Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-11
SHE WAS ABDUCTED
Christie Jackson Had Been
Taken to Chicago.
HYPNoT1zED By LOUIS MABcoT1
He Influenced the Girl to Steal $4,000
and Go With Him.

Another Man in the Plot, Whose Arrest
Led to the Discovery of Miss Jackson
The Girl is but Fifteen Years Old, aud
the Daughter OF Prominent Politician
of Sharon Springs, N. Y.-Her Condt
ton Pitable.
SHARON SPRINGS, N. Y, May IL
Christie jackson, the 15-year-o old daugh-
ter of Hon. E. A. jackson, the we'll
known politician, and Louis Mar
colt, of Brooklyn, her abductor, are on
their way to this place, in char~e of
Deputy Sheriff S. F. Black of Bingham
ton, who, after long search, succeeded
in locating the pair in Chicago. The
$4,000 which Christie took from her
parents had all been spent.
Two weeks ago yesterday Mr.. Jackson
accompanied his wife to the wedding OF
q friend and then took the same train
with the bridal party to Albany, where
as a delegate he was to attend the Re-
publican State convention. On Mrs.
Jackson's return to her home everything
indicated the fight of her daughter.
Investigation proved that the day of
the wedding and of the fathers depart
ure for Albany had been selecJed long in
advance by the men who were bent on
the daughters abduction and ruin.
These men were Louis Marcott, a young
man who had been visiting his grand
father in the town, and George Hoffman,
the son of a carpenter in Sharon Springs.
Marcott seemed to have had something
of a hypnotic fascination for her, and
after secretly associating with him for
some time she agreed to take from her
parents enough to carry out his plans,
the nature of which, it 10 not believed
she fully realized.
A girl companion had been persuaded
to run away with Hoffman at the time
She did not do so, however. Hoffman
nevertheless decided to accompany the
others, the large amount taken by Miss
Jackson making him unwilling to lose
his share. They took the train for SYRIA
cuse, and later arrived at Detroit.
Here dispute as to which of the two
men had the better right to the young
girl led Hoffman to take most of what
remained of the stolen money and re-
turn to New York, where he was ar
rested. The distracted father caused
the entire State to be searched for his
daughter, but his influence kept the
disgrace to his family from the general
public.
In less than two weeks he spent a
large sum on the search, the fruitless
character of which almost killed both
parents of the unfortunate girl. The
arrest of Hoffman, however, led to the
fact that the other two were headed
toward Chicago, where they expected to
stay at the Palmer House under the
name of Carpenter.
Sheriff Black, personal friend of Mr..
Jackson's, was at once authorized to go
to that city. He found the pair yester-
day and in the afternoon ne took his
prisoners eastward, the childish looking
15-year-old girl in SO pitifully broken
down condition after her experience of
but two weeks with her young abductor
as to be almost unacceptable.
The father has expressed a determine
ton to secure the extreme penalty of
the law upon the ruiner of his happiness,
but it is feared by many that the fury of
Christie's brother who has also been en-
gagged in the pursuit will not await the
slow process of law and that another
crime may blot out those of his sister
and her companions.