St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-29
SEARCH OF YEARS.
Remarkable Story OF Allan
Gregory, a California
Cattleman,
WHOSE CHILD WAS STOLEN
By Bandits Ten Years Ago
and Has Never Since
Been Seen.
WONDERFUL PERSlSTENcY
Is Displayed by the Father in
His Search for His
Daughter.
WONDERFUL PERsIsTENcY

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DRY is now in ST. Paul at the home
of friends on University avenue,
where he was found last night by
GLOBE reporter. His daughter was
fourteen Years old when She dis
appeared, and it has always been
supposed that she was carried off
by bandits or stage robbers who in
tested the neighborhood of Vallejo
at that time. Presumably she was
kidnapped for ransom, as Gregory
was a wealthy cattleman, and
abundantly able to pay a large sum
for her return. A week after her
disappearance Gregory received
communication saying the girl would
be returned to him on payment of
$4,000. The letter appointed place
of meeting and expressly stipulated
that he was to appear at the rem
devious at dusk and alone.
Thinking to circumvent the out
| laws and secure the girl without pay
ment of the heavy ransom de-
manded, Gregory approached the
meeting point attended by a score of
cowboys and cattlemen of the neigh
| borhood. They waited in the deep
| shadows for an hour, but no myS-
terious messenger appeared. The
vicinity was then thoroughly
searched, but not "a trace. of any one
could be found. From that time
forth Mr.. Gregory's search has been
constant and likewise fruitless.
| Once, two years ago, he secured
trace Of her in Boston, but lost the
trail eventually, and was as much
at sea as ever. He has spent
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
in his wanderings about the coun-
try, but is now no nearer a solution
of the mystery than he was the night
his child was stolen away. The girl
was fourteen years of age when
kidnapped, and if alive is now wom-
! an grown. Her name was Daisy
Maria Gregory, and her father fond
| ly recalls her as the prettiest young
J girl in all California
Il have often thought said he
last night, that made a bad mis-
take in not going to the place of
meeting alone, but was beside
myself with anguish. and scarcely
knew what 1 was doing. Those fell
lows no doubt became angry to see
! that their instructions were disre-
garded, and after that night /
never received word from them
except brief and anonymous note
saying she was alive. 1 fancy this
came from a member of the band
whose heart was more tender than
those of his companions, but he
! stopped there, and [ vainly waited
Tor more information concerning my
| girl.
Eventually concluded that they
| had done away with her-no. not
| murdered her--but' shifted her, to the
care OF some one unacquainted with
the circumstances. The girl was
old enough, it seems TO me. to be
able to communicate with me, and
| the fact that she has not has con-
WINGED me more than once that she
| Is dead. But hope springs eternal.
you know, and l have gone on hop
| ing against hope. 1 have about Civ
en- up that, even, and am ready now
to admit that 1 will never see her
again.
1.-The girl was alone on the ranch
| the day
SHE WAS STOLEN.
| Il had been called away the night
| before to meeting of cattlemen held
some twenty-five miles away, and was
! Obliged to leave early in the morning
! IN order to be there on time. re-
| member STOPPING over her couch and
| kissing her goodbye as she slept, then
mounted my horse and rode away.
The gifts mother had died some
| years before and she was the one
bright spot in my life. 1 had seldom
been separated from her for more
than few days at a time, and ALWAYS
| found her at the gate of the big wall
| which surrounds my home, whenever
l came home
| Evidently these sharks saw me
| leave and took advantage of the op-
| portunity, for the house was looted
| and upset from top to bottom and
| many articles of value stolen. l cared
nothing for these and was frantic
when [ missed Daisy. 1 felt in my
| bones that she had been carried away
and still it was a long time before
| could believe my own convictions.
swore that if ever I-laid eyes on E
member Of that gang he'd not live
long enough to make his peace will
Heaven, but I never saw one to my
knowledge, though I and my mel
| searched every foot of tho oouptr,
within 300 miles of my ranch
THE search was taken I'D by al
the men in that part of the countr,
and the gang would have Jared badI,
had they ever been caught. l iinagin
they knew of the intense feeling an.
fed the country, taking the girl witt
them, and save for the brief note men
toned l never heard of my chill,
again have strange presentimen
that she is dead and cannot shake i
off somehow. although it is the onl,
reasonable theory to explain why tn
girl has never written me- If aliv
she certainly has had countless on
portunities to write in all these years
when she left she wore a heav,
gold chain about her neck and ;
bracelet made from the small claw
of cub bear and joined by goI,
bands. 1 have advertised these fact
high and low but without avail. an
on my way back to California nov
after an absence Of sixteen months.
Gregory, though but fifty-thre
years Of age, has the appearance O
| man of eighty. He looks carewor
and haggard and his hair is almos
snowy white, all caused by the agon