The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-12
'TInE HER WALK MANY MILES.
,.oryC wOMAN's STORY OF CRUEL
rnE ATMENT BY HER HUSBAND.

winnie EIarbee Was Kidnapped
4 NO weeks Ago-Her Husband,
,o.enh II. King, Took Her Away in
oorriage-stOppcd Outside the
& c,tv and walked to Helena-She
mad Him Arrested There for Kid
inning and Came Back Home-A
warrant Against King for Sending
obscene Letter Through the
Nails.
Miss Minnie Elarbee, who arrived on a
"a rain on the Georgia and Alabama
.aoo,d night before last, told thrilling
.,rr 10 the passengers of the experiences
\ :. had undergone since leaving Savannah
hen days before.
uer father is Allen 3. Elarbee, who lives
d No. $40 West Broad street. She said
=. home was Savannah, and
.A,t she had been kidnapped
,1.- rather progressing appearance
anil vouthfulness were observed, and
nonv we're ready TO help her in anyway
#they cOuld altSE tHS SApeliCASe SHo Adu
passed through.
late on the afternoon of Feb. 26, &C.
cordDg to the story of the young wo-
4 man she was overtaken on the streets
by closed carriage. The carriage was
driven close up to the curbing and a man
4nmped out He ran to her and caught
/ her in his arms. She started to scream,
hut before she could do so. he threw his
hand across her mouth. She was carried
10 the carriage and pushed inside. The
driver was then ordered to drive on.
An understanding must have existed be-
tween the driver and the man in the car
rage with the woman. whom she now
recognized as her husband, from whom
/ she had separated a month before. The
carriage was driven three or four miles
out on one of the roads leading westward
from the city. Though it was cold and
! had been raining, the man called a halt
& and forced the woman to alight. He got
out after her and the carriage was driven
4 back to Savannah.
The man and the woman then set out
on a long and toilsome journey. He was
without funds and had to walk His des-
H tnadon was Rochelle, where he had a
brother living, but he wanted to reach
Helena where he thought he could stop
n long enough to go mile down the South
en Railway to get assistance from an I'M
Gle to allow him to continue his journey.
B Walking was the best means of travel
. they could decide upon, but it was pur-
sued under difficulties. Just at that time
, the weather was very disagreeable. 1t
was cold and rainy and the couple had to
f walk along muddy roads and spend the
\ nights in the woods. They were cold and
3 wet and had but little to eat. The young
woman showed evidence of the ordeal
through which she has passed in the con-
h dition of her clothing and a severe cold.
q They eventually reached Helena, where
The man, Joseph H. King, started for Nc
a Rae He seemed confident of being able
TO get assistance from his uncle at that
place, so he put up at the hotel. His wife
was left there until his return. When
King got back he found a warrant Cor
f kidnapping had been sworn out against
him by his wife, and he was arrested.
The woman had been induced to swear
Hout the warrant against her husband by
4 the people at the hotel. 1t was to them
she told her story. During the entire trip
from Savannah to Helena he had given
her no chance to speak alone to any one,
and she was too frightened to make 5ny
outcry. She stood in fear of her life, as
he had threatened to kill her. and she was
afraid he would be equal to his word.
After the warrant had been served King
was very anxious to have it withdrawn.
He begged and pleaded with his wife rot
10 prosecute him. She was in a dilemma
now she would get back to Savannah, SO
she fnally told him she would not prose-
cute him if he would pay her fare back.
King had evidently not touched his uncle
Tor anything, for he told her he had only
Sl@, This would not answer the purpose
OF paying justice court charges and getting
back to Savannah, so his wife decided she
would not withdraw the warrant She
wired her father here to send transporta-
'lon from Helena to Savannah.
When the young woman boarded the
IIaln at Helena she gave Conductor Ilenn
note from the justice of the peace who
had issued the warrant. It notified the
oonductor that any messages received
rom King about his wife would not be
authority for her being detained as a run
away, and for him to ignore them. Upon
'he arrival of the train here she was met
al the depot by her father.
Inc young woman continued her story
by telling of her marriage with King last
laIL He was a peddler of medicines
through the country. They had been mar
rea but a short time, when she ascertain
eu mat there was reason to believe he had
dnother wife. Later she was impressed
win the conviction that she was the third.
when she learned this she left him and
returned to Savannah.
KING does not enjoy the good will OF
MS Iather-in-law. He will be arrested to-
Jay IN Helena on a warrant sworn out
Yesterday by his father-in-law. Elarbee
charges King with having written him an
obscene letter that passed through the
iaahs Commissioner Lewis was shown
'ne letter and upon its evidence issued
.ne warrant. Deputy United States Mar
,Hdl George Thomas went over to Helena
lasI night He will take his man to Ma
con Tor him to have hearing, as it is
nearer Helena than Savannah is.