Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-28
Benoise Fogg, Who Has Eludcd
Officers for 10 Years,
For Kidnapping Young Bige|ow Girl
at Cornv|Ie, Captured.
Amount Due Is Over S2OOO-CouIdnt Pay
So Skipped The Country.

noise 4. Fogg. who had been wanted
by Somerset county officers for the past
10 years.
The arrest Of Toe@ recalls two ia
NOUS cases tried in Somerset courts 20
| years ago. the first being the divorce
| proceedings between Nh and Mrs.
/ Henry Fogs ri CornVille, and the sec
| ond that of olive y. BigeloW IS.
Benoise FogS. to recover damages for
| injuries received by jumping from de
PENDANTS team While Fogg was at
! tempting To bring the BigeloW woman
to this place against her Will
Henry and Benoise Fogg are broth
| ers. born and raised GA q farm IN Corn
Vile When Henry arrived at man $
estate he Went t" New York. and sub
scquently became banker in that city.
| He married and it became the custom
of the husband ami wife to come down
to CornNillc to pass the summer months
on Henry's ola home farm. This prae-
| tice continued for many years, hui
| finally a dark cloud passed the d"mes-
tie sky of the couple ana surprlS"
came to those that knew them Well
in the fact that divorce proceedings
were begun in the supreme court
1t was dpsilous that the daughter
should hc brought into court. but the
court would not issua summons for the
child Ia appear against either parent
the child. Il girl of about IT years. must
come voluntarily if she came at all
! The father IL sired the sin to appear
81 he DISPATCHED his brother Ben"Se
to the home in C0rnVillc with inStruc-
4 ions 10 q" Will ne '"u'" g. 'ii't"'' -"
4 daughter to come here to court.
/ BruoiSc drove to Coruvillc and found
that the girl WAS at Schonl he droVr t"
Efhe schoolhouSr and, calling tn" child out
| asked her to accompany him To this place,
! This tn" girl refused To- do. Then BcnoiSc
suGgestcd that she get into tn" team aud
/ irt, would take her home t" dinner. AnEl",
| that is the daughters name decline l"
! do This unless her It'll" friend ana school
| mate Olive a. BiGoloW went along too.
| The inuc B@cloW girl was called ana
| she agreed to 20 with her friend and her
uncle 10 Angles grandtather'S
No SOONER had the children got into the
| carria4o then BenoiSc turned his horse
heard toward Skowhcsan ana began t"
| sharply ply the whip. running the horse
| at a high rate Of speed. Tho BigeloW girl
expostulatcd beegc to hc allowed t" :"
/ home but F"gE did not dar" To stop tor
| fear of losing Angie and 50 he Kept on.
| Becoming frightened and dcsp"rat" TN
! BigelpW girl SprdUG from the team ana
| was dashed to the hard Garth receiving
! injuries from which she has not yet r.
| covered and from Whl' H. surgeons say.
| she never will
Action was brought in civil suit
against Ben"iS" i. foGG, in which Miss
| l}iGeloW sought t. recover damages Tor
the injuries received. FoGg was consul
cred wealthy. The damages We're
set at $1,000. The trial attracted much
! attention at the time and resulted IN
verdict in favor Of Miss Hisc!ow. tn" Jury
| assessing damages AT Il little over $500
Ifogg at once disappeared without paying
! the assessment levied hT the jury. lie
has never been seen IN ms NlrlM}N uhtil
this morning for lD years
Several times. Sheriff Nilcs who has
had capias i'll his possession. has re
ceiVed information that FoS@ had visited
clothes: once Shtrlf mes went "ut |"
oIhN ne ana S,'"i'.lN, Hp"ut IN i'lSH-
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