopeloss. The
poor man waB even moro griof-Htrioken, for ho
could not believe that q girl could DO carried on
IN the surreptitious mannor claimed By Ills
daughter without q woyso termination to the
adventure than she had related.
A gentleman living in the house called On Mr.,
Wasburn on Saturday night, and told him Miss
had returned, but could giyo no particulars:
Washburn, who lives near tho house, called and
saw tho gill, who nothing dauntod, repeated tho
story with which sho had Mortified hor parents.
Then a youth residing in tho houHe carried tho
news to Adams street, ad'llng few lies to nsalso
his individual importance moro evident, and tho
reporter added all lo omittol. Tho Times man
called on the Chiof next morning, and tho Chiof
eorroboratod tho story. Being d dnpe himself,
ho dupcd tho Times reporter, and tho Times
On Monday tho girls father called on tho
Chief; enid ho had croas-queationed his daugll-
tor, and found TINT her story would not stand
much investigation. Tho tangled web gavo way
in every fiber. But he held OH to tho sshrods.
and patched thom up with fainting fits, loss Of
conHclousnoss, md "too much fright to know
anything very clearly" It was too thin. The
web would not wash. Tho sturch camo out OF 1t
Then Detective Sam Ella hoard tho story
Sam is an anctont fowl himaolf. You can't ofel
him char and mako him dine off it aB No.
spring wheat. When l,o hoard tho story he
Monday morning, ho lonrnod what The TRIBUNE
himsolf Ii1a;SF ' pnfntsrrapts1y Until tic prooos'
threatonod to become chronic.
A report WIS made out Of tho true story. 7
to :proteat heraeli, had ), told : ntllnbo
found horsoli aA'p In print n 'o' Tie 7i'nss. Ho
,, namo WAS bandiod round In Inos
uutlattering manner. She had fooled two Erioyinl
parents, a Superintendent Of Police, q Times re
. porter, aud d groat many creduloua roaders Q
TINT obAcone publication.
Thus WAS manufactured handsome sensation
A Times reporter WIS not equal to tue taak o
doing all the lying. Ho was materially asaiste
by two persona whose elevated station in If
fossional accompllco can ofer.
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