The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-14
LODE WRIT RESCUED.
Another Chapter in the Great
Spokane Abduction Story.
oARNEY BROOKS coNFEsses.


Lode Wit, the girl who came from Philadel-
phta 70 meet her aunt, MIS- G. B. Taylor, at
Spokane Falls, and who was kidnap cd by
vaficty actress named Mn. Brooks, was found
a the Ripley house yesterday with the woman
e4d her husband. The girl l. now in tho Home
ct the Good Shepherd, and the great Spokane
leeueatdon can b said TO be knocked in the head.
man. woman and young girl arrived at
- Ripley house February 8 and registered as
1nefuey Brooks, wife and daughter. Denver,
end II. Ripley. the proprietor. was
Day about noon Mr.. Ripley read
q ths PosT-lxrELLIcEsCEn the dispatch
from Spokane Falls, stating that reward Of 500
wee odered Tor man named Brooks, and that .
girl he'd been abducted. He drew conclusions
ma made mp his mind that his three mysterious
1odeofs were not eli right and Immediately
routed out Barney Brooks and showed him the
6tapatch.
Then Brooks made . confession. He said
Re and his wife had come out from Denver
s vs = fhe sy 1 WHILE e
eiri approsched his wife. She said she had
81 the wy GE y and
6he did not see her aunt and was without
money and friends. OF course, Mrs. Brooks
sook the girl II charge ied her and took her e
Showed his wife great wells on her body, which
she said was caused by her brutal stepfather In
FsaadslPhia betting sn, 4. he, ..n. n, R,,ev
eest for policeman. Oficer John Roberts
polics headquarters The man said he ss was
Indy They were Slowed to 90 back to the
but Lode w:s sent ~ shs1gs q
at Twelfth and jefferson streets.
At a o'clock Chief Monroe received dispatch
tom the Chief q police At soksne ns s1 KIM that
tcctiyes willard and Bnrck Immediately went to
the Ripley house and brought the couple to Jail.
rs MIS- seeh ry aso ros !.
I'VE came to Spokane from Helena, Mont,
sna hc
70 look for room. While sitting there.
noticed Lode, who 4 appears arrived on the
bes Il orcfp 1sr
.ked her what the trouble ''1 Wa.
Es 9d had nss gs %
vifed her to my room, and the next day told her
&c vs 81 scts IS. . xsnf co ao not ss
her : JOB there also. consented to take her
down and Introduce her, and she engaged to
2 w sSs a night %s. found ntsssS Il
the vsys Of the wicked and became : little
ssttpey on two or thrcc glasses of beer
then restrained her from going any further,
suaded her to give It up altogether. We were
both sick for . few days, and 1t was during the
girls illness that the man referred to
in the spokane KSrteW paid attentions TO
and was CONVINCED zee .r, that nnd n ne
through any bad motive. When I told her that
was about to come to Seattle she begged to be
permitted to como with MS that she might avoid
having 70 return to her wicked stcpfather, and
g bard did she plead that Brooks s bought her
The Spokane Falls papers for the past few
days have been fun OF the story of the abduc-
ton. Mrs. Taylor, the aunt, arriving at spo..
kaue to meet her niece, found that she had
the police. The Ladies' Relief Society
took up the case. and u policeman, because of
his conduct in the affair, was suspended from
duty. Everybody did al they could to find the
avail. The following Is what the Reoiew OF
February II has to say about Mrs. Brooks:
while the trio were In Spokane Falls Cal
Brewer the manager OF Palace varieties. engaged
them 70 play 9 week He says that Mrs. Brooks
Of persuasi0n has 20 far been lost that she
damaged rather than helped the sale of spiritu-
Gus ana other liquors. All Of the sporting fra
{ ternity who have ever seen her say that the
morally far below the level Of the worst variety
distinguished herself by marching up
10 the bar with the cfrcntery of .
ward rounder and ordering whisky enough at
jams. She was seen at the Comique, where she
was so quarrelsome that the authorities ordered
her out into the street, and were blackguarded
III vile terms for their temerity."
ing of the young girl In safe hands will doubt
less cause general rejoicing in Spokane.