The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-30
The I CRIME
OF A BRUTE
Disclosures in Abduction Of Littl1
Jessie Thompson Demand
Searching Investigation.
Child Tells of.a Woman Who Might
Materially Aid the
Police.
n@nI nona,,:~%s@r tsnF %1.A Me- uoos
Good Description Of the Man Has
Been 0btained-Police Ex-
peot to Find Him.

Jessie Thompson, the 7-year-old girl
who was kidnapped from a buggy at Fifth
street and Nicollet avenue yesterday at
ternoon was found about s 'clock~on the
street near 1915 Penn avenue N.
Just how the child reached that places
which is over three miles from where She
was abducted, cannot be explained. She
was nearly exhausted and almost hya-
terical when found. @ - - s..
The girl told her mother that the mar
who had taken her out Of the buggy took
her to a vacant house not far away, and
there had assaulted and otherwise abused
her. After few minutes g. woman came
into the house and inquired IT, it was for
rent 'fYes,'' replied the man, ''but 1t ID
a pretty bad looking place. will show
You around" Thereupon he took the girl
out through the back door and told her
to wait for him, She did not do SO but
ran away. That, was the last she saw OF
the man. She can tell little OF how sho
came to the place at which she was
found. els re.g - ~.
: A PhysIcIan's Statement.
e. o. Thompson, the girls father. In
order to ascertain II the story Of the ass
sault was true, took the girl to a phy-
there doubt but that the little ona
was speaking the truth.
. Story Of chIId's Disappearance.
Mrs. E. o. Thompson, the mother, who
resides at 1882 Smelling avenue, came to
three little girls with her. She stopped
at the point mentioned and went inside to
make some purchases, leaving the chfl-
dren alone in the buggy. Soon after she
disappeared in the store, young man.
stepped up and told Jessie, the oldest child.
that her mother wanted her. The tun1s
suspecting little girl unhesitatingly got
2OF hyyoc nd foil q ma n
Instead Of entering the store, the man
walked down Fifth street, taking the girl
with him. The little girls in the buggy
saw: them turn the corner and the attend-s
ant at the Fifth street entrance Of g.
neighboring store saw them pass and
noticed them when they were at the cor
ner of Fifth street and First avenue S.,
When the mother came out and missed
Jessie, she asked the girls in the buggy
where their sister had gone. Z They told
her that the girl had gone with the man
that Mrs. Thompson had sent for her. The
Hamilton, that her girl had been. kid
mapped. She was sent to police head-
quarters and every detective that could
be reached MAs. placed on the case and
pa trolnen ali over the city were notified.
Several persons saw the man take the
girl from the buggy but no one suspected
his intentions. AS soon as the news was
spread that the girl had been TkidnapPsd,
! they remembered the man and described
him as being about 5 feet 10 inches tall,
weighing about 160 pounds, dark COM
plexioned' with dark hair and eyes: He
wore a black coat and vest, gray trou-
sers, a black derby hat>and had on a large
gold watch chain. He wore no beard and
is generally described as being between
Is and 80. =. rs...'t~ - g. St'
When the little girl was found on Penn
avenue, she told Officer Garvin that shai
had been taken from her mothers buggy
by a man who had whipped her and other
wise abused her. She had run away frenI
him and was trying to find her home At
this time GarvinS did not know Of tho
Kidnapping, but telephoned Headquarters
that he had found q, child and was told
to bring her to the station * ,s.s=,,z5 -,
| Story Told Captain GetcheI. :.
When the. girl reached police heads
quarters, she told Captain Getchel dts
! ferent story. from. that told Officer Care
and iaFen he sad
distance until they came to an alley. He
wanted her to go into the alley with him.
but she was afraid. He told her that her
! mother was in there but she would not be.i
Heve him. He then said he would go and
get the mother and when he left her she
ran away and tried to reach her homes
| She got lost and did not know where she
VI - -
| The parents were at once notified. They
were overjoyed at finding the child but
were at loss to explain a motive for the
kidnapping. Thompson is a mailer at the,
| Palisade mill and says he has enennies-
The girl could not have been taken in the
| hope. Of a reward. The only. explanation
possible seems that the man wished to
crafty his own depravity.
With the description OF the man IN,
hand. the police hope to arrest and brfn&
him, to- justice soon.
Woman Should Tell ss
The woman who came into the vacant
house and saw the woman and little girl
| there. 1t, Is felt. should make = herself
known to the police, as her Information
might unravel the mystery False modes.
| ty should not prevent her giving any facts
in her possession to the police, she is
a self respecting woman zsszz- =s:ses5s5s
j Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson spent all the
forenoon to-day looking for the vacant
house. Although they secured the whole
down town district, they were Unable to
find a vacant house which the little ono
! could Identify. The little one still fmain-
tains that her story is true, and denies
that she rode in a buggy or on street
4 car, but says they walked a short dis-
tance. -FarS5s
Room Said to BE Found.
This afternoon Jessie and her father
in search OF the place to, which the chnd
!, had been taken found the place. Tho
4 child says 1t Is 620 Second avenue s, and
she says she recognizes the room. !. =
CONGRESSIONAL FIGHTS
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