The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-13
SEIZED ON THE STREET
Thrust Into a Carriage and Whirled
Swiftly Away.
THREE MEN lMPRIsON HER IN A CHATEAN
She Escapes by Cord Made of BedcIOthes.
This is the Story Told by the Cee-
brated Writer. The Police
Are SkepticaI
Are SkepticaI.
(By the Associated Press. J

Paris, May 13.-(Sunday. THE Pari-
sian sensation Of the hour is the al
legged abduction Of the celebrated writer
"Gyp," whose real name is Comoesse
Martel de Mirabeau, descendant of the
Revolutionary Mirabeau. She was found
early on Sunday morning wandering
about Pont de Bercy. Her clothes were
torn and her face scratched and appar-
emily she did not know where she was.
The Comtesse told the police that she
had been taken away in a carriage by
three men to an unknown chateau ard
locked in a room from which she sue
ceeded in escaping with great difficulty.
The police believe she is the victim o.
hallucnation.
The Comtesse when found by the po-
lice asked where she was, and on being
told requested that she be driven to the
house of a friend. Before complying
with this request, however, the police
took her before the police commi5sary
in the Salpetriere quarters to whom SIZE
told q remarkable story.
She said:
ION Saturday evening about o'clock
was being driven TO a public meeting
in the Rue d'Alesia organized in favor q
the candldature of Rene Lecoincte. AT the
corner of that street and the Rue Sante
the carriage was stopped, owing to road
improvements and man approached and
asked me if / really was "Gyp. On re-
ceiving affirmative answer, ne salu
that NJ. Barillier, the new councillor for
the Rcchechouart quarter awaited me
few steps away, and he had an important
communication to make. | got out Of my
carriage and followed the man, walking
about twenty steps down the Rue dAlesia.
Suddenly my head was covered with
sack ] felt myself lifted and carried to
closed carriage which drove off at full
.speed. After a very long journey the We
hcle stopped and the sack was removed
/ was made to descend. Three men sur
rounded me. We were in an open coun-
try before large gilded gateway, through
which we passed. We penetrated an im-
mense park, reaching the chateau, which
in my opinion, must be situated about
500 metres from Paris. The men did not
speak, but they took me to the first floor
and locked me in room containing
bed. AS soon as | was alone | opened
the window and scrutiniZed the country.
Beneath the chateau flowed a river, and
at some distance away was railway VIA
duct / resolved to flee. / made cord
of the bedclothes and let myself down
into space. The cord being too short |
let myself fall into the mattress which
| previously had thrown out of the WIN
dow / injured my knee and tore my
| dress. | crossed the park as quickly as
possible, and wandered into unknown
| parts in the suburbs of Paris
The Prefecture of Police Immediately
| opened an inquiry On receiving the com
| missary's report of the declarations OF
the Comtesse. She gave an approximate
| description of the three men, but since
her first statement she has told a vary
| ing story and this leads the authorities
| to believe she is under a delusion. More
| over, the cabman who is said to have
| driven her to the Rue d'Alesia cannot
| be found and no carriage was seen to
| stop near that street at the time during
| Saturday evening.