Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-03-06

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 Accompanied by several other ladies, guests of the hotel. she wandered up gulch picking wild flowers. When about Ia quarter of a mile from the hotel the party became separated. As she was husily engaged in gathering bouquet rough looking man, who had probably bocn awaiting his chance, approached her from inc rear. and when within q few feet of her exclaimed:
 Keep still. lady; don't move. There K n raitlcsnakc behind you. I:r ,ul"t and I'll kill it."
 Specrhlcss from fright. Inc young lady obcyod. and an instant later she felt herself seized. rough hand thrust firmly over her mouth. ~tifliug her oui cry. and in this way. half carrying, hl;f dragging his victim. the bandit ma l- bis way up inc gulch for distance of nbou, mile from the hotel.
 Thcrr releasing his hold on her. he drew a revolver and commanded her t' mako no outcty at the peril of her life. mile further up the gulch. and after binding and gagg,ng her. threw her io inc ground. telling her that he would return with saddle horses for both in a short time The bandit then disappeared.
 In the meantime, the other ladies of capitalists daughter, became alarmed and began a search of the gulch for her. The trail made by herself and cnptor was picked up and followed 10 the spot where she lay tied hand and foot. She was quickly released and all possible haste made back to the hotel, where tho ngcmeni, who later communicated with Inc shcriT's office here
 Prosirntcd as inc young lady was from her terrible experience, she was still brave enough 10 retain control of her faculties sufficiently to give an cx. ccllent description of her nbductor, ana in n very brief while a posse, armed 10 the teeth. was m the trail of the bandit, headed by cx.ShcriG Joseph l. Roberts, who, with his wife, is n guest at the Castle Springs hotel.
 Roberts made quite n reputation for himself as a man. n.huntcr while sherin of this county and ho is bending every energy of which he is possessed to effect inc capture of inc daring nb ductor of the young lady.
 The bandit, whose evident purpose il was to make nway with the young lady to some secluded spot in the surround ing mountains, there io hold her for ransom from her wealthy father. is dc. scribed as being about six feet in height, of slender build with one droop. 'ng eye, reddish brown hair. slightly hnged with gray, and with about q weeks growth of whiskors, and with n "lovcn nail on one of his thumbs.
 Al the lime of making the attempt to kihnnp the young lady he was dressed in brown pants, n brown flannel shirt. with rough shoes on his feet, and n brown slouch hnt, with heavy band around lt, such ns cowboys sometime hhect. His pants were girdlcd at the wais' with piece of new rope and hc wore neither coat or vest. lie has bccn seen sulking around the neighborhood "f The Castle Springs hotel for the pas, len days, hut nothing particular was thought of hls presence m that vicinity until yesterday when the attempted Kidnapping took place
 That hc meant 10 kidnnp l,or in all probability to hold her for ransom. is made apporont by the fact that the young lady states no nttomp, was mado to assault her whatever, nor to rob her of the jewels and rings she wore.
 The male guests at the hotel arc thoroughly aroused by the incident and if inc dcspcrado should bc captured by The posse now in pursuit of him t is possible that hc might meet with vio fence before being landed safely behind inc bars of the county jail here.
 Castle llo, Springs, where the hotel of inc same name is located, is n re.