The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-07-28

Tho lnnoccnt Suffered. but Hes
tho Hero OF thc Hour.
indianapolis News: The, residents
of n neighborhood in this city prob.
ably never experienced a more cxcit.
ing time in their neighborhood than
that of n afternoon, early this week,
when Herbert Sullivan, an n-year-old.
boy, wa kidnapped, carried into q
house, bound hand and foot and kept
a prisoner for nearly three hours
Several hundred school children sur,
rounded the house and demanded the
release of the boy, but all efforts in
this direction were futile until the
arrival of the district patrolman
Even grown persons, including the
boys mother, took Il .nnd in the mat.
ter, but they were unsuccessful:
Herbert Sullivan attends the public
school. When school was dismissed
he and two other boys spied a cherry
tree laden down with ripe aud lus.
cious fruit. The house appeared to
the boys to be vacant, and two of the
youths entered the yard and filled
their pockets with red cherries. Her.
bert Sullivan remained on the outside
of the lot and made no attempt to
seize any Of the forbidden fruit.
Everything seemed quiet and Sc.
rene and the two boys in the cherry
tree We're congratulating themselves
on their good fortune, when they
heard frightful noises i'll the direction
of the house. There was a lively rus.
tie of branches. followed by dull
thuds when the boys struck the
ground, but they scaInpered out Of
harms way and soon disappeared
down the street. Herbert Sullivan
stood or the sidewalk all of this time,
not dreaming that he would be mo.
Tested.
The noises which frightened the
other boys were caused by Mrs. NJ
Gollibart, the occupant of the house.
and she ran into the yard after the
youthful foragers. Seeing that the
thieves had escaped she made II lunge
in the direction of Herbert Sullivan
and captured him. He was dragged
into the house, bound hand aud foot
with q clothes line and thrown into the
recesses of Il pantry. The crying and
wailing of the frightened boy at.
traeted the attention of the neighbor,
hood.
The cause of the trouble was soon
made known to everyone and the
house was bombarded with showers
of sticks and rocks by the hundreds OF
school children who had gathered
around the house.
A little girl sitting IN u buggy final
IS volunteered 10 go after the prison.
er's mother, lind drove hurriedl.
away. When Mrs. Sullivan arrived she
demanded that her boy he released
She was admitted to the h6dse, but in
spite of her %entreaties Herbert did hot
get his liberty.
Word reached The police headqddfs
tiers that there was some Kid Of tToii;
BILE in Park avenue and PafrolmaI
Montgomery was told to investigate.
He heard both sides of the story, but
as neither woman would agree te
make out mn affidavit, he said lie
could not do otherwise than demand
the release of the boy. Herbert was
taken from the pantry, and, when the
ropes We're removed. welts and bruises
could be seen about his wrists.
When he appeared outside of the
house, about 6 o'clock, a great shout
went up from the hundreds of school
children, and he was dragged from the
grasp Of his mother. Some of the
larger boys wished 10 carry MIN on
their shoulders, but the cooler heads
interfercd and he was allowed to GO
home.
Herbert Sullivan is the hero Of the
hour among the school children. Les
sons are forgotten and IL will be Some
time before affairs are quoted down
among the children.