The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-07
ROMANCE IN A BOTTLE.
A YOang Girl O0ulned IN y Oave NJ
Ihe Towers Appeals for help - A
Party Of Frankfort kniEots tly To
The Rescue On Fleet Footed HteedH.


Special Frankfort dispatch TO Courier.
journal; Last Sunday, September 80,
while Hiram Penn, junior, and Matt
Brooks two young men, the son and
stop-so OF Hiram Penn, senior Of this
county, were rowing in the Kentucky
river short distance above the resiN
dence Of Captain Sam Steele, and a
few miles below this city, they found
floating in the water q tightly corked
and sealed bottle, which, upon being
opened, disclosed the clew to what ape
pears TO be u most startling and ro'
mantle mystery mystery whose solu-
ton will expose either an Infamous and
objectionable outrage or heartless
hoax. Upon opening the bottle, which
they could only do 10y breaking OIL the
neck, they found therein two slips Of
yellow wrapping paper upon which
were written in plain and graceful
female handwriting, the following APP
peals
Towers, KY, September g. lS77-l
am concealed in cave at the Towers
on the Kentucky river, Come TO my
assistance and rescue an innocent girl
from a horrid fate Kind people, take
pity. CLARA CONSTANCE, '
The second slip contained this addi-
tional and most pathetic appeal for as
sistance, in these words
kind christians, come to the relief
Of young girl confined by a william,
hitherto thought 10 be gentleman.
lie threatens me with that which is
worse than death villa never yield
myself to his arms, ! throw this bottle
into the river from the Towers on the
Kentucky river, where am now re,
tanned, hear his steps throw the
bottle. CLARA CONSTANCE
Yesterday morning, il being county
court day and the city full OF people,
Mr., Hiram Penn, sr., brought these
slips to town, and produced a good deal
OF excitement by their exhibition and
relating how they were found by his
son and stepson Although most PEG.
Pile were Of the opinion that it was an
Ingenious hoax devised by some mis-
chievous boys who lately went upon n
rowing expedition on the river still
there were q good msny Others who per-
sisted In believing that the notes might
be genuine, and that steps ought to be
taken to rescue the captive damsel, or,
if it were too late for that (seeing that
it had been twenty-eight days since
she heard the approaching footsteps of
her villainous iailer and threw the bot
tie into the river, that her oppressor
and perhaps her murderer might be de
tected, captured and brought to justice
Accordingly Messrs, Lewis Oliver, Hi
ram Penn, Noah Coin, Andrew Como
way, Campbell Oman and some seven
or eight others, actuated by most be-
nevolent aud honorable impulse,
mounted their horses at eight O'clock
last night and started for the Towers
IA ride of forty.fve or fifty miles
where they expected to arrive this
morning and devote themselves at once
to the investigation and development
of the romantic mystery, That there
are several caves near the Towers is
well known here, and one of our citi
Gems who happened to be on visit to
that place a week or ten days ago, re,
that he saw some suspicious.
looking characters proving around
Oae of those caves while he was stand
ing on or near the bridge. We shall
probably hear the result this evening
by telegraph, or tomorrow morning by
Lhe return of the knightly band who
have gone to the rescne Of the captive
whose pathetic appeals moved
nearly everybody so powerfully here
yesterday. IL hear his steps; throw
,he bottle" caught the fancy of great
many, who saw, in their minds eye, u
young girl confined in dark
cave, awaiting the coming of her cruel
md remorseless jailer, while great
many Others were decidedly Of opinion
hat the language was altogether too
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