The morning news., 1892-03-30
ELLA HOLMES FOUND.
PERCY sI5LEY SENT TO JAIL. FOR
KIDNAPPING her.


The Girl Tracked to a Nexro's House at
Sweet Hill, Eryaa County-Broueht
Back Home by Ger Mother-She
Tells the story of Her Abduction.
Looked In Trunk While the officers
Were Searching for Her and Forced
TO Go Through a Mock Marriage.
Sibley's Story.
Ella Holmes, the kidnapped girl, is again
at home with her mother. She was brought
in from Bryan county yesterday afternoon
by her mother, Officer Henry Hastedt and
J. G.. Pittman.
Sunday Detective We5herhorn secured
information that Ella wes in negro's house
at Sweethill in Bryan county, and he sent
Officer Hastedt and Mr.. Pittman together
with Mrs. Holmes TO get her. They started
in buggies Monday and reached Sweethill
that night. 'The girl was found in the house
of colored man named Burney, and was
apparently delighted at seeing her mother
and being brought back home.
Ella was taken to Justice Naughtin's
office Immediately upon her arrival and
there related story OF the affair to che
MORNING News which, IL true, shows that
most outrageous crime has been perpe-
trated upon the morals OF Savannah by dis
solute and depraved women.
Ella is al attractive looking girl, well
developed for her age, and has an innocent
looking face She is childish in her ways.
but talks with an impress Of truth. Her
story is as follows:
HER ACQUAINTANCE WITH ALICE WHITE.
Il first became acquainted with Alice
White in March when mamma moved out
on Second avenue. She used to talk to me
across the stoop. March Alice called me
to her stoop about $3.50 or O'Clock and told
me II | would carry note to Miss Moseley's
, on Indian street lane, first door from West
| Broad street, she'd give me a dollar If
would make haste back before mamma got
home. l went to Miss Moseley's
and she read the note. She told me to
come upstairs to tho front room and wait
for an answer. A few minutes after
| Miss M oseley came up and shut and locked
| the or.
81 cried and asked what she was locking
me up for, and said | wanted to go home.
She never answered. but went downstairs.
cried all night and begged to be let out,
but she wouldn't do it. Saturday morning
| Alice White came 10 the room aud said If /
didn't stay there would be killed"
PEARL PRENDERGAsT's WORK.
"I staid there until Monday about 10
! o'clock when Pearl Prendergast came to the
! house and put veiveteen dress on me and
took me Off in buggy. She had knife in
her hand and said if l attempted to Jump
cut of the buggy. she would cut my throat.
| was scared and kept quiet. She took me
TO Gwinnett street to her house and locked
me in a room and said If / attempted to get
| away she would kill me.
"At night she took me to the house Of a
man named Bennett, who cut my hair. /
cried, but Pearl insistede and made me tell
Bennett that worked on the Bethesda road.
TUESDAY night got out of the house and
ran as far as the Savannah, Florida ard
| Western crossing where Percy Sibley and
Pearl overlook me and carried me back. I
cried out. but Slbley had knife In his hand,
with which be said he would cut my throat
IL didn't keep quiet. They took me back
and locked me in che room. They kept me
| locked in that room and wouldn't let me
out except some one of them was with me.
I was fed on corn bread and sometimes
| meat.
| LOCKED UP IN A TRUNK.