New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-09
MISS LENI7S DISAPPEARANC
coppop,I IONEs DISCHARGED.

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NOT rprx11FIEp AS THE ABDUCToI-ANoTHER
,,r,myR OF THE ODD PROBABLY THE cULPmr.
Walters Jones' corporal in Company ID, "a
Regiment who was arrested on MONDAY NlEht,
charged with having abducted Cora H. Lent, o
was taken to Peekskill by Deputy Sheriff James
Mabie. and on hls arrival was arraigncd before
Justice Baxter If ComSsn was $5d
told his story in straightforward way when at
once convinced the justice that he was innocent OF
the charge The prisoner was confronted O yon inc
man named William A. Thorpe, all
of whom had seen the soldier with whom u was
supposed Miss Lent's disappearance was connected
Mrs Lent at first thought that Jones was the man
but subsequently changed her MIND an All
the Others were positive from the rs na5'
There being no evidence on which to hold Jones, ne
was at once released. He returned to the city yes
teIday morning. To reporter oil HE lhih' NJ h0
sad {: -, A., o:,,oo+
Il was only out Of camp once while the rer,meht
was there, and that was week ago Monddy.
went down to the village and was not suihclently
nleaSed with Peekskiii to care TO visit the place
again. On the day on which ii is said TINS Young
lady disappeared friday l WAS at TIC butts aha
qualified as a marksman. My score vi was pup
lished IN The TRIBUNE the next day. certainly
could not have been the village ana at tne putts
at the same time never was inirouuceu 10 AisS
even heard of her till was arrested on inc chaTGe
of having abducted her, cannot understand now
they could make such mistake as to arrest me. i
less the person VINO dld aDuuct ner uScu NY ha"o
instead of his own" -
The father. mother and two sisters of Miss Lent
were at Peekskill yesterday afternoon oy inc
reporter. Mr.. Lent Is an auct0neer ana inc Iah-
lily live over his store. From the father ana in9ter
it was learned that Miss Lent had only visited tie
camp three times, these visits having Deen pau
while the 22d was there, and always IN
the company of members OF the family. she
met member of the 22d-by whom INTRO
duced the mother did not know-and he called
t the store two three times TO see her. ne htsl
time he called was on Tuesday On thursday he
was alone i'll the store with Cora ior ABOUT
fifteen minutes On Friday, the day the reg
lnent came to New-fork, the same soldier
was IN the store about noon. Dir. Lent was present
at the time. The soldier SAID his regiment was 10
start at o'clock and that nc must return 10 camp
Shortly aftcrward he went away MISS Lent started
on the ) o'clock tram for New Ork. Sho slpped
out of the rea door ana went 10 the uePoI ny
back street. The mother at first supposed tnat she
was at the house either OF her married brother or
her married sister. Later III the evening she
Cora on the way to the depot with a
bundle III her hand. Mrs. Strong the wlle Oh th e
express messenger who went to newborn on Lhe
o'clock tru reported that she had seen Cora on the
train and that the latter had asked her when the
train would reach New-1ork and also WHAT Time
the soldiers would arrive there IRON PeeksAill' lie
family then Thoroughly alarmed, Dul us IL was
hoped that Cora would shortly return her absence
was kept quiet. 1t was only when there
could no longer be any doubt that there
was something wrong about her departure
that the disappearance was made puOhc, MIS-
Lent SAID that her daughter had never stayed away
from home before without letting the IdliiS hhom
where she had gone. There was no trouble III her
relations with any one OF The family sic had never
been crossed III her wishes ana bad never peen
whipped Tor visiting the State camp, as had been
falsely reported since her disappearance She lett
no nOlc or word of explanation. she Is very SNORT
aud rather slender, with dark eyes aud halI inc
latter braided down her back. Although sixteen
wears of age, her mother said one would suppose
her to be no more tnan thirteen or fourteen.
(" If she had not been detained somewhere against
her will am sure she would have at least COM
municare ed with u.s." said Mrs Lent. The soldier
whose acduaint Miss Lent made Is described as
rather under medium height, not over twenty-one
years old, with dark hair and darK eyes
and prominent nose. Mrs. Lent says mat Cora
took So OF her money, with which she paid her fare
to New-York. he general reputation OF Miss Lent
in Peekslll is excellent. She Is SAID 10 be quiet
glrl, who did not go into society, aud was always
modest and lady-lke.