The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-03-08
AN ABDuCTOR CAPTURED.

AN ABDuCToR CAPTURED. "
ho Hsn Away With n Thirseen Ysar Old
>n. Girl.
Il nNotoLuMBIA, S. g., March IAN ab
foot,ot futIor or q pretty young girl. after ef
ihe0.ua.ly io'' lodging the officers of the
nft aSw ior ABOUT ten days, was yesterdav
noon "o~na Iua down and captured in
ttoinpany with the child whoin he had
1u hind t%,s %%"%y S from home, and is now be-
Char,ost, cr,t uars. me parties came from
nave TO return. 1t Is quite rnGontta mia
story, ana IL Is hard to believe TINT y
girl OF such tender years cOuJd bnn" y
80 much infatuated with a prHwr rona'
80 homelY and unprepossessiug nc r.,
one IN this case, as to willingIv narn,it
herseif TO be abducted. She Is a miss
OF only tm1teen years, petite and pref
Cy, well developed and altogether Quite
sCriKlng looking child. The man, on
the other hand, Is long way from be.
ing good looking. He is red-headed
and has red face, and wears short
cropped moustache. lie is about thir
tty years of age lie 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 1t much. perhaps too
young to realize what it meant. Tho
1el!oW seemed to be much excited.
ABOUT ten days ago Chief of Police
itaocll1te, having previously received a
notifying him of the abduction:
Charleston, S. g., Feb. 10, 1894.
hlr. Il. j. Radcliffe, Chief of Police
Columbia. S. g.:
Lear Slr: Please use your best en-
deaVorS to capture tho following per.
sons, VIZ: Ben Gregg, John Rambo and
young girl named Marian Williams.
The description of the girl is as follows:
About live feet four inches tall, dark
proW4 eyes, dark hair, very young but
well developed. When she left here
on tue evening of the 18th inst, she
wore black hat, black dress trimmed
WIN req velvet, and a blue blazer and
ha9 locket ring on one of her fingers
Inc charge against the man is abduc-
t!on. The girl Is not yet thirteen years
Ola, put looks much older, and was en-
tlced away by these two men, one of
Wnom, Ben Gregg, Is married man.
Iney are all factory hands. and the men
Will very likely try to get work in some
OF tne factories in your city. They left
here for Columbia on the 18th at 7:3O
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, ana 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 inform ed Officers Grit
fin and Clark of the police force that
they were the parties wanted. In the
meantime the couple had started off to-
wards the river bridge. They we're
soon overhauled and taken into custo-
dy. They were forthwith taken to the
station house, where the man was
placed in cell and the girl was kept
III the ante room.
The man is Ben Gregg. RamDo 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 tho 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 1t all. The man denies
emphatically that he was ever married.
He says that he lived with a certain
woman In Charleston for three years,
put he was never married to her. The
father of the girl is a fireman employed
at the Edisto phosphate works in
charleston. Both Gregg and the girl
mad been working in the weaving room
OF the Charleston factory. Both deny
that Rambo had anything to do with
the abduction. Gregg says that en- the
afternoon he left Charleston, Hambo
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 in
Charleston Of the capture and Chief
Martin replied:
"Uold Mary Ann Williams and all of
the parties until our officer can come
for them."
The wayward girl will accordingly