The Press., 1910-11-30
STAFFORD SPRINGS. ATTEMPT AT KIDNAPPING.

Teresa Peirola. IA, was seized Thanksgiving day and carried off by a masked man. The girl is daugh. ter of MT. and Mrs. Massimo Peirola and lives on the River road, just be. low the burned Rawitser plant. She went to the henhouse about 8 o'clock last Thursday morning. While stoop. ling oyer to feed the hens she was sud- GsnIy seized from behind Her as- ssilant quickly bandaged her mouth Eau6 eyes, and started away with her thsough the brush. The girl is small of her age and comparatively easy burden. Aftsr going through the brush in the tract known as the "bad lands" she was carried down the railroad track to a point below the second bridge, about two miles away. At this point they were observed by la man and woman riding in a team. The man then left the girl on the track, telling her that if she moved befOre he came back he would kill Iiler. She was naturally badly fright Iened, but as soon as her assailant was Iout of sight started toward home. Her Ifather, having heard that a man had Ibaen seen going down the railroad Itrhck with girl, had started in this Idirection in search of his daughter, land met her at the first railroad hldge. She arrived home in a ner- Iyous, hysterical state, and has not yet lfully recovered. Thanksgiving night lshe was in bad condition, delirious land imagining she was still under lgoing her cruel experience. She is luEable to def cribe the man accurately, but says he was thick set of medium height. He addressed her in English, hut she believes from his accent that he represented some other nationality. What his objact can have been does Inot appear. While the parents are thrifty, they are not in position to pay a great amount of ransom to a ki1napper. No attempt was made to assault her, but this may have been an ulterior motive. The girl was gone from her home about three and one half hours. A searching party for the man found where he went down the track His footsteps showed where he had returned, and he was traced to an abandoned farm nearby, where there were tracks of a team backed out of shed. This is another s.1 = -r.Soa oR &ba bruko1 oaSo n1ka that hgFe caused so much disquiet in the past year and half
 ". R. O. meeting next Wednesday. Election of fficers.
 There will be 8 meeting of the Young Peoples Auxiliary of the M. E. church next Tuesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs Laurits Hansen have returned home after spending a week in Hartford with their daughter, Mrs. Nels Nelson.
 MT. and Mrs. W. O. Judd of Hol- yoke spent Than ksgiving with MT. and Mrs. D. H. Bradbury on Stafford Street.
 Baker chapter. O E. S., will hold whist party at Ionic hall Friday evening, for members and invited guests.
 The annual meeting and roll-call of the Modern Woodmen of America will be held at the lodge rooms next Monday evening.
 W. H. spedding of Ntw York and Mir. and Mrs. E. H. Spedding of Lt we'll, Mass. ,were guests of relatives over Thanksgiving.
 Mrs W. H. Stafford has returned to her home after spending several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Cyrus Converse, in East Boston.
 The senior rummage sale will be held at the City Hotel bio k on Friday and Saturday of this week All per sons having articles to contribute are requested to send them to the place of sale on Thursday afternoon.
 Regular meeting of Baker chapter, Eastern Star, next Tuesday. Election of officers, and a full attendance is desired. The chapter has received an invitation to visit Temple chapter at Manchester next wsek Wednesday evening. All wishing to go please notify Mrs Carrie M. Clark before Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. John Stannis of Bos- ton will make their home in Stafford, having taken the Wakefield house of John Foster on Stafford Street Mrs.