Arizona republican., 1898-01-27
ACCUSE A COUNTESS.
Lottie Baddoza Arrested for Kidnap-
 ping andl Cruelty.

| Lottie Baddoza Arrested for Kidnap- ping andi Cruelty.
 Chicago, Jan. 26.-The plebian Of lenses of kidna ping and cruelty treat ing little girl are charged against
 Lottie Baddoza, who calls herself countess and assumes to belong to the Spanish nobility Countess Baddoza | was arrested yesterday at her home, 343 Elm street, on a warrant issued by Justice Foster, to whom it WIS
 represented that 14-year-o'd Minnie
 Roberts was abducted and inhuman y used by her.
 In support of the story of aristo- cratic brutality, Minnie shows a scar l on her cheek which she says Count
 ess Baddbza inflicted by hitting her with plate. Mime. Emile Charban-
 neau, 97S West Twelfth stree., caused the 'woman's arrest and revealed to the police the whereabouts of the
 child, for whom search has been
 made for more than a year. Mrs. Roberts. the chiId's mother, YVES a neighbor of Mime. Charbanne eau, whose sympathies were enlisted by the anx-
 iety of the woman over Minnie's dis appearance.
 The luxury of Countess BaddOz3' s home, which tempted little Minnie to live there, according to her story
 became an unhappy aspect to her be- fore long. She told her taie to De- tective Evans, to whom Mme. Char banneau brought her for protection. She, said she was the daughter of French parents, whose poverty fore ed her to sell matches on the streets. One day in February, 1897, she met the: alleged countess, who bought sev- eral boxes of matches. The woman engaged her in conversation and, learning that she could speak French, 1 invited her to her apartments on the north side and then induced the
 young girl to stay with her. Minnie was shown the furnishings of ihe apartments and was entranced. The offer of Countess Baddoza w'as ac- cepted and Minnie became one of the family.
 But a few months after her admis- sion to the Spanish woma1is home she declares her mistress commenced abusing her. On several occasions she alleges Countess Baddoza beat her with a club, and, once threw plate
 at her, cutting her cheek For many l weeks Minnie says she was forced to sleep On the pantry floor, with only a comforter for cover and no mattress l beneath her. She was compelled to
 go in rags and was subjected to every abuse by her mistress. She says the treatment finally became so unbear- able that she went to George Michel son, janitor of the building, for pro- tection. The jamtor gave her money to escape, but when she arrived at her oId home on Twelfth street the learn ed that her parents had gone to Cali 1 fornia.
 ! For protection she went to Mime. Charbanneau and when, the girl relat-
 ed her story warrants were sworn out I for the arrest of the Spanish woman and were served by Detective Kelly
 and Officer Nolan, of the Humane so- | ciety. The story of the search for the match girl was told by Mme Char banneau. When Minnie did not re- ! turn home, she says, Mrs. Roberts
 called on her and she notified the po- lice of the Thirtie'Lh street station A determined search was made for the
 missing girl, but no trace of her was l found.
 1 Last May Mrs. Roberts lea. n:d that
 a girl answering her missing d6ugh-
 ter's description, had been sent to ] California by the police of Milwaukee
 and she secured what money she could
 and wenIb to the Pacific coast. Mime
 Charbanneau says Janitor Nicholson
 and Mrs. Margaret Shea, tenant, al
 543 Elm street, will corroborate hel
 story of the cruelty to the child.
 Couniess Baddoza says she took tht
 girl in because she had no home, ani
 did not know that the girl had par
 ents until two weeks ago. She say:
 she has "a. number of witnesses who
 will testify to her kind treatment O
 the girl. The reputed countess is {
 widow and came to Chicago durins
 the worlds fair year. She gave bont
 in $400 for her appearance Mlonda,
 before Justice Everett.
 ARRIVALS AT ASH FORK.