Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-11-28
TAE LIVERPOOL MYSTERY.
How the Missing Miss Edwards Was
Found. AMI the Story OF Her Adyen.

lures.
The case Of Miss Edwards, who dis
appeared from Liverpool in a myste-
rious manner, is still ar object OF excite
ment in the London papers. After six
weeks she was discovered IN London,
and, according to The Daily Telegraph Of
the Oath, still remains at the house OF
her uncle, whittier she was conducted
upon being recognized. She is suffering
from severe nervous Affection and il
is hardly possible that she will be able
to travel for some days yet. Her fatn-
or and mother went to London at once
upon learning the very welcome news
that she had been found, with the inten.
tion Of taking her home on Wednesday.
Mr. Edwards, was, however, obliged to
return TO Liverpool yesterday morning,
but her mother remains to tend her.
"rhe poor girls illness is not to be won
dered At" says The Telegraph, "consid-
ering the suffering through which she
has passed since she left her home on
september 81 last, justifylng, as there
IL reason to believe they do, some Of
the worst apprehensions regarding her
disappearance. Upon that day she was
to visit some friends in the neighbor-
hood of Islington, Liverpool, and pay
several triiliug bills. For these purpos-
es she left Fairfield, where she resided
with her parents, and took an omnibus
TO the monument in London road. In
the omnibus she met several persons
who were members OF the congrega-
ton at the chapel which she attend
ed, and with some Of whom she en-
tered into conversation. Alighting at the
monum ent the young lady went down
Stafford street AZ near cut to the
house Of II frle.d, upon whom she was
to cal and who knew Of the intended
visit. A portion Of Stafford street and
Bandford street form about the lowest
neighborhood in Liverpool, and before
now there have been more than one
strange disappearance from this locality,
and in these cases il il believed that the
agents were men affecting the dress and
manner Of ministers Of religion, of wo-
men who carry out their shocking
schemes under the gulse ol friendiness
Mrs Edwards, who is scarcely Is
years of age, is subject 10 faintlng fits,
and she was in this part OF the town
when she felt one of them coming M.
on her. She had either fallen or was
stumbling when II mnn came forward to
assist her, and she remembers giving
him her address and asking him to call
a cab and have her driven home. Here
begins the mystery. That she was
dragged and Involuntary detained,
l. & L.,
to London on Sept. q. it is believed,
partly under coercion and partly by rea-
aon of which she had beena victim-the
unwilling and even unconscious victim,
so lar as it is possible to judge from the
meagre information which alone is al.
lowed by the relatives to transpire;
and, indeed, il is doubtful whether the
poor girl, suffering acutely rs she has
been since her restoration to her friends,
could nj present give anything more
than u disjointed narrative OF her ter
rible experiences. She was seen in
Hyde Park, il is believed, on the 9TH
and 9Th, wearing the checkered print
dress and black cashmere acket she
had ON when she left home, and she re-
manned in London, residing the greater
part of the time at Brompton,
where she was recognized by ner
uncle on Tuesday night, the 2l.t Of TIE
present month. There for the moment
the authentic story ends; her friends are
naturally anxious not y enter into de-
tails Of the painful facts regarding her
detention and disgraceful treatment.
hut they are aware that the public ~
terest and anxiety are too much con
cerned in the matter To allow il To re-
main where it is. Hitherto, unfortun-
ately, the Liverpool police have utterly
failed to discover the guilty parties, and
this young woman has been going about
London tor many weeks undecided
10y the officers of Scotland Yard. 1t was
for an amateur detective To make good
those shortcomings. The following
statements Will be perused with in.
terest:
"The uncle Of Miss Edwards, who i
a business man residing IN one of the
surburbs Of the metropolis, said on be-
my applied to last night: we are in.
debled to Mr.. Lloyd, an ex-otlicer Of the
Liverpool police, for finding my neice,
and | am bound to say he deserves the
utmost credit for his shrewduess,
prudence, and caution. She is MT pres
ent in my house, attended 10y her
mother and my household, aud is quite
unable to undertake journey. Mr..
Edwards, her father, who was obliged
to return To Liverpool early on
Thursday morning, has prepared \
statement which he purposes, belive,
to make public, feeling that the general
interest III his daughters case called for
some statement from her. must,
therefore, decline to SO INTO particulars,
hut may say that there il no doubt
upon our minds that our poor girl has
been very foully treated. You will, no
doubt, III due time learn the detail.,
but you may take it that she found
herself f1lnting in the course of payit9
visit i'll Liverpool. A scoundrel oila,d
her assistance. can not GO any
further, and prefer that you would wait
for the statement collected from her-
SELF
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