The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-03-07
AN ABOUCTOR CAPTURED.
he Ran Away With Thirteen Year Old
Gi,l,

COLUMBIA, S. c., March IAN ao-
ductor Of a pretty young girl, after ef-
fectually lodging the officers of the
law for about ten days, was yesterday
afternoon run down and captured in
company with the child whom he had
taken away from home. and is now be
hind the bars. The parties came from
Charleston and to Charleston they will
have to return. It Is quite romantic
story, and it is hard to believe that a
girl of such tender years could become
so much infatuated with grown man,
so homely and unprepossessing as the
one in this case, as to willingly permit
herself to be abducted. Size is a miss
OF only thirteen years, petite and pref
ty, well developed and altogether quite
striking looking child. The man, on
TIE other hand, is long way from be-
irg good looking. He is red-headed
and has red face, and wears a short
cropped moustache. He is about thir-
ty years Of age. He hailed originally
from Lexington county, and was once
employed in the Congaree cotton fac
tory here. The girl is from Charleston
where her parents live. When the pair
were arrested yesterday afternoon and
taken to the station house, she did not
seem to mind it much, perhaps too
young to realize what it meant. The
fellow seemed to be much excited.
About ten days ago Chief of Police
Radcliffe, having previously received a.
brief telegram, got the following letter
notifying him of the abduction:
Charleston, S. g., Feb. 10, 1894.
Mr.. L. J. Radcliffe, Chief of Police,
Columbia. S. g.:
Dear Sir: Please use your best en-
deaVors to capture the following per.
sons, viz: Ben Gregg, John Rambo and
q young girl named Marian Williams.
The description of the girl is as follows:
About five feet four inches tall, dark
brown eyes, dark hair, very young but
well developed. When she left here
on the evening CT the l7sh inst, she
wore black hat, black dress trimmed
with red velvet, and a blue blazer and
had locket ring on one of her fingers.
The charge against the man is abduc-
ton. The girl is not yet thirteen years
old, but looks much older, and was en-
ticed away By these two men, one of
whom, Ben Gregg, is married man.
They are all factory hands. and the men
will very likely try to get work in some
of the factories in your city. They left
here for Columbia on the Itch at 7:30
p. m.
We are very anxious to get these
persons, and trust that you will be able
to assist US in their capture.
Yours respectfully,
J. ELMoRE MARTIN,
Chief Of Police.
The man brought the child in here
on the night mentioned in the letter
and they spent the night at the Hill
House, on Gervais street. The next
morning they went on to NeWberry
and tried to get work in the factory
there, and failing in that proceeded to
Greenwood trying to get work in the
factory at that place. They failed there
too, and yesterday afternoon returned
to this city, via the Richmond and
Danyille road. Conductor Roche OF
the South Carolina Railway happened
to be standing near by when they
stepped off the train. He recognized
the couple and Informed Officers Grif-
fin and Clark Cf the police force that
they were the parties wanted. In the
meantime the couple had started off to-
wards the river bridge. They were
soon oVerhauled and taken into custo-
dy. They were forthwith taken to the
station house, where the man was
placed in a cell and the girl was kept
IN the ante room.
The man is Ben Gregg. Rambo has
not been seen or heard from. They
told good many different stories, but
made no effort to deny their identity.
AS first they said they had been mar
ried while in Newberry. Then they
said that they were going over to the
home of an uncle of the man in Lex
lngton county and intended to get mar
ried there. At first the girl denied that
she bad ever been to Charleston, but
soon confessed it all. The man denies
emphatically that be was ever married.
He says that he lived with certain
woman in Charleston for three years,
but he was never married to her. The
father Of the girl is fireman employed
at the Edisto phosphate works in
Charleston. Both Gregg and the girl
had been working in the weaving room
CT the Charleston factory. Both deny
that Rambo had anything to do with
the abduction. Gregg says that on the
afternoon he left Charleston, Rambo
simply walked portion of the way to
the depot with him and that was his
only connection with the affair.
After the arrest last evening, Chief
Radcliffe telegraphed the officials il
Charleston of the capture and Chief
Martin replied
Hold Mary Ann Williams and all of
the parties until our officer can come
for them"
The WayWard girl Will accordingly
be taken back to her parents and Gregg
who has been living with the child for
the past ten days as his wife will be
prosecuted.-State.
Ending OF the FtHbuster.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-The estab-
lisnment of a quorum in the House this
afternoon ended one of the most cele-
brated and extended 6libustering con-
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