Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-13
HELD FOR RANSOM.
Young LiDY'S srRANGEA ADV ENTUKE.

YOUNG LiDY'S 'SSTRANGE ADV ENTUEE
Chiorofocmsd and Abducted on Her way to
School by a Gang of Four HufHans-A
ST. Louis Sensation.
\ mysterious disappearance Ike that OF
the unior innate Je Watkins but certain
TO attract far wider attention aud deeper
interest from the greater conspicuousncss
Of the bereaved family. is the absorbing
topic every where in ST. Louis. On SatUr-
day morning last Z-relda Garrison, girl
seventeen years of age, daughter Of the
late Abram Garrison and niece OF CommD-
dOIe G. X. Garrison, of New York, took a
Filth street car in the central part of the
city on her way to the couvcut of the
Sacred Heart, OF Ner:mac street. She left
the car at the end OF the line, where the
route to the convent was pointed out to
her. She never reached the convent.
Miss Garrison, who had been for some
time pursuing her studies at the convent
OF the Sacred Heart, sometimes known as
the Maryvilie Institute, had been granted
vacation just before the holidays, and
had spent the time visiting her mother
who resides at kirkwood, ami with the
family of her uncle, Mr.. o. l.. Garrison,
whose residence is at 29l1 Chestnut street,
ST. Louis. Last Saturday was the date
fixed for Miss GarrisoD's return to the
convent, and early in the day she went
down town from her uncie's house accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs Norris, and by
Miss Lily Garrison.
Some shopping was then attended to,
and then the sisters, separating from Hiss
Lily Garrison, went into Alexanler's S drug
store, on the corner of Fifth and Olive
streets, and waited for a Fifth street ear
to pass. A car soon came along and was
taken by Miss Garrison, who kissed her
sister and bade her good by, apparently
in the best of spirits. This was the last
seen of the young lady by any of her
friends or relatives.
His sister remembe that on the back
platform of the Car taken by the missing
girl there were four rough looking men
of the hoodlum class. These men were
seen by the conductor of the car to follow
| the girl and they We're suspected of hav-
ing made away with her. Miss Garrison
is u pretty and vivacious girl, remarkably
we'll developed and presenting more OF
the appearance OF d woman of twenty one
than a sirl Of seventeen. Her family are
among the wealthiest and most ariStu-
cratic residents OF St. Lcuis.
| Late Friday afternoon ali Anonymous
letter was received by TIE Garrisous stat
ing that their daughter Was safe and
sound, and that she would be delivered to
the family for $4,000 This fact was
published in az, extra edition of tho even
ing papers, and it was stated that Il clue
had been found to the identity of the
writer. The publication frightened the
scoun1rels aud at dark on Friday night
! Mise sol Ct t,,ly
She Went direct to the Third district.
police station and told Captain Fraugel,
the officer III charge, that she Was Miss
| SereIda Garrison
:" | came here she said, {" to rtques;
that you send an officer to accompany me
home" The captain led the young Lady
into his Office. She was very handsomely
dressed, and exhibited no signs OF i'll
treatment. The captain questioned hcr
and she replied rs follows
'Four men followed mo after LETT ths
Fifth street car. When near the convent
two of them seized hold of me while one
of them placed !. handkerchief to my
mouth. struggled! To free myself from theil
clutches, but they held me 50 tight that
could not move There was chIoroform on
the handkerchief knew by the smell, ii
rendering me unconscious ani | remember
falling. On Saturday night, when | re
turued to Consciousness, l found myself
in strange room. A woman was BY
my side, aid she told mo ti.aI she
would not let anyone hurt me. All they
| held me for was for a ransom, for they
knew that my relatives could pay well tol
my return to them. I was told that il
made an outcry there would be trouble
and, frightened at this threat, [ made nC
noise. Friday afternoon the woman will
whom | was stopping showed ne th'
newspapers and told me that she intcndet
turning me loose in the evening at dark
| was let out of tie house by d back door
and then l noticed that it was three
story brick building. The woma,
escorted NE through several alleys an,
then pointed toward this station and toli
me to ask for Captain Frangel."
The police believe every word of th
girls story, and they have taken the de
scription she gives of her abductors, ant
are now looking for the scoundrels.