The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-15
SHE IS PROSECUTED
The Strange Case of Mrs.
DOminiCk Enderlitz.
ABDUCTED wEEN AN INFANT.
Taken to Switzerland and Put in Care Of
Cruel Peasants

Support Told She Was the Daughter
of wealthy American--DI -DIarries, and
Determines to Seek Her Parents--Her
Efforts Bring Persecution Upon Her
and Frequent Attempts are Made to
steal Her Children--A Romantic and
Mysterious story.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10. "A romantic
story of the alleged abduction Of a child
Of supposedly wealthy New Workers, of
her isolation in lonely spot in the wild
mountains of Switzerland, of her subse-
quent escape from her cruel keepers, of
her return to this city and persecution
here by mysterious personages, came to
| light yesterday, through the following
advertisement which appeared in one Of
the local German newspapers;
| A LADY WHO WAS ABDUCTED WHEN
| a child. about 80 years ago, from New
York City or vicinity, and taken to Switzer-
and, seeks her parents. Information may be
pbtained from Mrs. Enderlitz, No. 4OD East
| bth St.
reporter found Mrs. Enderlitz in a
small, neatly kept room on the second
| floor at that number, with two pretty,
Idark-eyed and swarthy looking children
tugging at her skirts and gazing at the
|
Mrs. Enderlitz said that she was the
heroine of the story vaguely revealed in
the advertisement, and then narrated
her romantic history as she had gathered
it here and there by bits and woven
into a coherent and plausible whole.
She says that she has vague remem-
brance of having been carried away from
her parents by strangers and taken
across a wide eXpanse Of restless waters.
She was child at the time, perhaps 2
years of age. When she had grown up
so that she could appreciate her sur
roundings she found herself in the hands
Of cruel aud rough peasants away down
in the dale of an isolated mountain in
Switzerland. The nearest village was
about five miles Off and could be reached
only by a primitive, dangerous path
along a steep mountain peak Thither
the young girl had often to wander in
winter time through deep SHOWS with
basket full of butter and eggs to take to
a merchant.
While on these errands she picked up
from the villagers now and then slender
threads relating to her sudden and mys-
terious appearance in the household of
her keeper and of occasional visits to
the village of a well-dressed foreigner
supposedly an American, who would
hold conferences with her mountain
keeper and give him money. 1t was
common gossip among the villagers that
the Durrs Chat was the supposed name
of her supposed parents) were not her
parents at ALL as they had given out to
the village pastor when he was called
upon to christian her Annie. Besides
this, Annie heard snatches of CONVERSE
ton row and then regarding her and
the money that the foreign gentleman
| Mt Inf Ia No VI. L
and other points in the vicinity for
keeping Annie.
There came a time when this board
money ceased to cone and the PEASANTS
treatment of Annie became more and
more cruel. One day Durr told her that
he would not keep her any longer, and
came out with the story that she was
the daughter OF some wealthy American.
Annie was 10 years old when she left
her bondage and started out in the world
with the hope or finding her real pa
rents
She worked for while in hotels where
/ American tourists sojourn hoping
against hope that she might learn some-
thing OF her parents through them.
About ten years ago she met an honest
industrious young painter by the name
of Dominick Enderlitz who was am
bilious to pursue his luck in 'the prom
ised land" Of America Annie encour-
aged Dominicks attention to her and
eventually accepted his offer of mar
riage.
They came to this city, but lack of
. money prevented Mrs. Enderlitz from at
; once instituting the search for her sup
posedly wealthy parents About two
years ago she inserted the first adver-
tisement in a newspaper.
To the amazement of the honest couple,
instead of getting an inkling of the
identity and whereabouts of the sought
for parents, they found themselves per-
secuted by mysterious persons who
seemed to be intent upon stealing one of
their pretty, dark-eyed children.
Late one evening" upon leaving the
| Atlantic Garden on the Bowsry, where
they had gone with their two children
TO spend pleasant evening, Mrs. Ender-
litz found herself followed by we'll
dressed, closely veiled woman. Her
husband was a few PAGES ahead of her,
carrying the younger of the two chill
dren, when the yelled woman rushed
silently up to her and tried to snatch
o from her little Annie, who was walkin g
at her side holding her hand, After
that similar attempts to steal one of t he
children were made several times al
their home.
Mrs Enderlitz in her despair finally
, went to Inspector Byrnes for protection
The Inspector advised her to move and
never to allow her children to run
around in the street. The advice was
implicitly followed.
Mrs. Enderlitz believes that these at
! tempts to abduot one Of her children
have some mysterious relation to hen
efforts in finding her parents, but She
fondly entertains the vague hope that
she will be in the end successful anl
that big fortune Will yet come TO her
|, She tells her romantic story in an in
telligent, coherent and thoroughly
plausible fashion. Neighbors corrobor
+ ate the story of the attempted abduc
tion Of her children, and fully believe il
Mrs Enderlitz's other tale of her own
!. | IL