Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-11
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4 girl or rathara young woman Hes
AT Mrs. O. y. Stevens sick from what
appears TO be an attempt at kidnaping.
She tells a curious story. 1t may BE- a
fake, but Mrs stevens Investigations
develops several confilmatory circum-
stances
Eight weeks ago Mr. and Mrs T. H.
Read met the girlNon the road as they
We're going to Levi Bakers She was al
distressed locking creature said she
had been deserted by her brother. had
no clothes or mons nc, wanted place
10 work. Alis. Read took pity on her:
and invited her to her home and gave;
her work. but rot proving justsihe kind
of help she wanted, sent her 10 Mrs.
Stevens. She proved a good worker
Last Saturday a knife grinder and
speddlss called at the house. The girl
was frightened. That man called no
less than five times and talked strange
lMto the girl. II 9 wanted a plant Tor his
wife, but Mrs, Stevens found this to BE-
only a pretext. Sunday nigh, he came
after dark, when Mrs. Stevens wtss like
to be at church. Accompanying him
was a young and rather stylish man
withsa covered carriage. 4 strange
tramp also appeared at the door and
fled when Mrs. Stevens went To the
door. These things frightened the girl
almost out OF her senses. Then she
told Mrs. Stevens her true strange
story Her home was in Kansas and
she had been stolen. One egening as
She was going to her granGin1ethel's
three men in n covered wagon seized
her, covered her face, gagged her and
for two days and two nights they
Travelled. stopping in the suburbs Of a
lefty Meantime hey had stripped her
and Clothed her in fine clothes She was
left for a time in charge of one of ths
men. The others returned and She WAS
taken 10 what appeared TO her a cave
in the side of forest covered noun
taken To a fine inner room. where there
We're three other girls Four men In
blue uniforms came every night and
I played cards till midnight. They had
Eno end of nlonsy. treated the girls
kindly dressed and fed them Well. topE
Them boat riGing coca sienally, but II
was dark prison in the cave. By win
lining the confidence of her man he LEFT
| the door unfas,ened and sllr escaped
and Travelled far on foot and hiding
Swapping her SILK dresses Tor food ans
shelter She thought she was gong Z
Kansas.
She gives her name as Mrs. Mar,
Robinson and her parents and relative.
Hive in Haddam Kan. She had beei
4 parted from, her husband and Two child
rem, he being a drunkard and cruel
| Mr.. Alum baugh. living on The Lsffert.
i place.teast of town. has been in Had
4 dam and knew her people Mrs. Stey
Lens wrote To them and yesterday re
|ceived a letter from Mays sister. Mrs
Inez Foster, which partially confirm
the girl S story by saying oh, May. W
never ex pectes. To hear from you again
and telling about the husband an,
lchildTen.
"Wednesday night the girl was $
A wrought UP by excitement upon re
! ceipt of the letter from her sister an
4 the other circumstances that Mrs
Stevens s@nt her TO Mrs. Reads Thurs
day night and thought she would di
last night and telephoned for Mrs. Lou
den, but she is better today For. t
add to her alarm the knife grinde
called again Monday and talked in sue
la way that she threw a dipper of boil
ling water at him. just missing his face
4 whereat he cursed and swore terribly
The girl has evidently gone thru som
4 TERRIBLE experience and is in dread Q
4 being carried off again.
1t is an interesting case and wrappe
in not u little mystery.
DAVENPORT BOYS VALUABLE
4 INVENTION.
\ rDavenpert Democrat.l
4 The man who works with his hea
rather than with his hands Is the on
who wins in the long run and en- til
average. A Davenport boy who fa
been working With his head and wh
looks as tho he We're sure to take frs
money is Frank y. Pearne. son of "
ID. Pearne, formerly resident of thi
city and confectioner and r4stau
4 ranteur on the cast side of Brad
/ street below Third. Frank is 90 year
old. was born here. went to the school
hero and accompanied his father an
family when they moved to Chicag
some ten years ago
Three years ago he entered the EN-
A ploy of the Iowa Telephone Compan
as travelling inspector in its switch
board department He was then doln
j expert work. He remained, in the en-
Il ploy OF the company until solnetliin
like six weeks ago, when he left 1t I
Il pursue his own fortunes.
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