The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-02-08
VERY SAD CASE.
4 HIGHLY ooNNEOTED YOUNG
hADY OIsEATEs SENSATION
BY Leaving Her Home and Going
s.tna1s 4 -
Off With Married Man,
Who is Arrested. tf

.. ". Dempster, who WAS arrested
at q Charlotte, N. O., hotel. on Tues
day of last week for abduoting Mis-,
May Foster, Of Greenville; s. @. . wa
carried to Greenville .Wadnesds,
morning and lodged In the county
jail to await pseltm!nary hearing
phe trial was held up at the request
of Col. Il. B. Butler, OF Gaffney, ar
uncle OF Miss Foster, who wired Il
allow no preliminary TO take plao,
until he could reach Greonvilla
which he would do as soon as b,
could.
The young lady was brought baol
from Charlotte whore she was ,foun:
registered under an assumed name
and is now at her horne in Greenyille
Dempster was found at the same no
tel THAT tho Young lady was stopping
at IN Charlotte. The case has created
great excitement In Greenville on NO
count of the prominence of the Rirl't
family connections. She is grand
nieco of former United atstts Senator
Matt O. Butler.
Dempsher, accompanied by his st.
torneY, u. M. Redd, reached Green.
vi.lo at O'Clock Wednesday morning
and was placed In the county jaii
where he will remain until the law.
yeIs agree on the tlmo for holding .
preliminary, Abduction, under The
South Cerolina law, is o statutory of.
tense and punishable by three years
imprisonment.
The Spartanburg Journal aays +
M. Dempster, who was arrested ia
Charlotte Tuesday on the change OF
abduction, running away with Miss
Mary O. Foster, Of Greenville, taking
her to Charlotte, where she was also
apprehended, passed through Spar
.anburg Tuesday, night in the custody
of of1ioars.
Dempater, 1T Is said, lives at Ker.
shaw, where he has wife and sey
eral children. When arrested neith.
or Mr.. Dempster nor Mius Foster
would toll q full story. There are
many breaks In the accounts which
they give Of their movements since
leaving Greenville Tuesday morning
Mr.. Dempster asserted that he was
A'Oo'a'htS h1OAo 9ntSu u QI uDe
girl, whom he knew slightly, and
that he was acting for o friend OF his,
George 3, Barron, OF Spartsnburg, IS,
Q. He did not explain how he came
TO register the young lady under the
name OF Miss Annie Evans, OF Greens.
boro, nor could he tell OF the exact
sys' heres bosi tss of aS e lend for abom
he was safeguarding the girl.
Miss Foster tells the aamo story as
Mr.. Dempster, declaring that she
left Greenville of her own free will
and that she hoped to soc George Bar
ron here In day or two. To q re.
porter she said shat Hhe was EN- route
TO Washington to visit relatives.
Miss Foster dispatched message
TO Mr.. Barron shortly after her arrest
Tuesday morning, II read as follows.
Come to Charlotte on next train.
Jack In trouble" No reply was re-.
oeived, nor did Mr.. Barron appear on
the frat train. He had evidently
cotton wind Of what was happening
ann discreetly decided 10 stay away.
Mr.. DSmpster, against whom the
charge is for seduction, as we'll as
abduction, WAS born and reared in
Morning Star township. He ia well
known in Spartsnburg aB Is also G.
B. Barron. The case has caused q
great sensation In SparbanbuYg as
we'll as at Greenville.