St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-11

MAMIE sCHwARz. Saturday,
June Is. Y. j. SchWarz, residing at ia
West Ninth street, reported to the
police that his ve.year-old daugh-
ter was MISSING. The officials at
the station notified the patrol
men vino went on night duty
of the child'S absence, and informed the
father that his daughter would un-
dOUbtedly be found in few hours. At
midnight no report of the missing child
had beeu received. Some Of the neigh
Oors, when they heard of the child's dis
appearance, said they had seen ner
standing near street organ which was
PLAYING in the block. All during the
night the parents of the child, assisted
by friends, relatives and neighborS,
searched the 0uthuuSeS and vaults in
the neighborh0od. but without discover
ing any trace of the girl. About 5
O'clock the next morning Mrs. Schwartz
met William Wagner, a son of her foster
father, on West Third street. As soon
as he saw her the fellow ran. This. Mrs.
Schwartz concluded, was evidence that
he had some connection with the diSaD
pearance. The man had threatened to
get revenge Oh her for some fancled
wrong, and she was certain this was the
way he had taken 10 do it. Wagner'S
description was given to the detectives,
but it was not until four or five days
that he was apprehended. When brought
to the station, Wagner and Chief Garvin
had a rough-and-tumble in the Office,
but no information of any value was
ELECTED. Wagner admitted to passing
the house on the day the child diSap-
peared, but while he said he saw the
child he protested he knew nothing
about her disappearance. Every induce
ment, even to physical punishment, was
tried to make the fellow confess, but he
stood pat" and was sent to the work
house for thirty days Oh charge of
Vagrancy.
The most important. and, in fact. the
only clue to the diSappe arance of the
child. was given to the detec tives the
Monday following the abduction. The
proprietor of the West house, Oil West
Tenth street, informed the detectives
that woman had visited his place
about O'clock on Saturday afternoon
and asked if she could get room for
short time. She was told she could and
about O. clock, or two hours later, came
back accompanied by little girl.
She said TO one OF the domeStIcs: Il
have got my child back" and went to
the sitting room in the hotel. She cut
the child'S hair and changed its clothes,
taken from valiSe she carried with
her. She then ordered lunch, and while
it was being prepared left the house by
a rear door. None Of the people about
the hotel saw her leave, but it was after
ward learned that a woman answering
her description was seen going east on
Tenth street near WabaSha. The pro-
pretor of the hotel did not pay much
attention to the woman, and the only
description he could give was that she
was Of slender build, dressed in black
and acted in a very nervous manner.
The child'S appearance he did not
notice except that she had a way Of
looking uD sideways to any one she was
talking with. This Mrs. Schwartz said
was a noticeable habit Of the child's and
convinced her that it was her daughter.
Soon after the abduction John II.
Mason was appointed chief of detect
ives. and he with the sleuths on his
staff devoted much time to the case
One of the officials even went to a
clairvoy&nt and took with him a shoe
belonging to the child i'll order
to get a clue as to her whereabouts
No trace, however, of the missing girl
has been found up to date, while the
parents Of the child have crown heart
sick with anxiety over their daughters
disappearance. They are still hopeful
that the child is alive and has been alb
Quoted by some crank OF a woman who
had become infatuated with her. The
description of the child at the time it
was abducted was printed on circulars
accompanied by cut taken from a
photograph year before. These were
sent to all the principal cities. The
offering of the reward will. it is ex-
pected aud hoped, lead to the mystery
being cleared up.