Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-19
-FOUR GIRLS ARE KIDNAPPED
Daughters Of Rasmus Juliusen Are Taken
from Their Aome,
FATHER SUSPECTS DEAD wFES SISTER
Police Learn that Girls Were sent 20
Sc. Louis and omcers There Have
Been Notified to Look
for Them.

During the absence OF their father at work
Monday afternoon the four daughters OF
Rasmus Juliusen. 1857 Cass street, we're
kidnaped and. together with most Of Mr..
Jultusen's household goods were loaded
into an express wagon, taken to the Union
station and sent to st. Louis. 1t is be-
lieved that Mrs. Johanna Johnson. widow,
and her brother-in-law, Peter Gustafson,
an ex-polceman, we're the abductors, and
warrants for their arrest have been issued.
Mrs. Johnson was arrested late yesterday
afternoon and released under $1,000 bond.
Gustafson has not yet been located.
The kidnapping and the burglary occurred
some time Monday and was discovered by
Mr. Julusen when he returned home from
work late that evening. His four daugh-
ters. who had been keeping house for him.
were gone; the house had been ransacked
and most OF the bedding, some Of the fur
niture and a gold watch, the property OF
his dead wife. we're missing. Mrs. johnson
was a sister to Mrs. Juliusen and Gustaf-
son is her brother-in-law. Mr.. Juliusen
at once suspected them because of their
actions since the death Of his wife in trying
to get possession OF the children and the
personal property left by his wife.
Taken in Express wngon.
The children and the goods we're taken
from the house to the Union station in an
express wagon Monday afternoon and sent
TO st. Louis. Who accompanied them the
police have not learned The st. Louis
police have been notified to be on the look
out for them.
Mrs. Juliusen died about a month ago,
since which time Juliusen has been keep
ing house with his daughters, who are a.
13, 10 and s years Of age. During this
time, he told the police, Mrs. Johnson had
frequently come to their home and created
trouble and attempted to make the children
dissatisfied. She also tried to get Juliusen
to give her the bedding and household
effects that had belonged to Mrs. Juliusen
Mrs. johnson has a sister residing in St.
Louis, and she had often insisted that
Juliusen allow the children to live with the
sister.
The police are Of the opinion that Gus
itafson accompanied the children to St.
Louis. He intended to go there Monday to
secure work. and could not be found in
Omaha yesterday.
Father IL Heart-BrOken.
Jullusen is employed at the Union Pa
cifc shops, where he has worked for four
teen years. He is heart-broken over the
abduction of his daughters.
81 know she did it," he said, as he paced
the room OF the city prosecutor, referring
to Mrs Johnson "she tried to cause trouble
before my wife died and she has been at 1t
constantly ever since. My daughters were
all l had In the world and she knew that
was the way to ruin my life. There has
not been a day since my wife died but
what she has been at the house trying to
manage my affairs"
Mrs. Johnson was arrested at her home,
2727 South Tenth street, by Sergeant Hud-
son about o'clock She was inclined to
be hysterical and at first refused to accom-
pany the officer to the police station. She
denied taking the children and in an at
tempt to establish her innocence, told sew
eral conflicting stories of her connection
with them. She said the children had gone
to St. Louis of their own accord and later
said she did not know where they were.
''The children are mine, anyhow" she
said, for Mrs. Juliusen gave them to me
Just before her death. Her husband knows
nothing about caring for children and for
that reason their mother requested me to
look after them"
Mrs Johnson was the plaintiff in a law
suit that was to have been tried yesterday
afternoon before Judge slabaugh but she
failed to appear. Later the defendant
and Mrs. Johnson's attorney located her at
the city Jail. The case was continued un-
I'll this morning.