The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-02-15
A Rich Young Lady Kidnapped
and Held by Force.
A LORDS DAUGHTER.
When the Mystery of the Case IL Clear
ed Away Story of Real Romance
Ia High Lie Will be Re-
vealed Says the Detecs
fiyes

With a detective seeking a wealthy
member Of a well.known country club
In New York, guarding all names
with the greatest care, through polics
sources was revealed tale Of romance
and adventure which would have
commended itself to Wilkie COLLINS.
The natural daughter Of an English
lord, kidnapped In private yacht off
the coast of Japan, is in sanitarium
In this country raVing maniac from
her experience. The club member is
accused Of the kidnapping. Back Of
it is the tale of a contested est&te in
volving the lord, French countess,
an old sea captain and the man want
ed. No names were, given by the po-
lice, but will be later on.
Not. a line was revealed at police
headquarters except to admit that
Detective Sergeant Wakefield was out
on a most extraordinary case. NOT
a name," was Inspector McLaughlin's
announcement, until the man is
found. It will then all come out".
Wakefield was not at headquarters.
He appeared on the Jefferson market
police court Saturday. With him were
several strangers. The detective ser.
geant privately obtained warrant
after reciting facts at some length to
the magistrate. IIe departed immed-
lately, saying then that whsn he
caught his man there would bs full
explanation.
The story as 1t trickeld out Wednes.
day, stripped Of names, is that an
English nobleman while travelling in
Fcanoe, in 1875, met a woman who
aftsrward became the mother of q
child. This child, girl, was taken to
England by the nobleman, who, az
ter keeping her apart from his family
for some little time, consented to her
adoption by a sea captain. This cap.
tain was in charge Of a merchantmen
plying between London and Yokohs-
ma. a countess, q member Of the
family, is In soma way concerned In
the case, but how the police will NOT
state.
The daughter, brought up at Yoko-
hama, takidg an occasional sea trip
with her adopted father, is said to
have come oftsn in contact with her
real father, who lived on an English
estate. More recently this child was
spoken of as likely to inherit q large
fortune from her TITLED father, and
because of that some one thought 1t
admirable to kidnap her.,
The method employed by the kid
nappers was sensational. It Is report
ed that the young woman was taken
of the boat on which she was a pas
senger when only a mile or so from
Yokohama, and taken aboard yacht.
Six weeks later the yacht Is said to
nave been located In New York har-
bor somewhere, but the young woman
passenger was missing. The London
and Yokohama police corresponded
with their cable system, and later the
New York police were told by cable to
set ab)ut finding the girl.
The Investigation pursued by the
central Office detectives resulted in
their locating the victim In sanita-
rum in New York City. 1t was stated
Wednesday that when the yacht came
into port with the young woman on
board the authorities found the young
woman virtually prisoner in cabin
where she was kept for six weeks, the
time which Is said to have elapsed
from the day she was kidnapped and
the day the yacht was reported at
quarantine.
The quarantine authorities discoy-
cred very quickly that the young wo-
man was mentally unbalanced, and it
was reported she had L-,cc1a q raving
maniac.
Central Office detectives vislted JET
ferson Market police court On Sc era
successive days last week, anticipat-
ing visit to court Of man who was
reported to be a patron at the Wal.
dorf Astoria hotel. For some reason
the man, who was expected to make
q formal affidavit Of complaint upon
which q warrant was to ba asked for,
did not go to court.
The central Office detectives went
to Westchester county and called,
among other places, it Is said, at a
prominent country club there, seek
ing some one upon whom tney inten-
ned to serve the warrant. At the
Waldorf Astoria hotel nothing could
be learned regarding the identity OF
the mysterious patron, said by the
police to have been stopping there.
I'VE know absolutely nothing OF the
case," said the management, The
police bad bean at work on the case
for two weeks prior to going into
court to ask for warrants. Former
Police Commissioned McAdoo is said
to have been acquainted with the
case through. Acting Inspector
O'Brien, who was In charge OF the
detective bureau when the London
police first notified the New York
authorities. Detectives who had the
the police court end OF the case in
charge refused from the outset to
speak concerning the case. In fact,
both denied that they were seeking
warrants or expecting the man from
the Waldorf
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