The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-08-10
BASE CRIME Committed
Young Woman Abducted and
Horribly Maltreated in a
Carriage,

Carriage,
BY wire from Kasota, Minn., Aug. 5th.
A young woman lies in a critical
condition in the Kasota eating house.
She was brought here about one
o'clock yesterday in a hack from.
Mankato. The hack contained three
mon one of whom the woman claims
to know.
The story, as told by the girl il
the presence of DR.. w. H. Powell
and two or three other who were
present at the time, is as follows:
The proprietors of Mankato Ho.
tel telegraphed her to come to Man.
kato, this she did, reaching that city
Friday evening. She was met at
the station by the hotel man, who
said he would get a hack shortly and
go for drive. The hack came, but
the man did not appear. The girl
entered the carriage and they drove
up the street a block or so, when the
proprietor's brother stepped IN. He
told her that his brother would be
with them in few minutes. Two
other men further up the street also
gotin, although the girl protested,
saying she did not know them. The
door of the hack was closed, and they
drove = e on run toward Kasota.
As soon as the girl !realized that she
was out of town she began to
scream and to stop her outcries they
put their hands over her mouth, gag
ged her and tried to force her to
drink some wh'skey. She then be-
came unconcious. and when she came
to found herself on the ground. They
threatened her, and said If she said
anything about what happened they
would kill her.
They drove onto Kasota and stop
ped at the Kasota eating house.
The night clerk, William Anderson,
heard a rap on the window screen,
and, going to the door. saw a man
and woman standing in the dark.
The man said that they had a sick
woman and wanted a room for her.
Anderson had to assist her upstairs.
She was put to bed and Immediately
became b hysterical aud seemed to be
IL great pain and agony. The clerk
came down etairs in a few minutes
and foand the cash register had dis.
appeared. It contained about $50
He heard the rumble OF a hack in
the distance, and concluded that the
men who had brought the woman
had stolen the monev.
DR.. w. H. Powell was summoned
at once. The girls underclothine
was found to be partly torn of. AL
though in "a very critical condition
she will probably be brought through
all right. She refuses to talk and
will not take medicine.
The girl stated Friday night that
her name was Edith Watson, and
that her home was about 80 miles
from Minneapolis. She has every
appearance OF respac:ability. -
The a. owe from the Minneapolis
Tribune of Sunday. A number OF
our citizens have made efforts to as.
certain if this is Miss Watson who
taught school here. The following
was received this afternoon from Dr.
Powell: miss Watson was 80 sick
last night and this morning that no
one could see her, 10 years old, au.
burn hair, blue eyes, dimples in
cheek and chin" The Pioneer Press
of today says:
The girl had been employed in a
Minneapolis art store, and had made
distribution of goods in Mankato, and
in this way had mede- the acquain
tance Of John Salfer. She is quit.
badly injured about the the head
chest and back by blows and thu
treatment she received.
! Miss Watson's many friends her,
sincerely hope that she has not bee,
the victim of such an outrage and de
plore the fact that any young gir
should be subjected to such treat
ment.
A later report states that the girl, i
, of Swedish origin, and that one O
F. Glssgow's men, Mr.. johnson
talked with her.
As We 60 to press Mr.. Dayton re
ceived tho following message frou
his son Draper at St. Paul: 9Th
Miss Watson referred to in Mime
apolis Journal is not the Miss Wat
! son, teacher at Worthington.
, helped carry her aboard thetrain."
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