The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-10-17
A DARING ABDUCTION.
Che Bold Criminals Secured $4,000 For
the Release of Their Victim.

A1e ltOtO CRIMINALS secured @4y0UU
the Release of Their Victim.
A we'll known ex-detective told
me a thrilling story of abduction.
For years this man was one of the
leading Pinkerton detectives, but
year ago he retired to private life.
"It was some four years ago." he
said when the Pinkerton Office
was given a case that was startling.
said at the time that in my opin-
ion the young woman-for it was a
young woman who was missing
was held for ransom, and so it prov
ed. She lived in a handsome brown
stone house at 10Y Ninety second
street and was the daughter of An
drew W. Manchester. He used to
be in tho lace importing business in
Leonard street, but has since died
The young woman is now the wife
of John E. Borden, a wealthy Bos-
ton business man.
The detective went on to say that
Miss Lula Manchester, then 16 years
of age, had started from home at
o'clock in the afternoon to pay call
around the corner. Continuing, he
said: "Of course | had an idea that
she had lover and had eloped with
him. But not trace of q lover could
l find. Then I thought there was
some family trouble behind it all,
but again l was mistaken. Next I
did the usual dance from morgue to
hospital to the insane asylums,
meanwhile covering any olew that
some idiot might bring us, but it
didn't go. Twenty-Five days passed
with no trace of Miss Manchester.
One day a suave young Italian called
upon Mr.. Manchester, and in quite
good English explained that he rep
resented syndicate formed for the
purpose of abducting the daughters
of wealthy men. In the case of
your daughter, explained the Ital-
ian. 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
S., 600 for her return. If you do not,
we shall kill her. -
The outcome of this strange case
was related by tho detective as fol-
! lows: my first idea was to arrest
the agent of the bandits, but when
told him he had the nerve to just
smile at me and point out that while
I could arrest him and send him to
prison I could not get back Miss
Manchester, who would certainly be
murdered. What could we do? We
got him to take 81, 500, and on the
following morning Miss Manchester
came back home we'll and overjoyed
at her escape. She said that after
she had turned the corner she saw a
cab approaching. When it got oppo-
site her, it was driven to the street
GppeaaRd the lAlRa dd OF f. dq vie asked
Miss Manchester if she knew GER
tain address. Drawing near to an
swer, the door opened, shawl was
flung over the girls head, and she
was pushed into the cab and gagged.
when the cab stopped and she had
been carried into a room, it was
dusk. The room in which she found
herself was sparsely furnished, while
| the windows We're barred and the
heavy door locked. All the while
she was watched by swarthy Ital-
ian, her guard being changed morn
ing and night. She was given all
she wanted to eat and was told she
would not be harmed if she made no
effort to escape. That was all she
knew until she was again blindfold-
ed and gagged and carried to cab,
which left her at the spot from
which she had been abducted. -
New York Commercial Advertiser.
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