The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-21
ABDUCTED At GALVESTON.
Adventures Of a German Nidow Just
Landed Ia Texas.
HER TROUBLES WERE NUMEROUS
nut She Was Finally Married 10 the
Man TO Whom she Had Come
from Across the ocean.

voyage to we'd man whom she had nevc,
seen. falling into the hands Of a strang.
man who abducted her and held her pris-
onor Tor two days. unitcd with her lover
and married at last. is the story of Anecla
Michna. who arrived here the other day on
the German steamship Ellen lsioklners.
That such adventures as have befallen
Anccka Mlchna could BIO possible in a
lcivilised country seem almost too STRANGE
to be true But Immigrant Inspector Levy
vouches for the story and 1t is every word
ltrue,
Years ago John Preska loft the old
country and came TO Texas. He made his
home at Schulenberg. Fayette county. and
being frugal and hard working he prosper
led and grow well of in this worlds goods
i Finally PreslAt wanted TO take To him-
/ SELF wife. There were girls and girls
i Schulenburg. but none OF them seemed
to suit Fresla or 10 I'LL entirely his ideal.
| FINALLY he communicated his desires to a
woman who wns d friend OF his and who
presided in Schulemburg. Whore il the wo-
4 man who Is not Il match maker ut heart?
/ Here then was cbance for Preslias friend
! and She Whispered To him that she knew
the woman for him To make his Wife and
| agreed 10 write to her.
| Way over TN the 1ittlt town OF Frank
| stadt, IN Alorayil, lived Anecka Miohna
| sNnecka had been married, but hor hus-
band having died. she VAS alone lii the
world.
II was to Anecka that The friend OF
John PleSka wrote IN his behalf. Anccka
had never seen John Prosta. But her
| friend sang his praises SO successfully and
In such a way that she was interested at
once. AS time rolled on The letters which
passed between Aneeloa and John grew
mora and more frequent and became mora
ard more frelEhted with terms Of cndear-
ment aud messages OF love. 1t was the old
cid story, Master Cupid finally winning
his fight and Anecka Michna WAS the
promised Wife Of John Presta.
Presha could not go to the little Mora
Wan town TO claim his bride, so Il was
arranged thai AneeSt should come alone
to Galveston and that the wedding should
take place when The ship reached this
port. II took q great deal OF time to make
all ot The necessary arrangements, bit
they were finally completed and kneclSl
set sail In Tho Ellen Rickmers from Bre-
men. The voyage across WIS uncventful
and pleasant enough as such voyages go
When the RiciNners FIRST made out the
land IN approaching Galveston the BRIDE
to-be congratulated herself that her lone
illness would soon be over aud Thar SHE
would be Joined to the man into whose
keeping she had determined TO place hsE
destiny
But no sooner had the ship landed than
her troubles began and they followed
thick and fast up To this afternoon when
they were ended happily in her marriage
after all TO John Preska
When she arrived ut Galveston 1nmi-
grant Inspector Levy found that Anecka
possessed only 50 cents and that under
the immigration laws she could not DO al
lowed TO land She, however, told her
story to the inspector and he promised TO
write to her intended and IL he found
things ,as she represented she was to be
released. In the meantime Anpcka was
remandcd u the Keeping OF the steam
ship officers and told that she must not
leave the ship. She remained on board In
who had come out TO Join his father In
Omaha. Neb., but who had also been de-
tanned because he had no funds.
Thursday afternoon strange man called |
at the ship and after much persuasion in |
dueed the woman and boy to accompany |
bin in a buggy. When the captain Of the |
ship returned and found the two imini-
grants gone he Instituted vigorous search |
for them, as under the law he was liable |
TO q fine OF $500 for each of them. FridaX,l
afternoon the boy WAS found trying TO |
make his way back To the ship. To tho |
officers he told a thrilling story Of kid
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