The San Francisco call., 1899-06-22

they found everything just as tn

entered they found everything just as the
woman had described The knife with
which the man threatened to attack her
in the shanty.
.,' This is peculiar story said Detec-
I'VE Holland tonight. but although
about about it, am INCLINED to think that the
child was actually abducted. The wo-
man story has been verified in every
par PARTICULAR where verificaIion is possible,
ana there is no doubt that she was in
Sne mouse near the tidal canal bridge.
She showed us the chair where she sat
ana before entering described the details
with wonderful correctness. as we after
ward discovered. The parents assure me
tnat there is no motive of which they
can conceive that would cause any one
70 wish to abduct their little boy. The
woman had no difficulty in finding the
aouse and the fellow who has lived there
Ior some time has disappeared. His tools
are lying around and it is very evident
that he left in hurry. We expect him
70 return and his explanation of the whole
BUSINESS will be very interesting"
,,oo w men questioned by the Chief of Po-
nee ice regarding her long run after the
buggy, and the fact that she did not ask
any one to help her during the pursuit
o. Oh several a. miles. -1rs. Withhold gave very
Il have always been a hard working
woman, used to taxing my strength" she
sald, and the thought entered my head
OF the Clark kidnapping affair in New
1ork as soon as L saw the man lift the
boy into the buggy. This seemed to give
me superhuman strength and served me
ana tell any one about the affair, for t
was SO nearly out of breath and talked
such poor English that | was afraid that
the tlme so used would be sufficient to
let the man get out of sight | know
that would be the last I'd see of the
boy.
This morning we went to the police q"
she continued. and / told them that th,A
mouse was just beyond a bridge near the
water, with corntield adjoining without
fence around it. | told Of the interior Of
the house, of the tools, old bed and he'd
ding, of the nail that fastened the door
ana OF bucket of stale beer on the floor
drink ~
For hours we drove around this morn
ing: When we crossed the Eighth street
PIlage pro ep | saw saw n3thing familiar, and so told
bridge tAlice street,, but that was not the
out out many corInfietlds. but they ali had
doubt my story, but just before giving nm
one, OF the officers said, III try the canal
bridge He drove onto that one, and IN
pointing TO it said, That is the nIaca
When we drove up to 1t they found averv1
thing Just as described it. The door was
fastened by nail and inside was evarv
thing as IT was yesterday. In a barn next
to this place was found horse and buT
gy lust like the one the man drove. It
DCt"ii7S ~ SCHIe cOIOTeu people, who de-
clared that no one had used it so far as
they knew. q"
While in the house the man said ba
JOCK liking to the boy and wanted him
he wanted me to stay and promised 20
treat me well. l tried to plan to escaDo
oHering TO come back as soon as I went
nome and told my daughters, but avery
time arose he pushed me back into tho
chair, threatening to kill me IL I did NOT
stay. he afterward attempted to assault
me.
Il have no idea how I ever reached
home last night. I walked all of the way
asking occasionally for Sixteenth street
nave never been away from the house
ana knew nothing of the city. AS to the
man. / am sure he was either drunk or
crazy. mere is no motive for such a deed
except that II he is captured, as he surely
will be, he should be locked up to protect
other children: Every parent will feel
unsafe while such a brute is at large -
Mr.. Mcguire, son-in-law of Mrs. Witt
holl, could not believe the old ladv;s
story until 1t was verified to-day. "I knew
she had been through a hard trip he
said when | saw her last night / came
home at II o'clock and / never saw such
exhaustion; She looked ten years older
than she did in the morning She per
spired till after midnight Her clothes
were mud-bespattered and torn. We do
not want TO ever experience another dav
like this. The man should be given twenty
years when caught, unless IL is shown un-
mtstakably that he is insane Children
won't be safe on the streets while he is
at large. There is no possible motive tha :
we can imagine. His father came over
often to visit his family and was expected
last night. but did not come There was
never any trouble in the family of any