The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-03-14
WHAT WERE
HIS INTENTIONS
Little Nellie Hannn Picked
up on The Street by a
Strange Man.

Again comes the story that some scoun
drel Is proving around tho strsols with
the Intentions OF making things disa4ree-
able for young girls to travel on tho street
This man made his appearance on Tues
day evening last ana the Victim o. his
PRACTICE was Nellie Hanna, years old.
daughter of James Hama Of 615 Lombard
street. The pprpetrator Is unknown but
1t will DO sad day for him II he Is caught.
the pace where the incident occurred
Is IA lot on Lomb bard street between Seventh
and Eighth. The yards of tho houses on
Seventh and Eighth streets extend back
to an alley. which connects the lot on Lom
bard 81 rect With lot on Poplar street.
Nellie was TO urning from party at the
residence of ono OF her littlo friends at
1895 Poplar street, about 10 o'clock.
Whom between Eighth aud Ninth streets
she noticed that there was man follow
ing her. She qulckened her pace and the
man uuickened his, Whom half way be.
tween 7th and s h tho man came up and
took hold of her, lifted her up and placed
hor across his shoulder
For an instant Nellie was 10 frightened
that she could not sp'as, Tho man start
ed across tho lot to ward tho afo:o doscrib.
cd alley. Tho man had not gone very far
before tho little girl began to scream. All
this ina tho man never spoke word.
About this time man was coming up
Seventh street and he started to invosti-
gate the cause of the screams. lie saw
ths man with the littlo girl on his should
or going across the lot AMI started In Duc-
slit.
Tho scoundrel seeing that he was pur.
sued dropped Nellie aud escaped through
the alley.
The rsscuer ran up to the little girl and
picked her up. Upon asking her where
shn lived he received ~ answer. No!lio
was SO frightened she could Dvb speak.
All this ti,Ie her parents were wonder
ing why she did not come hOme and were
thinking of going to investigate the reas
son for her ionabhy absence
About the time Ihey Ind reached this
decision they heard the door bell ringing
furously and hurried TO tho door to learn
the cause oi the dis lrtance
They found Nellie standing on the steps
and crying, the rcscuar disappeared. After
gong into the house Nellie between the
subs told how the man had followed her
anu had carried hor across the lot and how
she had been rescued.
Z he man she 'nys woro dark soft hat,
dark coat aud light pants, but beyond this
sIv does noJ know any thing about him.
Neither docs sho know the lescuer
When s en this morning bya reporter
of tho KEruBl lCAN Mrs. Hanna said. 1--WE
do not say atty thing to Nellie about tho
incident us sho was SO terribly frightened
that she has not yet got ov5r it. Tho
neighbors nre inCGnsed over tho act. Nellie
is n very quiet girl and never goes out and
what cjIl sed tho man to follow her can.
not understand. No cannot say positive
ly what the man intended to do but we
suppose it must nave been his Intentions
other to Outrage her or kidnap her.
I he pulic1 havo been no, iiiel of the in
cdt mt and will keep sharp lookout for
tho iunn. Such men as this ono should
be pun behind tho bars where they cannot
get ~ lhn girls. II such acts of these are
allowed to continue it viii be unsafe for
young girl to travel on our streets
Ii chs rcSc,cr viii only stop at the Han
M residence he will receive tho profound
thanks OF tho family. Why he should not
wish to be known is not known but tho
patents would fool very thankful II no
would come forward and reveal his iden-
THY.