The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-18
The KIDNAPPING.
TIE WRIT OF HABBAS CORPUS Is
REFUSED BY JUDGE
WALKER.
The Case Goes Back to Mar
shall for DetermI-
nation

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court, on an application for habeas
corpus by the defendant, who was
represented by Messrs. Hewlett &
Johns as his counsel, Dudley G. Woot-
en-, Esq, county attorney, appearing
for the state.
The circumstances of the arrest
were detailed in the last issue of The
STATESMAN. The trial of the appli-
cation for habeas corpus was postpon-
ed till o'clock, and in the meantime
the reporter had opportunity to inter
view the parties and elicit their state
ments such as they were willing to
make
MISS KNIGHT,
as previously reported, is originally
from Louisiana, where her family
happened to have been well known to
THE STATEsMAN representative, who
once live there, as being very respect
able people. Her father, William Ii.
knight, was, just after the
war. Judge of Terreborne
parish, La, and son of Mr.. NJ.
Knight, a sugar planter of that par
ish. who, with his family removed to
AIgiers opposite to New Orleans some
years after the war closed. Miss Ma
~ hulElt. D1oICl VI uhSO
married A. Lathrop, Esq, a lawyer of
New Orleans. The writer had not
heard of the Judge for many years till
his name was brought to mind by the
startling episode in the life of his
young daughter, Miss Sallie, which
eliminated so strangely in her elope-
ment with Jones OF abduction, as the
facts may be determined when the
case is Investigated where the alleged
kidnapping is charged to have occur
red in Marshall, which is the present
home of her parents.
WHY SHE LEFT HOME.
In answer to the inquiry why she left
home, Miss Knight said she wanted
to visit a number of relatives in diff
ferent parts of the state, some of them
at Calvert, and had awaited herself of
Mr.. Jones' company for the purpose.
He was boarding at her fathers home
and she had thus known him for some
time. She professed not TO know,
however, that he IS a married
man. though the city marshal
of Marshall, states that it is a matter
of general repute in the city. Nor
would she acknowledge that she was
in love with Jones, her only recogni-
ton of the inquiry being what might
be considered a tell-tale blush of as
sent. but from the fact that she
naturally bushes at every pertinent
question, and smiles at any pleasing
allusion to herself. AS the reporter
noticed, pleasant smile played over
her pretty young face several times
when Jones spoke to her, but, for all
that, this may have been attributable
to the subject of conversation rather
than to any overweening interest in
her companion, for certainly 1t can
not be claimed that Mr.. Jones is such
a person as pretty young girl would
be likely to fancy, that is, so far as
personal appearance is calculated to
attract a young girls devotion. 1t
NAV be she is not in love with him at
all, and was only travelling with him
to gain some more acceptable sutton.
The scrutiny of the reporters, how
ever, it must be candidly confessed,
does not support such theory, and
If she has not been victimiZed she
is more likely somehow infatuated
with her companion. Some suspect
that he is deceiving her as to the the
trip, and intended to get away with
her into Mexico, out of reach of extra
dition laws. This appears to have
been the suspicion of the father, who
telegraphed to Laredo and other places
on the Rio Grande for the special pur-
pose of intercepting their passage
across the Mexican line.
Miss Sallie intimates that she was
not kindly treated at home, and that
this was one reason why she left
Being told that her father was eX.
pected on the noon train, she
said she was afraid he would be very
angry with her, and did not wish tC
go home with him, that she was not
happy at home.
MIR. JONES
also stated to the reporters that Miss
Knight was unhappy at home, and
that developments would show that
he had done no violence to the young
lady's liberty of action. Further thar
this he made no explanation, though
he seemed to regard the state of affairs
as rather serious, and calculated, HI
added, to make him lose his officia
position and break him up in bu siness
The young lady herself manifested NJ
great concern at the proceedings
which is the strongest feature abou
her participation in them.
After the case was postponed til
o'clock, the parties went to the hote
together, Jones being in charge of thu
city marshal who took dinner with
them. In the meantime the noon
train, on which Judge Knight wa
expected, brought instead her cousin
Mr.. M. Lathrop, accompanied by City
Marshal Adair, of Marshall, who was
prepared with warrant for Jones ar
rest in the event he had been
released on habeas corpus. Judge
Walker, however, declined TO grant
the writ, on the ground that
a prima facie showing of an of
Tense had been made, and remanded
the accused to the custody of the
officers, who took him in charge. Miss
Knight left on the evening train in
company with her cousin, Mr.. Lathrop
to return to her home at Marshall.
Mr.. Adair will leave with Jones this
morning to answer in Marshall to the
charge of kidnapping, the same as pre-
ferred here on the basis of the tele-
gram received as reported in THE
+ STATESMAN yesterday. The case nat
urally attracted great deal of atten-
tion in court and comment on the
streets
MR.. LATHROP
stated before leaving that his cousin
had agreed to come home with him
Her leaving was a great surprise and
shock to her parents, and this act OF
hers was the first that had ever occur.
red to cause any reflection upon q
member OF the family. He doubted
il she had thought of the seriousness
OF such action on her part. BE pre-
sumed her idea was to visit New Or
leans and friends IN her old home in
Louisiana, and has accompanied Mr.
Jones under some strange delusion
common to young people. She was a
great fsvorite with her father, who
would be greatly distressed at her
conduct.
AS to Mr.. Jones, he had generally
behaved himself very well in Mar
shall. He was q married man, and
had a wife and child near Tyler, and
he thought his cousin knew this fact,
as Il was generally known in Mar
sbau.
Mr.. .Adair said the affair was to be
: deeply regretted, on account of the
hi1h character of the young LADY s
family, and tho reflection it would
B cast upon her young lite.
Further developments of the inves-
tieaticn at Marshall viii be watched
With interest.
II was noticed during the proceed
i146 ia court that Jones was handed
d roll of money by Miss Knight,
which looks like she carried all the