New-York tribune., 1884-02-18
NOT A CASE OF ABDUCTION.
DELLA sILIs WENT WILLINGLY WITH Mr.. AND MRS
BAYIIsS-THE LATTER ARRESTED.

NOT CASE OF ABDJ JClION.
DELLA sIIls WENT WILLINGLY WITH Mr.. AND MRS.
BAYIIss-TnE LATTER ARRESTED.
Tn the matter of the alleged abduction of the coll
ored girl, Della Sls, from Penn-st., brooklyn, on
SATURDAY. night It was shown st oT ST ormeT 1nT
EMPLOYERS. Mr. and Mrs. BaysS, of Port Jefferson,
l.. ]. They had unsuccessfnly sought 10 see her at
Brooklyn whittier she went at Christmas to see her
mother, who was a servant there. She was Wiling
TO go back to Port Jefferson ent her mother dlH nor
want her to 90, aud Mrs. Shay found
Mrs. Mr. Bayiss went @ to Mr. Shays house about three
weeks ago and was told she could not see the girl
The Bavliss family asked their pastor, the Rev.
Mir Holmes of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to
try and see the girl but he was no more successful
''tJ On Sat Saturday night the girl, who is TWEEN
tytwO years old, went ven tGov,a 10 .ne boTse GSf-
er grocery near On Mr. Mr., oy Shhayit h5yct oboUt n0fSg
o'clock Mr.. Bayliss met her and said that MTs Bay
liss was in the vicinity and they would ike TO
have her 60 home 10 Port jefferson with them. She
was wiling and She went to Mr. Shay's house to
leave the groceries When she returned heT mother
followed. When Deamet Mr; and Mrs. bayhss' tney
took hold of her on either side and urged her along
with them while her mother caught her by the
hand and tried TO hold her back. Della said that
she wanted to 90 with Mr. ana Mrs. Bayhss, ana
they pushed Mrs. Sills away and hurried of. The
noise of the struggle called the attention OF people
passing, and Mrs. Sils, who had fallen, was carried
20 Mrs. Shay's house, where She died IN
she had heart disease. and that the shock and
struggle excited her so greatly as to cause her
Mr. ard Mrs. Bayss and Della took a, street-car
10 the Bedford station of the Long Island haTOad;
and train for Jamaica, l.. l., where they passed
The night. Yesterday morning Detccuye Ennis
and Sergeant Ashton OF the Thirteenth brooklyn
Precinct arrested them and took them 10 10
Brooklyn. Upon bearing their statements, IT was
decided that there was 10 abduction Inc glrl sald
that she went willingly with her former employer,
and made no outcry. When she heard OF me Geath
OF her mother she wanted TO go back TO Mr. Shays
TO attend her funeral and then to 90 to Port Jeer
con. .., /, .,o ,,o,u,o
of Port jefferson, where they are prominent in the
Methodist Church. They were held last evening III
the Flushing Avenue Police station IN BROOKLYN,
TO await the Coroners lnveStgauOh IN, IN IesaId
10 the death of Mrs. Francis Sll. Cor
Oner Hesse summoned Jury YESTERDAY aI'e aI'eI-
noon and ordered post-mOrten examination 10 Oe
made at 10 a. m. to-day To determine the cause OF
death. The inquest adjourned until friday.
NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH Mr.. GIBBS.
THE REV. Mr.. MINGINs on JOHN KELLY AND
BILLY" M'GLoRY IN TEMPERANCE WORK
The announcement on the circulars of the Man
haitian Temperance Association, Gibbs Vindi-
Gated! The conclusion of the McGlory matter"
drew large numbers to the meeting III Cooper Union
Yesterday afternoon in spite of the bad weather
Mr.. Gibbs opened the meeting Dy announcing thal
lie was exciting attention III all the newspapers OF
the country. Resolutions were then passed giving
the hearty thanks Of the audience to the Prohibl,
ton members of the state Legislature Tor the stand
they had taken during the week, and especially 10
Sneaker Sbcard and MessTs. Welch. Erwin, On,
Husted and Howe The Kew. George j. Minglns
spoke briefly on the labOrerS and temperance. lie
sald
money We need the hrawn and muscle OF the lab0er
The abUreE II is asserted is crushed down by monopoly
Now the Of mOmOpOlys power Is drink fIdDOreis
were temperate they might grow 10 he capitalists Dilnk
bnilds The tenementhOses so long as these get
home for the smallest OF money they VIII spend the
Test for drink II had my way would have nothing
here about John Kelly or Billy McGlQIy We nave an
q
Ing piemies | heartily glad 10 Iead on the pro-
eTsmnle this morning CONCLUSION OF the Bly NcGloly
eensstiOn I" l thankful that the curtain DaS been
fung down, and Kelly and McGlOry dismissed forever
The desk upon the platform of Chickering Hall
was dTaped III black yesterday afternoon at the
meeting of the American Temperance Union. A
memorial service in honor of the memory OF the
Rev. William McDermut, late chaplain of the So
ciety was held. The Rev. AlOnzo {: Morehouse, of
the Forsyth Methodist Church, delivered an adj
dress upon the life and labOr5 Of Mr.. McDermut III
the field of temperance. Mrs. Mary Hunt, of Mas
sachuSetts superintendent OF the Department OF
Scientific Instruction of the WOman's Christian
Temperance Union. spoke upon, "Self-Govenment
and the Temperance Cause" She said:
In less than two centuries than 20000 900 persons
have emgTated 10 this country. Many OF them came
here with inherited appetite for alcoholic liquors.
Their boys begin when their fathers of Thus in
temperance has been rapidly the Increase until within
short time The effect OF iptemperance and present
patients our insane ssyums 100 per cent Law, in
iepubc represents the sentiment OF the majority OF the
nust effected through the men who have the making
OF the laws. When the people OF our country are made to
the necessity OF legislation against the liquor trahc
then may expect 10 see laws enacted ana enforced
OFFICERS At THE d. LONG FUNERAL.
Commodore John II. Upshur, having charge of
the rrangeneuts for the official reception and fun
al of | attf- q