The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-13

they 90 there, however, under the deluslon
that they will not have to work for living
they will be badly disappointed.
An Alleged Abduction.
The Greenville correspondent of the Ne'vs
and Courier gives the following account OF
an unfortunate scandal which involves a
family of good standing at Williamson in
this County:
ou;te A sensation was created in Green
Vile on last Monday by the arrest of ]. II.
Foulk, one of the passenger conductors OF
the Columbia and Greenville Railroad,
charged with the abduction of a young girl
of Williamson, student of the William
stnfn Female College and a daughter of
respectable gentleman of that town. The
circumstances so far as developed are these:
A pretty Young girl, probably about Is or
1s years of age, arrived here on Thursday
nieht last by The train of which Mr.. Foulk
was conductor, and was accompanied by
him to the Mansion House. where he reg
istered her under the fictitious name of
Della Brewer of Grove Station. That
night she was escorted to the opera by Mr.
Foulk. On Friday morning the girl took
Mr.. Foulk's train to Greenwood, and 1t Is
known here that she went to Augusta;
The father of the girl had the police notified
here on Saturday of her fight with the
request that she be apprehended and de.
tained, and he also requested the arrest OF
Foulx. This morning the latter was taken
with warrant issued By Trial Tusticc
Furman upon the affidavit of policeman,
the charge being abduction. The girls
father arrived here this morning, and for
some time it was thought shooting scrape
would soon follow. Foulk was, however,
taken before the justice. and the prosecu.
tiun not being ready fnr the investigation
the preliminary hearing was put OFT until
Wednesday. Fouik was released on
bond of $500. which lie readily succeeded
in giving. Without being able to give the
facts. as they will conc out in the official
investigation, will give what seems to be
the best authenticated version and theory
of the case from the side Of the prosecution.
1t is believed that notes have been passing
between Foulk and the girl as the former
passed up and down the road on his regular
trips and that lie has been passing himself
off as single man, while he has VIE
and several children in Columbia, Of which
city he is a resident. 1t is the belief of the
father that Foulk deliberately abducted his
FOulk denies the whole matter so far as
criminal intent on his part is concerned.
He saws after the cir! boarded his train on
Thursday she handed him slip of paper
containing the name of Della Brewer and
requested him to have her registered at the
Mansion House under that name, stating
that she was running away from her pa
rents. He stat also that his escorting her
to the opera was by her request, that she
went on his train to Greenwood on Friday
of her own motion, and that after putting
her off at Greenwood he knew no more OF
her movements or whereabout He says
he regarded it his duty as conductor to wait
upon the girl and register her at the hotel
as she had requested, and that he advised
her 70 return to her parents. The latter
statement he says he can prove by good
witnesses, and that he will prove also that
while the girls room at the Mansion House
was in close proximity to his be occupied
his usual room, being regular boarder at
the Mansion House, when in Greenville,
aud that the male companions who occC.
pied the room with him that night will
testify that he did not go about The room
occupied by the girl. There are many
points vet to bo developed. 1t is said the
girl told her younger sister before leaving
home that she was going to run away and
get married. There are grains of evidence
Contained in what is talked of sub rosa that
weigh heavily against Mr.. Foulk. One of
the points against him is that while he de-
MED knowing the whereabouts of the girl,
after leaving her at Greenwood, the infor-
nation is derived in way regarded as
making it certain that he not only knew
the girl was in Augusta, but gave to per-
sons here the name of the street and the
number of the house in which she could
be found in that city. Future develop.
ments will verify or contradict this and
other points about which there is room for
doubt and controversy. If he is guilty OF
the abduction there is no evidence in the
facts rs 80 far developed to show that the
evident design of such scheme was con-
on Wednesday will excite great interest.
will end in bloodshed, but there have been
no actual demonstrations toward violence
so far. 1t is rum ored that public sentiment
is strong against Foulk at Williamson.
In Greenville the same sentiment prevails
but it is tempered with an eff" as the
principal part Of the evidence must come
from Williamson, and the general public
in this locality know but little Of the cir
cumstances of the affair.
The young lady involved in this escapadc
is Miss Rinah Johnson, daughter Of Mr.. ].
D. Johnson, and pupil of the Williamson
Female College. She is pretty and accom-
plished young lady, and the affair is to be
deeply regretted. We understand that she
was followed to Augusta and brought back
to Williamson We have been unable to
obtain any further details of the affair, but
we hope both on account of the lady and
her parents that it may turn out TO be only
foolish freak of the young lady, without
any moral wrong OH her part.