Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-10-22
THE WILD WOMAN RECLAIMED
From The Troy Times. Oct. 5th.

From the Troy Times Oct. 9tn
We lately noted the appearance
of beautiful young lady, who was
evidently demented, in the woods
along the Albany & Schenectady
turnpike. She was recently captur-
ed by a party of young men, an &C.
count of which was published in the
Dispdtch], but fought SO viciously,
with the aid of pair of shears, that
she broke away and escaped. Sat
urday afternoon man named
Louis Bourbaki made his appearance
at Kearn's Hotel near the turnpike
already mentioned, in the town OF
Watervliet, and asked the bar tender
to give him all the Information he
could about the wild girl. The
stranger said he lived i'll Vermont,
but resided near Albany in 1873,
and while there his only daughter
was seduced by a dry-goods clerk
from Albany. She was deserted
by the heartless deceiver, who fled
to New York city and has not been
seen by him or any of his family
since. He became enraged when
he learned the position his daughter
was in, and expelled her from home,
and has not seen her since, A few
days after her departure he repented
his rash act, and now would give all
he had to see his child again. The
father had read a report of a Wild
girls appearance near Watervllet;
and wanted TO see if she was his
daughter. The bartender sent for
two of the young men wko met her
in the woods, and with whom she
had the encounter, their names were
Edward Harrison and James Lumly,
and they gave minute description
of her to Mr.. Bourbaki. About four
O'Clock Saturday afternoon last, four
young men from that locality and
Mr.. Bourbaki proceeded to the woods
to lie in wait until she might make
her appearance. But they waited
together long time, as she seemed
cautious about venturlng out OF
her hiding place since her conflict
with the young men some two wee ks
ago. The party soon divided, three
going one way and two another. In
this way they walked about the
woods nearly all night. About four
o'clock Sunday morning Harrison
and Lumly, who were together,
heard cry as if from some female
in distress, and traced it to cave in
a deep ravine. After few minutes
consultation it was decided that
Harrison should remain to watch
her, while Lumly returned to apprise
the others of their success. A few
minutes after his departure she com
menced crying again, and wringing
her hands, at the time muttering
some strange sentences in French.
Finally the whole of the party arrived
and entered the cavern on their
hands and knees. She gave
shrek of the utmost despair when
she saw them, ran and knocked her
head against the wall, and acted like
a maniac. After while she turned
and implored them to go away. Mr..
Bourbaki, who had kept in the rear
all this time, then stepped forward
and said in loud voice, Emma"
She started and looked as if petrifed,
and in a moment rushed, with a
wild cry, into her fathers arms. The
scene that followed would be impos-
sible to describe. She was perfectly
sane, but refused to tell why or how
she lived there, simply saying she
would tell her father all some other
time. They then started for Kearn's
hotel, arriving there about six o'clock
Sunday morning. The girl was
nearly naked, but wore the remnants
of the clothes she had on when she
left her fathers house, in May 1873.
She was provided with clothing at
the hotel, and, after heartfelt thanks
to the young men and Mr.. Kearns,
by her father, the parent and daugh-
ter departed for Albany, where they
arrived about five o'clock on Sunday