The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-02
THAT ABDUCTION.
Case Heard by Judge PAUL on
Writ OF IIabcas Corpus.
.CRACEWALLACE MAS RELEASED
because OF the Insnflieiency OF tho War.
rant ond Commitment rNper.-'rho Vic.
tim OF the Abduction Tell. iIer story.
Constable Anderson Denies knowledge
OF the Abduction Phase or the Arrest.
Justice Fitzpatrick on tho Stand.

csted tho nllblic during tho mast >vcols
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49,, "',''u' w" ''''oiu"S' o'"eu
wallace, tho young woman who was
incarcerated, after having been
Ibrhupht IN \vbootl,,, fro,, ,,,o. ,ho
.s,.'H. ~ "s"e ',''' wy Wv
river III hriaseport, sued OUT writ OF
haOeas corpus In the circuit court,
: which was hoard nv Indigo pnuiI In tho
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ave- NV" ""u ehucu I'D the reieass ol
4 tho young woman.
Dryden & Robinson represented Miss
y Nyn,lnc. o,a,thn .,,,o,s tr,oros,. ,.oro
-. "V s.asu ,''se'e 90. Me'u
ea'eu tor ny Prosecuting attorney
John "A. Howard. There was long
walt In Judr, pnu,I.s o,I,cc until AIR
Joh,fT 80, -, -, ,,,.,-,S
" So''''t 'ouiu w Aoui'u' mum
. he did come. and then It was learned
that he had not been engaged by tho
dafcnse a, tho h,ho,. ,,,,.,,,,, oro,ood-
,.-''y 81 va. '"'V|"' S''p"' P'o's
inss, US was thought 10 DC the case.
The matter was opened by Mr.. Dry
4 den, who read the prayer OF the petit
Z toner, Grace Wallace. She recItcd that
4 she has been living at the Cottage house
In Martins Ferry, for three weeks. that
z ehe was formerly an inmate OF Maud
Sghvn house 9l ~ tahs IN Mnesl'ns.
Maud Smith swor" On, N warPnnt IN
Justice Fitzpatrlcks court, for her ar
rest. on the charge OF fornlcatlon. This
Tnna ne was s sMorn gu. on ,as' , TTaS,
Veockc Charles Miller Elln Frazier
3 and Maud Smith conspired to bring her
from ONO TO west virginia so that she
cSuiu De arrested on me warrant; mat
sne was eitleeu 10 Sst INTO carnage or
sa. ~ surlvcn oy Miller ut bTlnssIort'
oh tne ptoiniSs tnnt sne wouIu pe driven
~ tnurtins fetry; shG ehtsrSu tne
: n E,,,, aSsoInpan'eu oy Fla MiIler anu
M,liiam peoSke' anu asserts mat they
netu IFr whIie the mack was uriSehIto
me Island instend OF 10 Martins Ferry;
IN Mheenns Constable ANDERSON served
sne warrant anu sne was taken 20
.'uuiIe NhpdtricN Office, whence She
,Mas Sutil.hteu 10 jan Without prehm-
lnaty nearing me petitioner iutther
teu 'lht tue warrant Was hsuIn-
eient and void, and prayed that wit
ot haDe1S corpus De granted ana mat
SUI DC aunllHeu 10 pan uhui such .!Te
US ne, ier Sase can De hsard.
roF the state' Mt; h"Whru ueh'e" al
'he allegations OIL Inc petition.
N Grace Wallace.
Grace Wallace was nut upon the
stand and tcs,IscJ Sbs s,I1 sh. mud
'.'''',1, s'',a ''
oseh an inmate oil Maud smith house
until three weeks ago. when she went
( 10 Martins Ferry She was nrrcutcd
IN r,-,d,, nv. 90 L.. ro,.,oA,, 80,
'uIIV ~ ~ N''IS'"o'e JON"
anderson at Goodfriends hotel, IN the
upper market square, on a warrant Is
sued by Squire Fitzpatrick She told Of
the particulars of the abduction" and
arrest. While she was at the Cottage
House in Martins Ferry. on last Fri
( day. she was called upon by William
yeOcke. who. she said. was "a hanger
\ on" at the Smith house in this CITY.
Veocke wanted her TO go with him to
Bridgeport. Ito see his girl" Ella Fra
zier. and then they would return to
Martins Ferry. They went 10 a saloon
in Bridgeport. where they found the
Frazier woman. Then they got In /,
hnck.driven BY Mliler. and drove acrcss
the Bridgeport bridge 10 the Island nj n
pace, without paying toll. Pre-
ylohs 10 this Yeockc had told Miller TO
drive 10 MartIn's Ferry. and the fact
that he had driver TO wheeling was
brought out to show that NJ iller was i'm
pIicated in the abduction, Continuing.
the witness said that she tried TO have
{ the hack stopped so that size could
get OUT. but although the hack was
Ilnally stopped on the Island. near the
S Sl 'soche ahG me FRAZIER woman
out. The hack Was driwrn " ~ ,he
!, Goodfriend hotel. where she was arrest
ed by Anderson. The witness claimed
20 thar she co,,If h% 1850 %rS puT up 1o1,
i WAS In the hack a, C;nodfrien5's con-
= stable Anderson came up and asked II