The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-23
cred with their revolvers. One of them

cred with their revolvers. One of them
said:
/ Il m the Sheriff of Sarpy Coun:y. and
! want You. You are Eddie MCiee AMI ."u
have stolen S.sp from your aunt. Come with
/ us. Don't make any outcry, for 1t won't
/ do any good"
Well | supposed il was simply 4 case
If mistaken identity and that all would he
/ cleared EU n a few minutes, so ] went
with them without a struggle. AT the cor
ncr of Tnirty-sevcnth and jackson streets
they loaded me int" an open buggy that
was standing there. then climbed IN them
selves and made ne sit between them on
their knees w, drove away 1eiSur'ly
southwark on Thirty-seventh street. All
this time | was talking to them. trying TO
convince them that they had the wrong
Eerson. that my name wasn't Eddie Me-
Gee. and that 1 had not stolen Sji1 from
my aunt. hut they paid no attention 10 me
when they deigned to ma ke any reply az
all they merely Crunted. 1t did not occur
To me to study their faces closely. iact
which l soon had occasion to regret. but
il perhaps wouldn't have avaiied me much
If / had. their slouch hats were pulled
down over their eyes and Their coat col
lars were turned IN over their chinS. ana
ahCut all | could see was their noses IL
was very dark. too. and the men kept their
faces aVertei as much as possible.
As We approached the I-eavenworth .ar
line I saw coming toward us from
the west. II was brilliantly lighted WITHIN;
and as il siackened up at the crossing |
caught = glimpse of the conductor AMI
recognized him.
There is a man who knows me-. eX-
call to him
ImmediItely my captors turned the horse
westward on Leavenworth street ana
whipped him into sallop. One held the
r.i-s and piled the lash. while ;,e c,hSr
seized me roughly and tied a hnn ikerchief
over my eyes. Then. of course. beSdj, 10
reai'z" the true situation | kncw then
that had beer kidnapped and stories ] had
read of horrible cruelties visited upon
hostages flashed through my mind.
We continued To drive rapidly. IL s"er1ad
to me for the greater part Of the night. and
during all this time my capt"rS cSchhn-t.u
rot = word. They seemed To have h"T every
move planned IL advance. 50 they knew luNt
what IL do and where TO go. ! could tell by
the joltinG of the buggy that We wtrc &c Srivo ny
time Finally. however. when ~ Seemth
to me that it must he nearly morning. the
!, ,u-t Of sixth sense felt that .,eTr in
South Omaha. Indeed. ! caught w" or
three whinS from the parkinG-house il@tr.ct
AMI this assured me that my cor j'cture
was correct. though. Of course. | had 10
sense nf dirCctiun-nnrth. south. east an!
ives; w,rt all on" Ia mo.
Finally the NchiCl. come To n ~tiniStiil-
enc uf the men got out and tied the horse.
while the other held me. Then they lifted
me out ami one al them tied my hands he
hind me-. The other examined th" In dag
over my eyes to make sur If was Se.nre
The next move Wa 1" lead me up 4" EiSht
If ricketv star st"rs and into ru'm lh1'
had :, damn mustV smell : coUi til "v
tho way h" mems Ior'St"US F"S"ini'd
throuchout the l.ou-e that il wiS vac1-t
That they struck no light | wnu1i h1v"
h"ru cOnSC iurs of q sense Of light had tn'y
excluded all ifs rays Tnc mo- still rnov"'i
about i'm aiSolut" silence. eXch"n-iHS ""
word
or.. of them found an old ricEotv chair
some nIacc and rusheI down un0u il
Then N, r, moved the cords from around my
lists nj s''hsti:ufei fcr thcm . r;'ir T
ra,-f'clIrfs with chains Httachci ard ma"
tr.. 'nt,cr fast ~ the rrncs Of the "hr;r.
~ u1ir of leg iro was clipped u"on my
aci,Ics and the chains of these were a'so
locked about the legs Of she chair. In thi
uncomfortable position spent most OF the
tE.euty-four hours of my incdrJ ct ton.
though at one time-inr period Of .ihout
i've hours. I should iudcC-the ch1iis from
my wrists were removed and l was p"TmIt-
ted to T.. lowr on the floor one OF my
captoIr kindly provided an oTcrvcdt. which
served as "a pillow. 7 tried 10 sleep. hut my
IF IL. | THINK fsll into a light doze. how
49,. iur fifteen nr twenty minutes.
Iuing all this time ptrto"k OF nourisA-
rl.rt but once. though the man who WAS
with r'p often SIZED me il ! wanted any
thing. once I said did. and he went ana
rnt mo = cur, Of coffee and some crackers.
I forget 20 tell you that as soon as ! vas
chained to the chair enc q: the men went
away. hut he Kept returning at intervais
Of every few minutes. ThCE Ge would tap
lightly upon the door ana would enStSe my
st.:t.,iiar in whispered conversation.
could not catch word "f Wliat they
said After either one uf these interviews
the mar ON th,. outside wuul6 go away. ana
after Il moment or - | could hear the
'iiYkIc of Il telephone bell. whicl sounded
= long way off. ! b.'irV" they were In tel'-
phone communication with some person -"
nerSnrs in Omaha all the time. The man
who kent watch over mo was drinking
heavily an the time. ~ first he did not talk
nj all. but after We had been alone to-
grther for SIX or seven hours he b',gan u
get .arruioUS. n" talked about all sorts
of things. aud his talk ramhled. though
whether from drink d sign ! 'puii rOt
say Finally. fe became nolder. Two o.
inn. b,.t HaII thf4 al
uv abduction md ! gathered from his re-
marks hat t1,Ts were six men IN the
gang. Of which he WAS a member.
He said one thing which was very much
to- fhe paint. and which startled me. DO
You know" he asked. that we have been
watching that hous" "f yours out there
What we really wanted WAS to get one of
tn. little girls your sisters. hut did
not get chance. Finally, We became