The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-10-25
HID ALL NIGHT IN
FAMILY lCEBOx
~sn-Ysar-old Helen Cobb, Hunted a
Kidnapped, Nearly Froxe ia Cellar
Had sLoats9 Cents.

rad Lost 5 Cents.
New York. Oct. 24.-In the doorway
which leads to the cellar OF the apart
enent house at No. it47 Freeman street.
q girl Of 10 appeared. noiselessly, short
" before noon yesterday.
Her face was white with childish
terror. her clothing was damp. A man
stood ! n the street entrance of the
apartment whom she evidently did not
wish to 9 her.
Heard anything from the daughter.
Cobb" inquired a friend. The man
shook his head, and his lips trembled
as he said:
We've hunted high and low. I've
just come from the police station, and
they say their men have been on
the lookout all night. and are still at
work. II I, could only take the poor
little chick In my arms again."
child, black hair streaming behind
her and arms outstretched. The man
gave a glad cry. caught the little sprite
as she leaped to the height of his waist,
and vainly sought to hush her, as she
sobbed:
Daddy? lost the 8 cents, I did, and
maybe / oughter be whipped"
She Mas Little Mother.
Neighbors heard the child's voice, and
followed the father into his apartment
to share with him the joy of the re-
turning walt. Word was first sent
Captain Glynn. of the fremont police,
to call off the search. He had been
appealed to late Wednesday night by
Patrick Cobb, an employe OF the union
Railway company, to assist IN the
search for his daughter Helen. Few In
the neighborhood but who knew the
child, for a kindly interest had been
taken in the family since the death OF
the mother eight months ago.. Mrs.
Cobb left four little girls; and on Helen,
the eldest. devolved the duties OF little
mother.
She had prepared dinner Wednesday
night, and Cobb gave her 8 cents with
which to buy some kerosene oil while
she was at the table. The only play
spells which Helen has are during the
evenings when her father Is at home.
Out in the street, Helen met her chum,
Annie Kelly. They romped for half an
YOUR before Helen %bethought her of the
errand. She felt in her pocket and the 3
vents were gone.
Helen was panic stricken. Pennies
are not too plentiful in the Cobb fam
lily, and she cared the displeasure of
ner father. What took place, after a
futile search for the lost pennies. was
.old by Helen after her father had
claimed her yesterday and changed the
damp clothing for var garments.
Il just lost the pennies, daddy, and
1 couldn't buy the oil, and I was afraid
70 come home. But l started and got
as far as the stairway and there was
the cellar door open. I thought I'd go
md hide. Then 1 thought you'd be
sorry when I was lost and forget all
about the pennies"
Father Searched All Night.
4, Helen was right about her father be-
ing sorry, and he was also alarmed
when she had not returned after an
hours absence. He called at the gro
GERS where Helen was to have pur-
chased the oil, and sought the homes of
]neighbors. AS the night we're on, he
was well-nigh grief-stricken. The po-
lice sent out a general alarm, almost
convinced that Cobb was right in his
theory that Helen had been kidnapped
Detectives Gordon and Keeling were as.
isigned to the case. Cobb continued the
search all night.
The cellar of the apartment is occu.
pied by J. R. Collins, whose saloon is
|on the first floor. His ice box is in the
~Fcellar. Cobb, in his search Of the house
had gone to the cellar door and called
hut it seemed incredible that Heller
would go there, so he did not descend
the stairs.
IT guess I heard you CALL" Helen told
her father later. When I thought OF
hiding in the cellar and got down into
the dark I was scared. They'se rats
and things down there, cause / heard
them. / moved just as still and came
to the ice box. The top was open ant
I climbed in. There was a chunk of ice
in n corner. and it was cold and wet
II guess I fell asleep, because wher
Il opened my eyes everything was al
black yet. / waited and waited, and
was SO hungry. 1 was going to climE
tout after you had gone to work ant
then tidy up the house and be all read,
when Won came home to dinner.n