New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-06
Frank Barnes Charged With
Kidnapping two Young Sleepy
Ego Girls. Trio Arrested by
sheri6 Julius At Brainerd. Eva
Writes Poetry and Marion
Wishes to Become a Waitress.
County Attorney will Prose-
cute the Case.

Sleepy Eye girls figured prominent
part was brought to an untimely and
rude close when the heavy hand of the
Law fell down upon the three princi.
pals, who were arrested at Brainerd
last Friday and when brought to New
Ulm we're locked up in the county jail.
Frank Barnes, an old soldier aged
Ga, was arrested by Sheriff julius on
the charges ofkidnapping Eva Isaacss
aged II and Marion aged Is. Both
girls are the daughters of Harris
Isaac's the junk dealer of Sleepy Eye,
who preferred the charges against
Barnes of Marshall, MINI. The
warrant was handed to the sheriff,
who in company with County Attorney
Erickson left for Brainerd last Fri
day, where the trio had been located.
The girls are said to have left home
on Saturday Aug. 26. On Thursday
Chief Ridley, OF Brainerd, received .
telephone message to detain three such
people and they were found near the
Atlas mill where they had rented .
house.
Barnes and the girls we're appre-
hended and lodged in jail awaiting the
coming OF the officers from Brown
County.
The girls seem to regard the whole
matter % . joke and referred to old
Barnes - grandfather.
Visiting the jail, the girls we're not
disposed 70 talk very much with the
Review representative, although they
were in humorous and jolly frame
OF mind. Both have dark, sparkling
eyes and are rather handsome with
their long curls clustering on their
foreheads. Eva said in substance.
We didn't exactly run away with
Barnes. We knew him long time
ago aud used to steal his pies when he
lived in Sleepy Eye. We left that
town on Saturday and went to Mar
shall where We found Barnes. he
paid our fares to st. Cloud on the
Great Northern and then to Brainerd
on the Northern Pacific railway. We
sts yed at hotel in Brainerd when We
got here Tuesday and went to tie
shows. Mr.. Barnes then rented a
house and bought some furniture and
Ne moved our trunk and satchels ir.
81 came up here TO write for the
newspapers and the Womans World
I've got lot of poetry in my trunk
that 1 have composed at different
times and l thought I could make
some money like that and get to be
famous.
Marian confessed that she don't
write poetry like Eva, all she went to
Brainerd for, was to see If she could
get q Job in q hotel. I'VE really
didn't run away with Granddaddy
Barnes. We just met him at Mar
shall and went with him." Both girls
laugh at the kidnapping story and
N axe fun of 1t. Marian claims that
the romantic idea of going to Brainerd
Was conceived when some weeks ago
Mr.. Barnes visited at their home IN
Sleepy Eye. On that occasion he in
81 dentally made the remark to Mr.
IL aacs, that he intended to leave Mar.
shall and make Brainerd his future
ho me, also mentioning the date Of his
pros pective departure. The girls at
o:ce agreed to go to Marshall and
join Mr.. Barnes on his trip to
Brainerd. They arrived in that city
Tuesday of last week and remained
In the city hotel until Thursday,
seperate rooms. From
there they moved to house rented
BY Mr.. Barnes as mentioned above.
Mr.. Barnes who was also inter.