The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-05
A BANKER ABDUCTED.
He Was Stolen by Woman Who Loved
Him.

~
Him.
London Cablesram.
| Banker w. X. Lidlerdaie, aged 80, oil
minister. SomersetShire, who mysteriously
disappeared OH the eve of his intended we'd
ding to young Countess. early in January,
Is now thought to have been either kidnapped
or murdered. Most curious Of all, the kid
naper or murderer is suspected to be a
woman.
Lidderdals was ministers most promi-
nent banker, citizen of high repute. and
nobody can believe him to have been guilty
OF deserving his fancee. Yet his bride
waited ia vain at the altar and has not re-
ceived word from him since the day of his
vanishing. AT hrst IL was whispered about
that there had been a incorporation Of
funds Entrusted to his care. Accountants
soon exploded this theory.
While In their quandary his bride and
relatives were startled on February 10 at be-
holding in the Times this surprising death
notiee:
"On the Both January, on Miss p A. II.
Winnings yacht Foresight William Robert
son Ldderdale of minister, result of acct
dent on 9th January. alIghting from car
rlage while in motion"
The whereabouts of the yacht and the
place OF the accident were thus unknown.
This led to the insertion, three days later.
Of the following:
Miss b. A. II. Vining is urgently re-
quested to communicate details of the death
of Mr.. W. r. LidderdaIe, as announced in
the Times Of the 10th inst. on board her
yacht Foresight, II his relatives or to
Messrs. Pritchard 81 Marshall. q Grace
Church street. London"
No response being ELECTED. Messrs.
PrltchaTd and Marshall, Undertakes So
lieitorS, advertised in the Times en- the 10Th,
Offering So reward for any information.
Stiil there was NO response and the mystery
deepened by the discovery, on searching
through all the British aud foreign lists,
that there was no such yacht as the Fore
sight.
A Miss b. a. III. Vfning. an American
lady, residing in the Westminster Building,
who had been close intimate of the banker.
was also found 10 have disappeared. A
search for persons named Vining revealed
queen Anne Mansions. London, where tho
particular Winning is said to have lived
She IS declared to be wealthy and to have
come from New York.
Threatening letters from Miss Vining
nave come TO Light among the missing
bankers papers. The writer appears to
have been thoroughly infatuated with him
and infuriased at his approaching mar
rage. She swears that he cannot thus cast
her of, and that she will never allow him to
wed her rival, rather than which she will
Kill him.
The dread now is that size has fulfilled
her threat. or forcibly run off with the
object OF her desperate love, and adver-
tisements are out offering large reward
for information as TO whether he is living
or dead.
Another account states that when Mr..
lddderdale lett minister he took with him
IlOoO. drawn from his own private account
IN the bank for wedding expenses. On his
arrival at PaddingtoH he paid visit In that
neighborhood, and that is the last that was
heard or seen oil him. On leaving minister
he said that he intended to go to Australia
to bay some property there. but the voyage
was well under stood to DO his wedding trip.