Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-20
FOR GODS SAKE
Drive Me Out of Town as Quickly as
Possible" Was the Cry
OF a Woman Who was Kidnapp-
ing Her Child, to the Driver Of a
Hack The Woman was Very
Much EXCITED and Hardly Knew
What She was Doing-Wanted
to GO to Washington, Pa.

A rather sensational case Of kidnap-
ping took place yesterday about noon
on the South Side, in the vicinity of
Twenty-fourth and Chapline streets.
The readers of the Register will re-
member of reading, a couple Of years
ago, of Mrs. Kate Kurtz, nee Driller,
leaving her husband and home at the
corner of Twenty-fourth and Chapline
streets, very suddenly and apparently
without cause, and the subsequent sep
aratlon by mutual agreement of the
couple. They had been married some
eight or nine years, and when the pa
pers of separation were drawn up it
was agreed that Mr.. Kurtz was to have
the children.
The couple separated, and both
dropped out of sight for the time being,
the children, or at least one Of them,
being left in the care Of man named
Myers, a relative of Mr.. Kurtz, who
now lives on Market street.
Several days ago Mrs. Kurtz again
arrived in the city from no one knows
where, or for what purpose. She re-
NAMED very quietly while in the city,
and very few knew she was here.
Yesterday the purpose OF her visit
was discovered. 1t transpired that she
was here for the purpose of obtaining
her child, the one mentioned above.
1t seems that the woman had been in
the city waiting for a chance to get the
child. Her vigilance was rewarded yes
terday. for while she was passing
through Alley G, in the vicinity OF
Twenty-third street, she met the child,
and instantly grabbing it in her arms,
ran to the home of a Mr.. Albright, liv-
ing on Twenty-fourth street, from
where she telephoned to Burns &
Church's livery stable for carriage.
When the carriage arrived at the
house the woman did not wait for the
driver TO open the door for her, but
opened it herself. Jumping in and TAX
ing tine child with her, she bade the
driver For Gods sake drive me out Of
town as quickly as you can.
The driver drove her down Twenty
fourth street to Main, where she stopped
and ordered that the blinds be put up
on the carriage. This being done she
asked him to drive her to Washington,
Pa. but this he refused to do, and they
finally compromised on Elm Grove.
Frank Kindleberger, the driver Of
the hack, was see last night by the Reg
lister man, and in speaking of the af-
fair, said:
Il got the order from the uptown
office about 1926 and was told to go to
No. "A Twenty-fourth street at once. 1
drove to Twenty-fourth and Chapline
and turned down toward Main, and at
the second house below the corner a
man ran out and said that was the
place. Following him came the woman
with the little girl, and both were cry
ing and apparently very much excited.
She Jumped into the hack and told me
to drive out of town as quickly as pos
sible I finally made out that she
wanted to go 10 Washington, Pa, and
she wanted me to drive her there. This
I refused to do When part way out
to Elm Grove she became more calm
and told me that her husband had left
her some time ago and come to this
city. bringing the little one with him.
and that she had come here several days
ago on purpose to get the child. That
she had seen the child in the alley yes
terday. and catching it she was now try
ing TO get away from the city with It,.
She told me she wanted to go to Wash
ington. and that her brother would
meet her there and judging from the
| rest of her conversation on the way
out they intended going farther"
Mr.. William Myers. of No. 2312 Mar
ket street. a relative Of Mr.. KurtZ, whom
the child had been staying with, was al
so seen, but refused to say anything
farther than that the child was gone
and that they neither knew where it
was or who had taken il, and that he
would not say anything about the case
until he was sure.
Mr.. Albright, the gentleman living at
] No. a Twenty fourth street, was seen,
but denied all knowledge Of the affair,
/ except that q woman had been there
with O. child and that she had gone
away in a hack. Said he did not know
who she was. but il was evident from
his conversation that he knew more
| than he cared 10 tell.
Mrs. Kurtz arrived at Elm Grove too
late to catch the train that leaves here
over the B. & o. at 80 p. m. and it
| is presumed that she remained there
until evening and took the accommOda-
| ton for Washington, and from there
it is thought by persons familiar with
the case that she went on TO Pittsburg,