Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-22
ABDUCTION.
A Lady Kidnapped at Prairie
du Chen.
A Daylight Scene of Violence at the
Mondell House.

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Ior of the Mondell House, and abduct
ed therefrom, forcibly by two mer
, from iowa. She was dragged dowr
stairs without bonnet or shawl, lifteC
into a carriage, held down and pre-
vented from screaming, and the car
riage was rapidly driven to Lower
Town, dragged or carried 10 a skif
in waiting and rowed to the lows
shore at McGregor.
The occurrence took place between
8 and 4 O'Clock in the afternoon on
the Main street, and from the most
prominent Hotel in the town, and
still was so rapidly executed that no
efforts were made to rescue the lady,
The landlord Of the hotel was appeal
ed to by the lady and offered some
resistance, but the presentation of a
revolver intimidated him. An alarm
from him of any kind, the cry of
fire. or murder would have brought
twenty men to the rescue in two
minutes. One of the men is a con,
stable of Prairie du CHEN and claims
to be acting upon roquisition of the
Governor. IF he was duly and legal
ly Empowered, where was the use of
violence in the arrest. The process
itself was not read, if produced, and
in all probability was defective if it
existed at all. 1t does not seem pro-
babIe that as grave document as a
Governors requisition would be en-
trusted to mere constable when the
place contained q sheriff, under sheriff
and deputies. The execution was
forcible and violent, the actions of
the woman in trying to escape and
her struggles and the rapid driving
led those who saw them to suppose
that the woman was q maniac and
properly restrained. The constable
did nothing but the ordering. The
two men operating were strangers,
and they made the capture and used
the violence
The whole transaction was an out
rage without any excuse or palliation
lis a discre1it to the hotel and
disgrace to the town, and we trust
the matter will be thoroughly prose
cuted, that justice may be done to
the offenders. Tho facts in the case
are briefly these: The lady is from
Iowa, whore her husband resides.
He is very wealthy, but is charged
with being exceedingly mean. She
was making Prairie du Chen her
temporary homo during proceedings
for divorce brought by her which
are now pending. She appears re-
markably well, and has been no
doubt much abused woman, and
her object in remaining IN Wisconsin
was simply to escape danger from
her husband. lie having no legal
means of restraining her as to resi-
dencp, and wishing for some purpose
to obtain possession of her person,
resorted TO abduction and accomplish
cd his object.
There is no doubt but that the ac-
tive operators were well paid, and
are ruffians, whose only escape from
punishment will be to avoid an ar
rest. The director, tho constable,
may not fare 30 well. Her counsel
in the divorce suit, Messrs Thomas
and Hazelton, will not probably rest
quietly, on having their client
wrested from them by violence, and
treated worse that convicted felon.
The whole thing is without parallel
in this country for audacity and vic
lence, and only equaled by the fancy
description of Blue Beard and his
domestic relations, as they are vivid
ly painted in the picture books.