Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-03-13
MISS BURR'S OWN STORY
 OF HOW SHE WAS KIDNAPPED

little basin, between two peaks t tlI mountains. into which he hai for'' me to walk. IIc then told me hc was going t' bind me until h. returned, and took a cotton rope from around his waist Ilc held it in his hand moment, then seemed to change his mind, for he tied the rope around his waist again, and commanded me to take off my shoes and stockings.
 Tied With own Stockings.
 CT did SO, replacing my shoes on my ,arc feet. He then told me to ,ross ny arms beneath my lower limbs. l lid so, and he tied my hands with one tocking, after which he gagged me with the other one.
 "IIo then left me for about fifteen minutes. after which he returned, and standing over mo as lay buJdled cn the ground, unable to hardly move, told me not fo attempt to make move io escape till he came back that night with burros to take me away, or he would return and kill me.
 He then disappeared, and that was the last l saw of him. l laid there awhile, until I thought he was out of hearing distance, then l began to move myself along. as best could, in the direction of the hotel.
 Rescued by Whtson.
 "I had progressed about fifty yards, 1 guess. when man. Mr. Whitson. guest of the hotel, found mo. He inn mcdiatcly released me. chaffing my wrists, which were greatly swollen and blue. from circulation having been stopped. until | was able to mount the horse. llc brought me down from the mountain to the hotel.
 "I had plenty of time to study my captor's appearance, and would know him again anywhere l should ever meet him."
 Miss Burr then gave thc description of her abducior as printed above.
 Search For Outlaw. When Mir. Whitson and the girl re. turned to the hotel there was great cx- citcment among the guests. and when the story of her abduction had been learned posse of five, headed by former ShcriT Roberts. left immc. diaicly for inc spot where Miss Burr had been found. Whitson accompanying the party to point ont the place.
 The party lay hid near the spot until l2. Q clock that night, waiting the rc. turn of her abductor, but the man never showed up. During the night it rancd very hard and next morning all tracks and trails left by the man were oblitcratcd. In spite of this drawback the posse continued the search for the outlaw in all the surrounding hills and mountains for several days, without, however, gaining any trace or tangible clue of the kidnapcr or his where. abouts.
 Ransom His Object. The theory given most credoncc by those familiar with the affair. is the one advanced by the Journal Miner. that the man intended carrying her into | the mountain fnstncsscs to hold her for l tltu . by the fact that there was no attempt made by the ruilian to assault Miss Burr, or even rob her of the rings and | jewclcd trnkcts she worc
 The management of the hotel, at the time of the abduction of Mnss Burr, made strenuous endcavors to have in, matter hushed up, even going SO far as to deny that the abduction took place, but that the story as published in the Journal.Min was substantially correct, is made apparent by the in. tcrvicw of MT. Roberts, and by the fact that Dr. Sawyer, manager of Castle Hot Springs, has offered n reward of SGoo Tor the capture of the young wo- mans kidnapcr,
 Mr. and Mrs Burr and their daugh. tcrs, passed through here last Tuesday, cn route to their home in Illinois. At that time. while refusing to be inter. viewed, Mir Burr admitted that .his youngest daughter had been carried off by an abductor, as described.
 Search Still Continues.
 Deputies from the sheriff E ofIlcc, and others desirous of gaining the S25O re- ward offered, are still searching for the outlaw, but with the exception of the arrest made by Wilbur White. in Thompson Valley, of suspect, who later escaped from Whites custody. and who is not believed to he the guilty party, nothing definite has been learned | Of the would hc ahductOr. or his nrcsent