Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-03-18
A YOUNG GIRLS CHAMPION.
Re,cued from Her Guardian by a Crowd -
 A Bitter Contest

Rescued from Her Guardian by Crowd A Bitter Contest
 A special dispatch from Louisville says: A night or two ago a policeman l found a young girl sitting on a curbstOne crying. When spoken to she begged to be taken to the police station, where she
 gave her name as Mary Crittuey, of TaylOrsyille, Indiana. She told a startl-
 ing tale of abduction, and sad she had
 been compelled to come to Louisville by
 a miscreant named Frank Wright, who
 had been hIred tO take her here and
 place her in a convent against her will
 and contrary to the wishesOf herfriends.
 She had escaped from Wright at the
 very threshold of the convent, and beg
 ged that her friends be notified of her
 trouble, and that in the mean time
 shelter be ObtaIned for her. The chief of police took an interest in the girl, and commenced an Investigation of the case immediately. He sent dispatches to ! TaylOrsville, and shortly received a mes sage from farmer named Garrison to hold the girl until he could come The following morning the sisters of the con vent, who had been informed of the girls coming, went to the chief and de- handed her surrender Inc chief promptly refused. Yesterday there ar
 rived from Taylorsville two parties-oue
 the farmer Garrison, and the other a
 woman named Mccormick, who showed
 papers taken out last week appointing
 her Mary Crittney's guardian. She
 said that the girl was bad, and that f.
 had been determined tO place her in a
 convent to try to reclaim her.
 This morning the matter came up in
 the city court, and Miss Crittuev and
 the Mccormick woman repeated their
 former statements on the stand Tben
 Mr. Garrison was called. He testified
 that he had come to Louisville at the
 earnest request of several of the best citizens Of TaylorsvIlls to see that the young lady was treated right He said
 she was high spirited, but that no wo-
 man in TaylOrsvllle bore q better char
 acter. She had been badly mistreated
 by her friends and Lad been go psrso- euted that she had been compelled to 20
 to neighbOrs for protection. The judge held that no offensa had been commit ted within the jurisdiction of the court. and that ss Miss Mccormick bad papers showing her to be the girls guardian she bad the right Co take charge of her. The woman then took the girl by the arm and tried to lead her into the street. but she held back and refused tC. % A large crowd gathered watching the two women, and every one who had heard the case seemed to sympathize with the girl. As the latter was being pulled across the sidewalk some one in the crowd saw Major Kinney, a somewhat noted local lawyer, coming across the street, and shouted ''lhere's the ma ior; let's get him to take the girl 8 case. The crowd yelled "Yes, yes, and ID moment the lawyer was slrrounded by a dozen men explaining the matter and urging him Co help the girl out, pro1cis- ing him good sum if he succeeded. He went into the court room and obtained a rehearlng of the case The girl was brought back, the case argued. and the order giving her into the custody of the MeCormick woman rescinded The girl was then released and given home un- til the final settlement Of the case. Miss Mccormick says she will get a writ of habeas corpus and have the girl m a con- vent before she leaves Louisville, while Garrison says he will stay here and get Miss Crittuey clear # 1t takes all sum mer. The object of the fight is a hand some young lady of F, intelligent and seemingly straightforward. The matter will rot be finally decided for several dave.