The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-12
A STRANGE STORY.
Young Girl Dragged and
Locked Up for Twelve
Days.

A wrinkled old man, his form bent
with age, and his steps feeble and totter-
ing, was encountered on the streets
yesterday by HERALD reporter. He
beckoned and. as the scribe approached,
he said.
"You are newspaper man. What
would you think of a woman who would
take away one of your daughters against
your will and keep her locked up Tor
twelve days and nights?"
The reporter replied that he did not
think such thing probable, especially
in a city tile size of Salt Lake.
AYE; brft it is probable" he said with
a marked Scotch accent, sit is probable,
and it has been DONE"
Whose daughter was it that was
kept prisoner for that length of
time?"
1T was mine. sir, mine. Listen and
I'll tell We all about it. am weaver
by trade, and am married, although /
/ nave nv 4AEC0 WIN LILY WIG III oOluC
time. We are not divorced-but we
| dent live together-that is all. Well,
| as l was telling We, some time ago, my
| daughter went to work at hotel, where
a woman-Fve forgotten her name--was
stopping. While there this woman
took sort of fancy to my girl, and
when the woman left and took rooms
down there. (pointing down the street,
| she persuaded my daughter to go With
her. BY and by 1 heard that the
woman's character was not very good,
and 1 went to see if l couldn't get the
girl away from her. / went to the place
where the woman was stopping, but she
declared that the girl had not been seen
there, and she did not know where she
was.n
Why didn't you search the house? ''
81 did, one day, and went entirely
through it, looking into every corner,
and anywhere l thought she might be
hiding, but without success, She did
not appear to be there. | went away,
and in few days word again reached
me that my daughter had been seen
there by a visitor who knew her when
she was at the hotel. l again made
call at the house, and the woman told
me could not search the house any
more; that l had done SO once without
any success, and she thought [ ought to
be satisfied. / knew she was there how
eyer, and determined that would have
some tidings before long, or call in the
law. During the ten days that followed,
l made several calls at the house of this
woman, but was always told that nv
girl was not there. At the end of
twelve days, zone morning, a note came
to us from the girl, saving that we were
to come and get her; that the people had
gone out. | did not get word until to-
wards evening, when | went over to the
house indicated in the note; with an
other daughter of mine. There was no
one at home except the girl, and she
was so stupid she did not know enough
to come out of the room when the door
was held open for herr
What was the matter with herr"
'She was stupid, acted as though she
was drunk, and there the old mans
voice sank to a whisper) / believe she |
had been drugged. dragged her away,
and that was the cause of the trouble |
The HERALD mentioned a little while !
ago."
Had your daughter been an inmate
of the house all the timer"
p. Yes, she had never stirred foot out |
OF 1t. She was there when hunted |
through the rooms"
Why did you not find her, then 2"
Because, (and the old man grew sud-
denly impressive, as though imparting I
a great secret) she was hidden away in |
the chimney place, and was so sound
asleep that she could not hear us NOV
ing around"
who hid her there?"
about, -
What object could she have in keep
ing the girl there against her will and /
your wishes?"
: Her object was to ruin her, and am
sure the design was accompaniment
am sure it was.''
Have you seen the woman since that
timer"
mo, haven't"
Did you inform the police of the out
Yes, but 1 didn't have any money.
and could not have done anything" !
This IS the old mans strange story.
Ind there was undoubtedly something at
he back of it that he was unwilling TO
peak of. 1t was given, however, with
II earnestHess and force that carried
with it. An investigation is \
low under way, and it is more than Il
'robable that all the facts in the case :
VII shortly come to light.