The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-09
SAD STORY OF
A YOUNG GIRL
Lured From Her Home
Then Deserted.
LEFT HERE WITHOUT FUNDS
Boulevard Residents Come
to Girls Aid.
Pretty Hazel Howard Induced to
Leave Abingdon Ill Home and
Come Here With Man She Hardly
Knew--Finding No one Home at
Brothers House He BOARDS a
Freight and Deserts Girl-The
Tale.
LEFT HERE WITHOUT FUNDS
Boulevard Residents Come
to Girls Aid.


Illinois, and then deserted by the
young man in whom she placed her
confidence to such an extent that she
left home and friends to go with him,
is the fate of pretty little Hazel How
ard aged 16, who is today at the Will
liam Yochum home, 429 Boulevard,
awaiting word and money from her
father to take her back home.
The girls story is an unusual one.
She claims that young man known
to her as Pete" made her acquaint-
ance in Abingdon and often came to
her home. He induced her to leave
with him and together they skipped
without taking any of the girls
clothes along, on Thursday afternoon.
They went to Chicago and from there
took Erie train No. for this city,
Thursday night. arriving here Friday
morning. They went to the Waddell
home, 431 Boulevard. where the girls
abductor claimed his brother lived.
Waddell, neighbors say, has been
working on the Pennsylvania as a fire.
man but for the past week he and
his wife have been away
Disappointed at not finding any one
home the girl and the man sat on
the steps for several hours until
were drawn to the place
by the girls crying. ner abuuctor,
whom she called Pete, and whose last
name is supposed to be Waddell, said
that the girl was his wife. The girl,
however, is such a tiny creature that
those to whom the story was told did
not believe it, Later Waddell told
them that she was not his wife and no
relative of his. About a o'clock a
Hooking Valley freight came along
and Waddell ran over and boarded
1t without as much as saying goodby
to the girl he had carried away from
her home. Hungry and penniless and
without friends to aid her the little
girl sat on the steps and cried as
though her heart would break. Kind
women in the neighborhood came to
her aid, learned her story and took
her in afterwards notifying the police.
She told them that she had eaten
nothing since leaving Abingdon
Thursday afternoon except a dish of
ice cream pete" bought her. He
was also without any money the girl
said. At least he told her that.
The authorities today sent tele-
grams to Abingdon notifying the
GIRLS father and it is expected that he
will send money for her to return
home or else come himself to take
charge of her.
When interviewed today by n Mir
ror reporter little Miss Howard said:
mo, / was not unhappy at my
=, 10 mo
have no mother; she's dead. You
see, Pete coaxed me so hard to go
with him and told me we would have
such good times. i did not want to
go but he coaXed so hard that / went
with him.
He treated me alright. No, he
didn't promise to marry me. ! guess
did not think about that and neither
did he. He told several people | was
his wife and we thought that was
funny | don't know where we were
to go finally and what we were to do
I'm sorry that / went with him and
I'll never leave home again."
The girl cried as though her heart
would break when she concluded
Though those with whom she Is stay
lHB ptlltNt lldt 10 SiNeNNh
of age her appearance is more like
that of a girl of ten or twelve and
evidently her knowledge OF the ways
of the world Is not much greater than
would be expected of girl of ten
Captain Bond and other officers Of
the police force made n determined
effort to locate her abductor last night
but failed to do so and 1t Is believed
that he has made good his escape
The police learned that the girl and
the man came here rom Chicago in a
day coach.
He was described as young man
of not more than 10 or 20. He was
dressed in a blue coat with light
striped trousers and wore felt hat
with a hole In the rim. His appear
ance would not indicate working on
farm near Abingdon.
Neighbors know little or nothing
about the Waddell family on the
Boulevard although they have lived
there since early In the winter.
1t is believed that pete" Waddell
intended to stay at his brothers house
for while, passing the girl off as his
wife until he had tired of her. Find
ing the brother away upset his plans