The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-17
a pIME-MovEL IN REAL LIFE.
a q. Louis Belle kldnapped--
cvoat Exottome0t--TWensy
Thousand Dollars RoVsaso.

a q. Louis Belle kldnapped--
Great ExoitomeNt--TWeney
Thousand Dollars Reward.
The Garrisons Of st. Louis are very
wealthy, and fashionable. They are
brothers of Commodore Garrison, o.
New York, a millionaire. On Satur.
day morning Miss Zeralda Carbon,
WHO had l'een spending the holidays
W ii, her uncle, q. L. Garrison, 2-9Ii
Ct cstBut ST., started to return to 81
MARY 5 Convent, a female Seminary III
lac extreme South Western suburb OF
lie city. She usually went in a carriage
but This time ventured in q street-car,
and her sisters walked with her part ol
the way, or until she got on the car.
This was the last seer of her for several
days. Her friends thought she was at
the Convent aud her teachers thought
she was ut home. The telegram says
While placing her sister on the car
Mrs. Norris noticed -four evil-looklny
men standing on the rear end of the plat
form, who cast baleful glances at and
made some remarks about Zeralda. Miss
Garrison was in her seventeeth year and
was one the handsomest girls III st.
Louis. She vas we'll developed for her
age and Possessed all The dash II at
tractivess oi the typic.l American girl.
The conductor remembered the glrl
d.stinctively. not only on account OF her
beauty, but by the mourning costume
which she wore On account OF the death
of her father. Abraham Garrison.
The conductor noticed that they watch
ed every movement of the girl, but he
believed that their noticing her was ow-
ing to her striking beauty.
When the car reached the terminus
the young lady asked the conductor the
way to the convent, stating that she
| had never come by that route before
and did not know exactly where the
building was. The conductor referred
her to car starter, Mr.. Lewis, and as he
did so the four men who had ridden all
way from the city stepped from the car
and followed her. The car starter point
ed out the road to the convent and the
young lady apparently took it. The four
men followed, and that is the last that
has been seen or heard of her. Six de-
tectives and a number of patrOlmen
were put on the a Sc.
A LONELY ROAD.
They went Over every foot of ground
the girl is supposed to have traversed,
although the walk from the terminus Of
the car line, where she was last seen,
TO the convent could have easily been
accomplished in fifteen minutes. The
road runs through an almost isolated,
heavy wooded neighborhood, with only
scattering houses and streets, and at the
time she passed Over it must have been
wholly deserted.
GREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILS.
The city of st. Louis is wild with ex'
cite ment. The papers are issuing ex'
tras, and the subject is almost the sole
topic of conversation. On Change the
scenes witnessed to-day were of the
most sensational character. ALI bust
ness was stopped, and resolutions adop'
ted denounclng the great crime. In ten
minu es $50, UUO was subscribed as a re-
ward for the girl. dead or alive, and
every member on Change shouted out
his willingness to drop all business and
become a detective. The frequency Of
this class Of crime, eliminating in the
supposed abduction of girl having such
respectable family connection, has reused
AL Indignation that would probably lead
our most reputable citizens t o help tc
pull a rope were it possible to find any.
body to hang. The entire detective
force of the city are working on tie case,
and M o.rlv colvDr f H. I:
expected.
1t is generally supposed that the -four
rough looking men alluded to had some.
thing to do with the disappearance OIL
the young lady, and the most horrible
suspicious are aroused. Miss Garrison
had brown hair and eyes, a ia r complex
ion aud weighed about 1875 pounds. She
was remarkably graceful in department
and was as fully grown as ayoung woman
of tWenty-one.
LATER.-FOUN
Jan. 13 i A. N. The mystery has
been solved, or at least the girl recover-
ed. She tells the story Of her disap-
~pearance as follows: On Saturday,
when she left home just after she got off
the cars IA tall. blonde man, we'll dressed,
accOsted her. She tried to run, and he
threw a napkin over her face. She re
membered nothing more until she recov
cred consciousness two days 2 and
found herself a prisoner. She says she
was treated well, aud informed that she
was held for a ansom. The man, she
says, had frequent interviews with her,
telling her that he only wanted money.
Yesterday he compelled her to write a
letter to her friends. To-day a woma +,
who seemed to be the landlady of the
house. came into her room with a ne VS.
paper, saying, "Yeu answer this descrip-
riOn. Is your name Garrison?" On re-