The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-01-20
THE ST. LOUIS ABDUCTION.


s. LOUIS had tremendous excitement!
Iast week over the supposed abduction Of
Miss Zerelda Garrison, a young lady of
n. connected with many leading, wealthy
families, noted for her beauty, aud moving
in the highest socla circles. She had left
heY home IN the city On the afternoon of
,ra.. 9Th 70 return to the Conven; Of the
Sacred Heart, where she was gong to
xhool The stree, cars took her within
Ave or six blocks OF the convent, and it
was between leaving the street cars and
reaching the convent that she disappeared.
II was not, however, until the middle of
the following week lat her non.srrival at
the convent became known to her friends.
Then. Of course, the police and detectives
were put TO work, and about Saturday q
man appeared at the residence the miss
ing lady's mother and saying he knew
where Zeraida was, offering to restore her
safe and sound" for large sum of money
This was refused, but soon afterwards the
,edy herself appeared, apparently none the
worse for her abduction" and the story
she told was this:
She saws that af,er leaving the Fifth
street car Saturday she continued along
Carondclet avenue IN the direction pointed
out IN her by the car starter until she
reached the Ale1ian Brothers Hospital.
Two men came from some small houses
across the street. One Of them was blonde,
"A heavy mau. This man came up % her
and asked her where she was gong She
repulsed hin, when he retorted well,
yOu need not be 50 pert. | know where
You arc gong 1t is TO the convent; but
come with me, III take yon to a better
place The yoang lady became alarmed
and started 10 run away, bu, the man
caught her by the shoulder. and hand
kerchicf saturated with Chloroinrm was
held 10 her face She lost consciousness,
and when she regained h,r senses WAS IN "a
room Unknown 10 her. There was food
and wiae upon the table, and trashy books
we're scattered about. Soon woman en-
tered the place and Miss Garrison asked
the meaning of her situation. In response
she YVES addressed as Mrs. Arnold, and
told her that her husband had brought her
there to be taken care Of. To the protcsta-
tions Of Miss Garrison the woman made
no response, but poured out some wine,
which was refused by the young lady, and
then wont out, locking the door.
Tho man who had choroiormed her af
towards came In and waited her to write
10 her friends that she could be released If
large sum of money was paid, but she
steadily refused, and on Friday was finally
conducted by one Of the mon to her homo.
This 10 Zerelds's story; but the woman
=, whose house she stayed tells it different.
ly. She says about two week, ago four
yoang men took two upstairs rooms at
her house, and on Saturday (6th) two OF
them came III with lady, who they said
was Prank WIFE and gave her one OF
the two up Stairs rooms. Frank was away
Ut ,be tame, bul on Wednesday returned
When told, however, that bis wife had ar
rived, he SAID he had 40 wife and the boys
had PVT up a job on him. Miss Garrison,
however, had apparently recognized lin
Us her husband Mrs Levy, Tic keeper OF
the lodging house, allirms positively that
Miss Garrison al no time was reetraiued
Of her liberty and frequently went alone
70 restaurant IN the neighbOrhood for her
meals. II WAS not until the newspapers
made such row about the absence of
Miss Garrison that the young men became
alarmed and lett having meantime sent
Miss Harrison to her home. If the object
o. the young men was to extort money
from Miss Harrisons relatives, Mrs. Levy
ssoms decidedly Of the opinion that Miss
II. was party to the plot. Whichever
story may be true, this IS at least certain
that though the names of the alleged sb--
dHctors are we'll known, no steps have
been taken for their arrest.