The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-13
A NEW PARTISAN SENSATION
"eYP,, THE CELEBRATED WRITER,
CLAIMS SHE WAS KIDNAPPED.
Police Think she Is Laborinr Under
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES story Rends
Like Romance.

pari. May ls--The Partisan sensation OF
ma hour IA the alleged abduction OF the
celebrated writer, "Gyp' whose real name IL
Couutsess Matello de Mrabeau. deseendaat
OF the revolutionary Mirseeau She was
found early Sunday morning wandering about
Point de Berey. Her clothes we're torn and
her face scratched. aud apparently she did
not know where she was.
The comtesse told tho police that she had
been taken away in carriage by three men
10 AN unknown chateau and locked in room,
from which she succeeded in escaping with
great difficulty. Tho police believe she is
tho victim OF hnllucination.
| The eoutesso, when found by the police
asked where she was. and, being told re-
euested that she he driven to the house Of a
friend. Before complying with this request,
! hove ever, the police took her before tho police
Ieommssioner In the SRlpetro quarter, 20
whom sho made an extraordinary declaration
She said
was bsing driven to public meeting IN tho
rue Della. Az the corner OF that street ana
rue Sante the carriage was stopped, OWING 70
road improvements, aud man appeared anu
asked mo II 1 really was 'Gyr. on receiving
an affirmative answer no said that NJ. Barn.
HER. tho new counsellor for the Roehenouart
Quarter, awaited me few steps away anu
he had an important COMMUNICATION " iiiaNNs
/ got out OF my carriage. following the man,
walking about twenty steps down the rue
la Aloesia Suddenly my head was covered
with sack. felt myself lited ana carried
to n closed carriage, which drove on at iull
speed. After very long Journey the vehicle
stopped aud tho sack was removed. was
made 10 descend Three men surrounded me
We were ia an open country before large
gded gateway through which We passed. we
, penetrated an immense park reaching thu
3 ohateau, which. IN my opinion, must be
situated at about 600 meters alulude' .ns
I men did not spenk but they took me to the
first floor aud loGlred me IN room containing
Z a heo AS soon aA ! WAS alone opened th'
wincow and gcrutuEcd the country Sc
meath the chateau flowed river and at SOM
{ distance away was railway vlnduct | re
c solced 10 dee. ] made cord OF the ne'
o CLOTHES and let myself down into space, IN
s cord being too short. | let myself fail INT
q the mattress which previously 1 bad throw
} out OF tho window. injured my knee an
3 tore nay dress. crossed the park quickl
q as possible aud wandered into unknown phrt
= In tho suburbs OF Paris
4 Tho prefecture Of police Immediately npcne
n an inquiry receiving the commissioner re
!. port on the declarations OF the comteSst
a She gave an approximate description, hu
II since her first statements che told vhryin
= story aud this leads the authorities 10 pt
q iieye she IA Under n deusion. Moreover. ~
q oabman who IS said to have driven her
o the rue d'Alsecia cHn not be found and p
l. carriage WIS seen TO stop near that stret
o at any time during Saturday evening Never
9 theieBs IL Is none the less CERTAIN tna
+ "Gyp" was found wandering IN the neighbo'
o hood Of the nercy Bonding warehouse VII
r her leg bruised and her face badly scratched
Is Paris. Nav l3.-The nationalist and u
: anti scmetic press epdoayor to make politicl
:, capital out of the "Gyp" abduction 10 vie
Of today's elections, by accusing her oppt
. nents Of tho crime.
- The Libro Parole prints an anarchist post'
i, OF a threatening nature in which tho con
tesso 3 name is mentioned.