The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-05-06
soon as she gained tolerable composure,
she told the following remarkable story:

SOOIl as sue gained COlefaDle cOlnpOSure,
she told the following remarkable story:
Coming along Fortieth street rapidly,
fearing she would not have time to dress,
she noticed close coupe with a single
horse drawn up against the sidewalk,
and by it standing two men. AS she
was about to pass them, one stopped
her to ask if she could tell him where a
certain party lived. As he spoke the
other advanced close to her. and be-
fore she could reply she was
lifted into the coupe, and something held
over her mouth. What it was she
could not tell, but it is supposed to have
been a sponge dipped in chloroform.
AT any rate, she says that while unable
to call out she was conscious that they
were driving rapidly and turning many
corners. When they stopped one of the
men drew her cloak up over her head
and tightly across her face, and the two
lifted her out and carried her into
house, when they allowed the cloak to
fall off, and she was in E richly furnished
room, where table was spread with
wine and delicacies, as if for some en-
tertainment.
One of the men then left, and the
other, advancing to her, said "Have
YOU received a number Of letters this
Winter from stranger ?" eyes," she
had. "Well, / am the man who sent
them, and / am the man who will be
made your husband in an hour. l do
not like forced marriages, therefore you
must consent, and when the minister
comes do not betray that it is unexpected.
l give you your chance. Agree to
marry me, and you shall not repent it;
refuse, and you will never leave this
house alive. You shall lave one hour
to think it over, and here is wine if you
wish refreshment. Do not waste your
time thinking about escape, for you are
bolted and barred in" so saying, and
despite her piteous remonstrances, the
modern brigand left the room, locking
the door after him.
For some time the girl sat numb with
terror, and then summing up her ener-
gies, she rose and examined the room,
which was evidently the back parlor Of
large house. The doors were securely
locked, ard advancing to the windows
Miss W. tried one; it was nailed up
The other was approached, and to her
10Y, she saw the loci, on it was broken,
and gently opening it, found herself on
an iron balcony, some ten feet from the
ground, and with spikes across the top.
Hope and excitement gave her courage.
Size drew out her long, heavy cloak,
pushed spike through one end of It,
and, though at the expense of sore
hands, climbed oven the railing and let
herself down within few feet of the
ground, which she lit on safely, and
away she ran, down narrow alleyway
into the street, losing her wits in her
fright, and turning first one corner and
then another, until she saw a street car ;
this she hailed, and found, after getting
on, it was an Eighth avenue car, and
the lower part Of the city. She rode up
this to Forty second street, where she
got off and started on a run for home.
In passing the RosSmore Hotel, she met
one of the friends telegraphed to, and,
alarmed at her condition, he hailed a
carriage and took her home, and so
ended one of the most mysterious alb
auctions ever made in New York. The
detectives have been looking for the
parties ever since, and several arrests
have been made; but Miss W., who
says she could identify her abductors,
has failed to so far, and unluckily can
not describe the house, as she had no
view of il from the out,ile