The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
A BOLD ABDUCTION.
A Detective Tells of One in Now
.~ York City.
The bandits Played the Game Wen s,.d
Secured $4,000 for the Young
Lady's Release in Spite OF
the Detectives. 4@*

A weil-known ex-detective told mo
. thrilling story Of abduction. For
years this man was one Of the lead
Ing Pinkerton detectives, but Q year
ago he retired TO private life. 'sIt
was just four years ago" he said,
"when the Pinkerton Office was
given case that was startling. !
said ct the time that IL my opinion
the young woman--for II was
young woman who was missing
ras held for ransom, and 50 II
proved. She lived In o handsome
brownstone house OF No. 107 Nine
ty-second street, and was the daugh-
ter OF Andrew w. Manchester. He
used to be In the lace importing
business In Leonard street. but has
since died. The young woman Is
now the wife Of John E. Borden, o
wealthy Boston business man."
The detective went on TO say thas
Miss Lula Manchester, then sixteen
years Of age, had started from home
OF four o'clock in the afternoon TO
pay o call around The corner. Con-
tinuing, he said: "Of course bad
an idea that she had q lover and had
eloped with him. But not a trace OF
o lover could find. Then though,
there was some family Trouble be-
hind 1t all, but again was mis-
taken. Next / did the usual dance
from morgue to hospital TO the In.
sane asylums, meanwhile covering
any clew that some idiot might
bring US, but 1t didn't 40. Twenty.
two days passed with no trace -
Miss Manchester. One day q suase
young italian called upon Mr.. Man.
chester, and In quite good English
explained that be represented q syn.
dictate formed for the purpose Of ab-
Quoting the daughters Of wealthy
men. In the case Of your daughter,
explained the italian, she is In good
hands. She has not been harmed.
and will not be harmed for one week
more. But in that time you must
pay ransom Of five thousand DOL.
lars for her return. II you DO moi
we shall kill her."
The outcome Of this strange eass
was related by the detective as fol.
lows: MY first idea vss 10 arrest
the agent Of the bandits, bat when
told him be had the nerve to Just
smile at me and point out that while
] could arrest him snd put him In
prison, I could not get Miss Man
chester, who would certainly be
murdered. What could we dof We
got him TO take forty-ive hundred
dollars. and on the following morn
Ing Miss Manchester came back
home well and overioyed OF her e..
cape. She said that after she bad
turned o corner she saw q cab OPP
preaching. Wbeo Il got opposite
Der II was driven 70 The street curb
and the head Of o dark woman ap-
| pesred OF the door. She asked Miss
Manchester II she knew o certain
address. Drawing near 10 answer,
the door opened, 0 shawl was funs
over the girls head, sod she wss
pushed into the cab and gagged.
When the cab stopped and she bad
been carried into O room II wse
dusk. The room IN which she found
herself wss spsrsely furnished. while
The windows were barred and The
heavy door locked. All the while
she was watched by o swarthy 1tal.
Ian, her guard being changed morn.
Ing and night. She was given all
she wanted 10 cot, and was told she
would not be harmed II she made no
effort 10 escape. That was all she
knew until she was again blindtolded
and gagged and carried 10 0 cab,
which left her OF the spot from
which she had been abducted. IN.
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