The sun., 1900-05-14
TRIED TO ADDUCT GYP.
Famous French Writer Tells Police a
Strange Story.
TAKEN TO A LONELY HOUSE.
says Three Strange Men Took Her
Away-Escaped by Means of
Rope Made of sheets-Torn and
Scratched When Found.

Paris, May 13.-The Partisan sensation
of the hour is the alleged abduction OF
the celebrated writer Gyp, whose real
namc is Comtesse Martel dc Mirabeau,
descendant of the revolutionary Mira
beau She was found early on Sunday
morning wandering about Pont de Bercy.
Her clothes were torn and her face
scratched, and apparently she did NOT
know where she was. The comtesse told
the police that she had been taken away
in Il carriage by three men to an ull-
known Airateau and locked in room,
from Wnich she succeeded i'll escaping
with great difficulty. The police believe
she is the victim of an hallucination.
The comtesse when found by the police
asked where She was and, being told, re-
uuostnd that She be driven TO the house
of d friend. Before complying with this
request. however, the police took her be-
fore the police colnnissaiy III the Saltpe-
triprp quarter, To whom She made hn cN-
traordinaly declaration She said;
ron Saturday evening about = o'clock
/ was being driven to Il public meeting ~
the Rue d .Slcsia organized in favor Of
the candidature of Rene Lccointe. ~
\ the corner of that street and ltue Sante
the carriage was stopped owing To ROAD
improvements, and Il main approached
and asked me if | really was Gyp. On
receiving an affirmative answer he SAID
that NJ. Bariller, the new councillor fol
I. the Rochcchouart quarter, awaited me {
few steps away, and he had an important
communication to make.
Il got out of my carriage and followed
the man. walking about 20 steps dowr
Rue d'Aesia. Suddenly my head wa'
covered with a sack. | felt myself liftet
and carried to Il closed carriage, which
drove off at full speed. After II very Ions
tourney the vehicle stopped, and the sacl
was removed, and | was made to de
scend. Three men surrounded me. W.
were in an open country, before larg
gilded gateway, through which we pass
ed.
1--WE penetrated an immense parl
reaching the chateau, which, in my opin
ion, must be situated at about 500 meter
altitude. The men did not speak, bu
they took me to the first floor and locke
me in a room containing bed. AS 500
as | was alone | opened the window an
scrutinized the country. Beneath tn
chateau flowed river, and art some dis
tance away was railway viaduct.
resolved to flee. / made rope of tn
bedclothes and let myself down INT
spnce. The rope being too short, le
myself fall into the mattress which pre-
Yiously | had thrown out of the window
/ injured my knee and tore my dress.
crossed the park as quickly as possibl
md wandered into unknown parts in tn
suburbs Of Paris.
The prefecture of police immediatel
opened IN inquiry on receiving the con
missarys report OH the declarations
the conlteSSc. She gives an appfoXlmat
& dcscriptinn Of the three men, but sint
her first statement she has told a varyil
story, and this leads the authorities
Il believe she is under delnsion. Nor
" over, the cabman who is said TO hay
driven her to the hue Il Alcsia cannot
y found, AMI no carriage was seen to ste
4 near that street TT any time during Sa
urday evening.
Nevertheless it is none the less certa
shat Gyp was found wandering in Il
ncigLh3shood 0f the Brrcy bonGn@ wal
houses with hor leg bruised and her fa
badly scratched.
The Nationalist and anti-Scmite pre-
onaeavor to make political capital out
The Gyp abduction in view Of the ele
lions by accusing her opponents Of Il
crime The I4ibre Parole prints an ana
..hist poster of Il threatening nature
which the comtesse's name is mentioned