The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-27
STOLE AN
INDIAN MAID.
Mamie HOltz Disappears From
POttaWatOmie Reservation.
She Left Suddenly With Her
Gypsy Lover.
WAS SEEN IN TOPEKA.
Indignant Brother Too Late to
Intercept Couple.
Procured a Marriage License at
Fort Scott.

The arrival in Topeka at the police
station of an Indian with the German
name of Holtz from the Pottawatomie
Indian reservation last evening, revealed
the romance of an Indian maiden and a
Gypsy, which may become part of the
folklore of the Pottawatomies.
CHAPTER I.
Two or three weeks ago a gypsy who
announced that he bore the American
name of Stanley appeared on the Pot
tawatornie reservation. He wore buck
skin legginS, q broad. som brero and was
the pOSSessOr of no end of brilliant red
silk handerchiefs. He sang songs in his
a guitar and made himself agreeable
generally. He camped with associates
on the reservation.
1t was not strange therefore that
Stanley should become a favorite. The
red fringe on his leggins and the sweep
Of his SOmbrero brim were enough to
attract the favorable notice of the In
dian maidenS, and many were the jeal-
Gus ScOwls when Stanley expressed his
favor for little Mamie Holtz. Scarcely
more than a child, Mamie Holtz, who is
only a halfbreed, saw in the mature and
gallant Stanley the embodiment of
everything that is noble and manly.
She accepted his attentions with a con-
hding and maidenly fervor. Never was
there more ardent wooer. There was
all the fervor of the southern skies in
Stanley's wooing.
The family of Mamie Holtz did not
look with favor upon the attentions of
the Gypsy to the young Indian girl. She
was only 10 years old, and Stanley was
of middle age, and though the man was
at first tolerated he was finally told to
leave the place. an injunction which ap-
parently he obeyed
But Cupid never yet surrendered to
the frowns Of a person who knows not
his Wiles, and more than once the pretty
Indian girl stole away from her home
for a few sweet moments with her ard
ent Gypsy lover.
When Stanley suggested flight the
mind of the simple child of the plains
saw in the suggestion an avenue of per-
Holtz left her room. She did not re-
turn. A few rods from the house she
met her Gypsy lover, and in the quiet
of the night she placed her hand in his
and together they left the reservation.
There was excitement in the Holtz
household the next morning, but there
was no trace of the Indian girl, and it
was afterward learned that the Gypsy
has disappeared at the same time. The
reservation was searched. but no trace
Of either the man or girl could be
found.
A. Holtz, a brother of the girl. came to
Topeka on Friday and Indignantly in
formed the police that his sister had
eloped, and asked their assistance. They
had seen the couple at the Rock Island
depot on Wednesday, but they had dis
appeared
CHAPTER IL
On Thursday morning a man and wo-
man, who were supposed to be Mexicans,
appeared at the court house in Fort
Scott and asked for the probate judge.
They said that they wanted a. marriage
license, and the girl appeared greatly
worried when they were told that the
Judge was not there.
You see," said her companion in
broken English, Il can do nothing more
for YOU,
Here Is a young lady who can give
you the license" said a man who heard
the remark