Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-12
AuEl1PTED ABDUCTION.

4 RaggeA Tramp Tssss - sssea Chts4.
NEw YoaK, March ia carpenter
named Davies. st work In CsnuL Park.
gave . Journal reporter the Particular OF
q daring attempted abduction Of child.
He says while hs and several othsr. msa
were busy in tearing down The viatsf
houses on Tho Lake, used for the protso-
tion Of skaters, they were startled at about
80 o'clock BY terrific scream from Q
woman. Leaving his work he hurried up
the embankmsnt when be Nv q young
woman running toward the Eighth avenue
entranoe, about hundred feet behind
. man carrying child, also on
. run and seemingly anxiou:
70 get away. ! at oncs suspected. said
Dsviee. that eomsthiag We w.oos sad
gave chase TO the woman, overtaking her
When about 6fty yards ffom the Lafa
Ssked her what 1isvhs- matter. whsA she
poin ted In the direction OF the man, and
excitsdly exclaimed, He stole my child"
The man looked bsck. and seeing ne fol.
lowing him, increased his speed, taking
the child under his right Arm like Q bau-
die. ..... .... o.. ..a.y- IN. g. ~-
Another Of tbe helpersa at the lake named
Lyons had BY thiI time Joined in the rsos,
while the woman, Who was out OF breath,
dragged along q best she could, crying
loudly and throwing her arms about her.
Gaining - shs RsGitivs
rapidly, and - he glanced back made sev.
ersl attempts 70 leave the walk and cross
the snow.covered grass. but - often re-
turned on finding he could not make GOOD
headway. We were soon closs enough -
him to hear him give an occasional oath.
pulled out my pocket knife Y which he
showed 70 tho reporter) aud pointed it st
HIM, calling out, stop on I'll shoot you!'
At this he deliberately turned round,
and seeing the knife must have
thought It was . pistol; for he called.
Don't shoot" and at the same time drop
ped the child upon the pavement and took
to the snow at greater speed than svsr: !
child, and picking IL up, found ib face uO
bruised on its left side from falling on the
rough walk. Lyons soon caught up 20 ma.
by BY this time he was Ions distance od.
running at o break neck speed over the
crisp snow towards the stone wall near
Eighth avenue. Onoe or twice he lost sight
Of him In the ravines and amidst the trees,
snd finally reached the wall. He Chamber.
ed on top, gaining which
He Jaoped.
and was lost sight Of altogether.
Although Lyons went - far q the fcnos
he could see no trace Of him, and no one
in the vicinity st the time had seen any
one climbing over the wall or any one On.
swering his description, and IL 10 supposed
he jumped upon . passenger car and made
good his escape. After l picked up the
child returned TO meet the woman. who
was overjoyed at getting back the baby. IL
was little girl about two years old. The
woman who at first gave her name ~ Mar
garet Linaes, afterwsrd said IL was Demple,
and said she was the child's nurse, but re.
fused to tell who her employer was or
where they lived, saying she would not
want her mistress 10 know anything about
what had happened.
She said she was walking along the path
leading to the mall, letting the child toddle
by her side, when she was approached by
the man all OF q sudden, who asked her
which way he should 20 TO get 10 Fifth
avenue She turned around TO show him.
when she heard him run away and at the
same time missed the child, which he car.
ried in front OF him. ..