The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-23
DID He ABDUCT HER?
1T is CHARGED THAT FRANK
WINTz SPIRITED AWAY ANNIE
SCHULTZ,
BUT SHE is NOW HIS WIFE,
AND 1T LOOKS LIKE AN AGGRA-
WAITED CASE OF FAMILY
FIGHTING.
EMBEzzLERs ARE SENTENCED
Meens and Lindgren Are Given Time
to Forget the Temptations Of
the World.

Frank W!ntz, a bartender at Fred
Stephan's saloon at Earl and East
Seventh streets, was arrested yesterday
afternoon charged with having spirited
away Annie Schultz. who" in the
language of the warrant, 'is a chaste
and unmarried woman under the age
OF twenty-five years, for unlawful pur-
poses" The warrant was issued on
Wednesday on complaint of Christina
Schultz, the mother of Annie, and the
date when the spiriting away was done
by Wintz is alleged to have been Sept.
last. Wintz, who has the appearance
Of knowing a thing or two, was
brought before Judge Twohy late yes
terday afternoon. He did not seem at
ali worried about his arrest and said
he would have no trouble in clearing
himself of the charge when the case
came to trial. What he seemed par
tiCularly enxious about when in the
court room was how he would get word
to his friends so that they could give
bail for his appearance in court this
morning and prevent his being locked
up in jail all night. His anxiety about
being locked up was explained shortly
afterward when he announced that he
had been married yesterday morning at
Hudson, Wis. to Annie Schultz, and he
did not care. to celebrate the wedding
night in q cell While his bride was far,
far away. This state of affairs, how
ever, was happily averted by the ap-
pearance of a friend who put up a
certified check for $3.50 for Wintzs ap
pearance in the police court this morn
ing.
Seen after his release Wintz said he
had lived in st. Paul nearly ten years
and had been engaged up to a short
time ago as a butcher. He lost his
position at his trade and was obliged to
go to work as bartender. There was,
he said, nothing to the chrge except
that the parents Of the young lady he
had married objected to his becoming
their SON in-laW. Miss Schultz, he said,
was nearly nineteen years old and per-
fectly able to make a choice for herself
without the advice of her parents
Some time in September Miss Schultz
left her place in st. Paul and went to
Spring Valley, Fillmore county, this
state, to work. Her parents did not
know where she had gone and at once
suspected that he had something to do
with her disappearance. Since she left
St Paul he had correspondent with her,
but as she did not care to acquaint her
family with her whereabouts he did
not feel like doing So On Wednesday
she returned to st. Paul and her par
ents hearing of her arrival, at once
swore out the warrant on which he had
been arrested. Wintz said he knew
nothing about the warrant, but yester-
day morning went to Hudson with Miss
Schultz and they were married To
prove his assertion he showed a mar
rage certificate dated yesterday. set
ting forth that Judge John D. Goss, of
Hudson. Wis, had united in marriage
Frank Wintz and Annie Schultz Judge
TWohy looked at the certificate and
then at the warrant and said that he
thought The certified check for $3.50
would be sufficient bail for the de-
PENDANT
The parents Of Mrs Wintz, nee
Schultz, reside on a farm between ST.
Paul and Saltwater and claim that
their daughter is not of age and will
not be eighteen years old until Dec. 2
next. Their story is that Wintz met
their daughter while she was at work
in st. Paul last summer and enticed her
away. Hence the warrant. An as
sistant in the county attorneys office
SAID last evening that the marriage
ceremony would probably result in the