St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-06
SAINT PAUL.
A PREY TO THE WICKED.

Mysterious Disappearance OF
Girl-In the Clutches of the Scar
let Ones.
One of the boldest cases Of abduction
heard OF for some time past was that
which occurred yesterday from 1872 East
Sixth street. The house is occupied by
&c. Tubbesing and family, and with
them is staying Mrs. Anna zottman.
of Brainerd, who is friend or
the family and who has been in st. Paul
but few days. The missing one is
little Emma Gray, very handsome
child between fifteen and sixteen years
old. Mrs. Zoltnan, the glrl's
mother, is married a second time,
her present husband being pro-
prietor of restaurant in Bralnerd. In
that citv Emma Zollman was brought
up. and she is known there as girl OF
extremely sweet disposition, and one
against whom the smallest breath OF
scandal has never been directed. three
weeks ago the child stated desire TO
visit girl friend i'll st. Paul named
Jennie Beckman, whose acquaintance
she had formed while the latter
was on a visit to friends In BRAIN
erd. Mr.. and Mrs. Zottman OBJECTED
to her coming to st. Paul alone. but the
child persisted in her request, and was
at last allowed to depart. She was to
have returned in a week. but wrote that
she desired to stay longer, and nothing
was thought t. b wrong.
Becoming ar ned, however, at her
continued absence, Mrs. Zottman came
to st. Paul on Monday to take the glrl
back with her. 1t was upon her arrl-
val here that she discovered the
doubtful character of the girl her
daughter had been visiting. She also
made the discovery that the child had
not been at the Becl1man house for
week, and the family diSclalmed knoWl-
edge of the whereabouts of either girl.
A description of the missing child was
furnished the police, and Monday night
Sergt. Zerkelbach arrested her III
filthy dive on Eagle street, kept
by woman named Alice Williams.
Mrs. Zottman was notified that the girl
had been found, and when she called at
the station the girl was turned over to
her with Instructions to look after her.
Yesterday Emma told her mother, who
is supplemented German woman. that
she would have TO go and get her
trunk from the Williams place.
She departed for that purpose, ana half
an hour later returned in hack accom-
panied by the woman for whom she
claimed to have been working. Her
companion, whose description tallles eX-
actly with that of the Williams woman,
told Mrs. Zottman the girl was work
ing for her until her husband returned
from Chicago, and begged that she
might be allowed to stay couple Of
weeks longer. Mrs. Zottman dissented,
but the woman drove off with
her prey. The mother of the
child says that she was not
made aware when at the police station
of the character of the place in which
Emma had been found. She did not
find out until $3.50 last night the true
state OF affairs She then instituted
search for the girl, but up TO
q late hour last night her whereabouts
had not been discovered. A GLOBE
representative visited the Williams
place last night. Alice Williams stated
that the story of the hack was lie,
and that she had not been out of the
house all day. The girl, she said, had
called there in the afternoon. but did
not ask for her trunk. She denied that
Miss Gray was in the house at that
time, though she stood with her back
to the door OF one of the rooms as
if fearing intrusion in that quarter.
The police were looking for the girl
late last night, but the indications are
that she has been taken out of the city.
She was engaged to marry young man
In Brainerd named Seely Baxter, an
employee Of the Northern Pacific Rail
way company. The ZottmanS are a
very respectable family and the dis
grace is keenlY felt by them.