San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-08-17
Attempted Abduction Of Q Young Lady.


New YORK, July Miss Louise T..
Heuser, an attractive Brooklyn girl, II
years old, was the victim of a dastardly
outrage at the residence of her brother
in-law, DIR. Hasbrook, in Milton, on the
Hudson, on the evening Of July a. Her
relatives were absent in an adjoining
town, and she had spent the evening
with lawn party at a neighbours house.
She returned home at 10 o'clock, went
into the parlor, and sat down to the pi-
ano. She sounded three or four notes,
and, as she was making up her mind
what to play, she heard footstep be-
hind her. Turning about, she saw tall,
thin man, dressed in dark clothes, with
thick, black cloth mask covering his
face. ..J, b., .lo 1l.
The scoundrel attempted to seize her,
but she eluded his grasp and made for
the window. The fellow chased her
about the room and out into the hall,
where q shorter man stood holding the
inside knob of the hall door. On seeing
her he let 90 the knob and rushed to the
others aid, exclaiming, Catch her,
Jack, or she'll scream" Then the two
thrust sponge containing chloroform
to her nose and mouth, and she sank
senseless in their arms. The rest was
comparatively easy The wretches
stripped the defenseless girl, leaving on
one garment only, and threw her cloth
ing through the open door into the par
lor. Then noise was heard as Of some
one opening the garden gate, and the
two fled, leaving Louise uninjured, but
still senseless on the floor. Her feet
were against the door, and the caller,
who was Mr.. Charles n. Conner, found
some difficulty in getting the door open.
When he did open it, and realized what
had happened, shout went up which
summoned many villagers TO the spot.
Without waiting for aid, Mr.. Conner
wrapped a table.cover over the mani
mate girl, carried her up stairs, andlaid
her on the bed. 10 .m.og L,7s. y ! :
Mrs. Conner, Mrs. Townsend and
other neighbors did every thing in thdir
power for Louise's comfort, and by the
aid of restoratives and prompt medical
assistance she revived, =, An ordinary
physicians sponge cut in two, so as to
completely cover her nose and mouth,
was found tied over her face with two
strips torn from a towel which hung IN
her bedroom. nan
When first found the body, was almost
cold. On reviving she sighed deeply,
and pressed her hands to her head hs
though in deep pain. Then she opened
her eyes, which were fixed and CLASSY,
and stared in horror.stricken way
about her. Mr.. Conner, who was the
first to enter the house, says he is posi-
tive that he heard the steps of two men
as they crossed the tin-roof of the ex-
tension in the rear. Their entrance and
exit were made through a second-story
window opening on the roof, and which
had been left Enclosed on account of the
hot weather. Who the men were is
still mystery, although they betrayed
a knowledge Of the premises unusual to
strangers. Miss Heuser says that they
were well dressed, and that the hands
of the tall man, who seized her first,
were as soft as those of a woman.
What renders the case more extraor-
binary is the fact that the party on the
lawn of Mr.. Townsend's house We're
less than 80 yards distant, and should
have been able to hear any unusual
noise in DR.. Hasbrook' g premises. The
interval between the time of Miss Heu-
ser's return home and the discovery of
her insensible body in the hallway could
not have been over Is minutes at the ut
most. W l..-',.... i.aG
Drs. Hasbrook and Gedney are en-
phatic in their testimony that the young
lady suffered no harm at the hands Of
the scoundrels beyond the indignity to
which she was submitted in being strip
ped and chloroformed. The news Of
the outrage spread like wild-fire, and a
thorough search was made for the per-
petrators, but without success. Patrols
of excited citizens secured the neigh
boring country, and every effort was
made to find the two men described by
Miss Heuser and the Misses Lefevre
No arrests had been made up to a late
hour last night.-Special to Cincinnati
Enquirer. nd
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