The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1892-04-13
THE GIRL ABDUCTED.
HER LOVER HIDES HER ON A LONELY
ISLAND IN THE CHI ATTAHOOCHEE.
A Foolish Girl Pays the Penalty of Disobe-
dience to her Parents.

"A Foolish Hlrl rays the PenaItY OF D1sObe-
dience to her Parents.
FORT GAINES, Ca, April 1.-The story
of the abduction of Miss Laura Brooks,
who was spirited to a swamp and kept
there for weeks, is not an "April FOOL
yarn, as some have supposed, but an
actual fact. The address of the out
ragged father and victimized daughter is
Mr.. w. r. Brooks and Miss Laura
Brooks, Coleman, Ca, and Mr.. Allen
White, Ft. Gaines, Ca, and these par
ties attest the truth of the story which,
as given in full, is as follows:
Miss Laura Brooks had sweetheart
whose name is Archie Bigbee. He APP
peared to be a respectable young fellow,
but the girls father did not approve of
their marriage, especially as Bigbee had
frequently expressed a determination
to go west and follow for livelihood in
the footsteps of the once notorious Jesse
James.
The young lady having learned to love
and trust her sutton, felt that her fathers
objections were possibly too severe, and
her warm heart over-fowed with sym
pathy for her lover, but she refused to
marry him and go west, agreeing only
to link destinies with him if he would
settle down in this country.
THE ELoPEMENT.
To this the family consented, and an
elopement was arranged, he promising
to bring her to FIT. Gaines, get married
and then return home. The fatal night
arrived and Bigbee with it prepared for
the flight The young girl babe a sad
goodby to the home of her happy child
hood and confidingly launched forth in
to the arena of life with the man of her
choice. They Immediately started as
the poor girl thought, to wed, but before
rearhing here BigSee manufactured a
plausible lie to the effect that he could
not come here, alleging that the local
officers held warrant for him, so they
headed for Coleman.
Finally they left the public highway
and the peaceful homes by the wayside,
and took their way through plantation
road until the rushing waters of the
Chattahoochee began to dance before
them in the starlight A campfire glim-
mered among the tangled wildwood and
a dirty, dilapidated tent stood in the
background. Bigbee drove up and as
sisted his fair and helpless victim to
alight, when they We're met by couple
of brigandish looking outlaws, Bill Car.
Isle and John Moore, and "tough"
female with all the delineations of the
slum depicted on her countenance.
Such was Bigbee's introduction of the
contiding girl to her future home apd
associates.
PLEADING FOR RELEASE.
She begged to be permitted to return
home, but was promptly informed that
such a requst could not even be enter
tanned. She next implored her abduc-
tor to marry her, but he coolly told her
that such a course was not necessary.
did not meet with his appreciation and
must be abandoned. She was placed
uuder the closest possibly espionage and
not allowed to absent herself at any time
from the secluded swamp rendezvous of
the outlaw trio.
The following night they packed up
bag and baggage, embarked in their
batteau and skulked away in the dark
ness down the river, stealing everything
they came across that they could con-
sumo or carry
The grief-stricken father, almost fran
tic with apprehensions, only succeeded
few days since in securing Information
regarding their whereabouts, and i'm
mediately, in company with Mr.. Allen
White, left in pursuit, just below the
Florida line they heard of the fugitives
and pushed ahead, but before they
reached the camp Carlisle, who was out
on a scout, intercepted them.
He said the arrest of any or ali of the
party was impossible, especially by only
two persons, as they were all heavily
armed and had resolved to die rather
than surrender, but that for SO he
would agree to carry one of them to the
place in his boat, if he would go I'M
armed, and also endeavor to induce Big
bee to give up the girl.
TOOK MISS BROOKS AWAY.
They accepted the proposition and
White embarked with him. He found
the camp located on an isolated island