The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-31
A FIENDISH SCHEME.

York City-Decoyed Into a Disre
putable House-A Timely Rescue.
From the Congregstionalist.
A few weeks ago young lady, whom
for convenience will call Miss D., was
walking through one of the upper and
respectable streets Of New York, when
her attention was arrested by a human
hand thrust through broken pane Of
glass in the window of house. The
hand was moving, and as Miss D.
passed it dropped q crumpled piece Of
paper to the sidewalk at her. On it was
written, as with burnt match, these
words: "For Gods sake. get me out OF
this house before midnightI
| Startled at this most singular occur
renee, Miss D. turned Immediately back
to her home, and reported it to her faith
er. After some necessary delay her
father went to the police station, and an
officer was sent with him to make an in
| vestigation.
| On reaching the house and ringing the
| bell, the men we're received with some
| surp rise, and informed that it was pri-
| vate house.: and their story was listened
to with apparent establishment, certainly
| with most evident signs Of iDcredulity.
The lady of the house did not know
what to make of such story as that!
The officer could come and look where
he liked.
The two men went in. They found
no suspicious appearances. Ascending
to the room through the broken window
of which the human hand had been
seen, itproved to be unoccupied. There
was no broken pane of glass in the win
dow. But the officer did quietly notice
that the putty inclosing one OF the panes
was fresh, as if the pane had been re-
Gently set. Discovering nothing that
could warrant an arrest or further in
quiry, the men were finally compelled
to go away.
But they were not satisfied. suspic-
ion remained. Later in the day, there
fore, they returned to the house, and
proceeded to make more thorough
search of the premises. And this Was
what at last the ~ found.
Down in the cellar three young girls.
half dead with fright. One OF them said
she was the girl who had broken the
pane of glass in the window OF the room
where she was locked up, and had
dropped the crumpled piece of paper
with the writing on it to the lady who
was passing. And this was the story she
went on to tell to the officer.
In the morning Of that day, she said,
she was going through that street, when
the door of this house suddenly opened,
and well-dressed and entirely respect
able looking woman rushed out, in q
state Of great excitement, and called to
her. my child is taken suddenly and
violently i'll" said the woman. "tbe SER
wants are out, and l have nobody to send
for the doctor. Would you be willing to
go?''
Who would who could refuse such a
request under such circumstances?
Certainly, the girl said she would go.
well, come in, them" said the wo-
man, land will give you the doctors
The girl little suspecting the terrible
trap, to which had been set for her, as
cenaed to the steps and went in. No
sooner was she in than the door was
sprung upon her! In an instant the
truth flashed upon her mind. She was
conducted to the room above and locked
sacrifice. In her horror over the situa-
ton, she broke the glass, and threw her
cry for help out of the window. It was
her only chance, and it saved her.
Her:companionsi in the cellar had some
what similar experiences. What den
it was! What devils there arc in human
form! A few hours more, and it would
have been too late. And this in plain day.
light in a respectable thoroughfare, in
the year Of our Lord 1883.
Thus it is that innocent young souls
are hurled into the waters and swallowed
up with no one to save. How many
mysterious disappearance" receive
by such all incident as this their explain
alton.
tits true story. and one that ought
to be told as warning to young girls of
''perils in the cities!''