The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-09-25
Telegraphic.
A BLACK FIEND
Carries on Little Boy and Fright
fully Maltreats Him.
The Child Recovered, and Bloodhounds
After His AbduCtor-A Noble Engineer
Want Protection Shoes and
Other News.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 24.-Capt.
Frank V. Gurley, Of Gurleyvile, Ala, who
conducted the search for o. etree, the
tramp who abducted the child Of James &.
White, OF Jackson county, Ala, arrived in
this city yesterday with the posse returning
from the search for the abducted child,
whom they recovered near Newman, Ga,
! on Friday
From Capt. Gurley the following partic.
uars OF the ool1 deed wore obtained:
Ogletree came to the house Of Mr., White
on the 18th Of August, and after beg.
ging for his dinner. entced the child,
who ia about eight years old, away from
the house, the father being in the field at the
| time. As soon as Ogletree was ont Of sight
OF the house he lifted the child on his Shout
der and made for the woods, and travelled
| day and night. Mr. White, when he re-.
turned to his house, missed the child and
| Immediately aroused the whole nPigbor-
hood, and 4 posse started In pursuit.
| Ogletree took a very roundabout way and
| exhausted every means TO throw his pur-
suers of the track, but after following him
several day they discovered his plan. The
! first definite information learned Of his
movements was near Colliusvile, Ala
| From there he was reported to have gone
towards Newman, in Paulding county,
Fully thousand people were searching for
him by that time. On arriving al
the cabin .oi negro near Newman,
Ogletree tied the boy to a tree in the woods
and went into the house to procure some.
thing to eat. While he vas eating bis sup
per his pursuers arrived at the house. but
the abductor walked out back door, mov.
ing through the garden and fields and made
his escape. The boy was found tied TO a
tree several hundred yards from the house,
and when Mr. White saw him his demon.
STATIONS OF Joy were unbounded. The lit
tie fellow was emaciated and half dead with
fright, but he was soon able to tell terrible
story Of his treatment by Ogetree, who, he
stated, hai beaten him un-
mercifully on every complaint and
threatened 10 kill him il he made
his identity known. The boys body was
covered with bruises received at the hands
Of Ogletree, and his legs, hands and face
were terribly lacerated by briars and
~ ,,atuusu "ucl he was compelled 10
| p.->. II said that on several occasions,
| when Ogietrec entered house on the road
or went into town, he was bound to a
tree at times being left for hours, and
once all night, lie had gone without any
thing to eat for nearly three days and
nights. No one was allowed u speak <
him, 0glctree claiming that be was his sol
and was demented and deaf. Under thi
treatment be was afraid to ask for assist
snce or to make known his condition
Capt. Gurey says that this 10 the fourth
boy known to have been abducted b!
Ogletree, who always escaped arrest
A dispatch received this evening from New
man repor.s that the whereabouts OF th,
abductor had been learned and that blood
hounds were on his track. Efforts are
being made to induce the Governor Of Ala
bsma to offer reward for his arrest. L
caught by his pursuers he certainly will b.
lynched. Capt. Gurley, who bad the poss
that rescued the boy in charge, was captain
OF the Confederate company which hat
Gen. McCook in charge wnen he was slain
He was court msrtialled and sentenced Il
be hanged for bushwhacking, but be pro
duced his official papers and was released
The people are still securing the wood
with bloodhounds in search OF OsIetree.