Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-06-13
MARY TENSIONS KIDNAPPING
Strange Actions of the Determined
Suitor,
Some OF the Neighbors Think tho
Girl Is n Monamapiac on the
SuhjeCt---Closc Friends
Believe Her,

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'Siii"'" N'dnaP'hS 81 MARY Jehsoi'
still remains one of the most mysterious
things that eyer occurred in This county
air, oa
from Len RAPIDS > ~, 10 make her
nome with Martin Lund, who lately
moved here from Moody county, where
he rasidad hon, ton n,iIao nor.b ~ Del
ponaa O.. ,.,u,, a,,. n,., .
TO- oL So'd reputation ana a hleHlper Oh
the Methodist Sunday school in this
city. She is considered truthful, and
those who know her do not doubt her
word.
Las summer as she was going home
from church one evening, she says an
unknown man ~accossed her as she was
crossing "A bridge over the Big Sioux
river about ten miles north Of Dell Ra-
pids. He asked her t. 90 with him and
marry him, and Threatened to Kill her
If she refused. Being active she eluded
his grasp ana escaped unframed. This
was regarded as the act Of a tramp.
whose motive was merely 10 outrage
her, ana il was thought h. would never
" Iitdlt u ibAlHH
The Lund family live on a farm about
two miles north OF this city. Lund's
wife is the girls sister. About A week
oea the t.unAs went t"r "a visit l. Dell
Rapids. leaving the girl II two child
rem aged . ana respectively, on the
farm. \ school teacher named Emma
Weir daughter 4 one 81 the most prom
inent farmers IA IN" township, boarded
a [ me mousse ana StH Yea WIN the R4ll
nights. y few days atter the Lunds
went away. Last IhufsdA! morning
the following Letter was found on the
doorstep;
Mary: have found out where you
are no" VIII come take YOU as
soon az that teacher is gone. q.
A neighh"r WAS sent for II stage at
the house Thursday and Friday nights.
Nothing was seen of the author OF the
threatening letter up to Saturday.
The house stands In a lonely place.
with no ~neighbors v-ry near. Saturday
being Decoration day, the ~neighbors
We're all away from home and the girl
was alone with the children. About 3
o'clock she saw a man approaching the
house. She went to the barn, where the
children were playing, and told them to
nae ana locked inc parn LOOT 'ellihs
nn 80 80 49, 49,
iaoLaI en- al
~ ,,ar f,ro,5 ia. 5,or aud orto,.d
sha giy.s , mi,uta dissertation of him
Saws he was q riddl.aped man with a
dark beard. she saws he had a base
ball bat in his hand and had a knife
and revolvers strapped on each side.
He reached and drew the revolver from
the right side. presented It to her head
and asked her II sb. was pninp IN mar
-, hi,, sha ,oI1 him .ho new yn,,Id
49,, ia 49, n,ian ,hraot -,
ne thoil '"i!p'N'u "'l "iiuei '"iea' VI
iHS'ai. ul"'i ,""mh' ~ -
- :. W. 49,, Lii a,,3 aIo,hinr
~, ,,,r. taL.n n. cnnr.ll.a bar 10
taka of bor eb,as and nut on tbat teach
.r's hest shoes. and equally assisted
her To mt on her shoes. The scoundrel
then seized her by the wrist. compelled
her to carry the valise and with the base
ball bat in his other hand started with
her across the lonely pFaifle.
soon al'er EetIlh started d pFoNlaeh-
laI VIVA pIe" III ms hdt anu as the
'Ietch stoopeu 10 pIch IL up she
Ad'cHcu 'he hi' from MS hdhus ana
eals nlls! d ploM LA sSuhnea MN anu
children and came TO this city and gave
the alarm.
Sherlf Schuier n state Attorney ).