The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
Clothed In Mystery.
An Ebert County Woman is Abducted
from Her Home IN the Dead Hours
Of Night, aud Three Little Children
Left Without q Protector.

lFrom the Elberttjn (Gn.) Gazetts.i
On Tuesday night, the 10th ult.,
there was an occurrence in Ebert, 7
miles above Elberton, that is clothed
in mystery, and which has created
great excitement in the neighborhood
where the affair took place, and other
portions of the county.
On that night Mrs. Crockett Pull
liam. widow lady, disappeared from
her house, and has not been heard
from only through reports that may
or may not be authentic. She left no
one to tell the story of her departure,
except three little children, the oldest
of whom is girl of about seven years,
who in disjointed. disconnected man
ner, says: That on the night of the
10Th, about midnight, Us well as she
can guess, some one came to the door
of her mothers house and demanded
admittance. On the request being re-
| fused, the door was knocked down,
and sherc entvrvd man, who said
that he was a revenue officer, and COM
manded Mrs. Pulliam to get ready to
go with him, as he had come for her.
The mother knew no alternative, if
the above is true. but to obey, and she
made herself ready for the departure.
She wanted to make light to arrange
matters, but this the man declined to
allow her to do. The lady told the
oldest daughter to go over to an
aunt's, who lived near, and tell her to
come over and stay with the children,
until she (Mrs. Pulliam) could return.
| The little girl further says, that but
one person came into the house though
there were others outside. 1t was
dark, and she could not discern wheth-
er they were white or black, or how
many there were.
No tracks of man, beast or vehicle
could be found near the residence of
the woman, and every circumstsnce
went to show that there was something
behind the scene that alone could throw
light on the affair.
| Mrs. Pulliam is comely lady, near
8 feet in height, Of robust statue. rosy
complexion, and rather on the blonde
style. She has good crop in cultiva-
ton, and some money laid away, and
MAS very good liver.
| Her abduction, or arrest, has creat-
ID quite sensation, and on Inst Fri
day there were from fifty to u hundred
men searching for her.
| If it is the truth that she was taken
of by revenue officials in the manner
above described, and her little children
left in the dead of night mothcrless
and unprotected, it throws an onus on
that department that stamps it with
.iastardly conduct. Mr.. j. S. Dead
wyler, the Deputy U. s. Marshal here,
was very much incensed at the report,
and joined in the search for the miss.
ing woman. He doesn't believe that
the department would employ men
that would treat woman 80 Infamous
ly, and he intimates that there is foul
play somewhere. If the department
was imposed OH by scoundrels for the /!
advancement of diabolical deed, or
to shield themselves from detection, or
even to render the department itself !
more unpopular in the eye Of the pub |
lie, it is a heavy crime, and, the pun |
ishmcnt is very severe.
A woman answering the descrip- |!
ton of Mrs Pulliam was seen near
Bowman last week, alone. We hear,
but whether it was her or not is not
certain.
The whole matter is full Of mystery,
and no one as yet has succeeded in un-
ravelling the affair, or even approx
mating solution of the intricate alb
duction.