Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-08-22
ABDUCTED BY MOTORISTS
YOUNG GIRLS TESTIFY
Detained Overnight in New
Jersey Town


serious charges made against Herbert
Sheppard and Albert Millichap, two
prominent young men, when they aD
peared before Magistrate Coward at
the Central police court today for a
hearing, but as the more serious OF
the crimes charged was alleged to
have occurred in another state, the
prisoners were held for enticing mi
nor children for immoral purpose, and
bail fixed at $500 in each case. Spe
cial Agent Ambrose, of the United
States department Of justice, was on
hand, and it was stated that both the
men will be prosecuted under the Mann
white slave act. 1t was further stat
ed that the New Jersey authorities
will also take action against them.
The girls are Gladys Chetwood, il
years old, of Sixty-ninth street and
Glenmore avenue, and Laura B. Hoff,
II years old, of Willow street, Frank
ford. The girls declared that the men
had a revolver and threatened them
when they arrived at an inn in Berlin,
N. j., and that they were afraid Of
making an outcry for fear of being
shot.
After the hearing the Chetwood girl
tainted and had to be carried to an
ante-room where she was treated by
Police Surgeon Wanamaker She sus-
tanned serious injury in struggling
with her assailants. The arrest Of
the men was brought about through
William P. Hess, stepfather of Gladys
Chetwood, who was said to be hairess
to an estate left by a grandparent in
Elizabeth N. ].
Hess said that his stepdaughter and
Laura Hoff were returning from their
work at 2 o'clock, when they met
Sheppard and Millichap in a motor
car at Thirteenth and Market streets.
"They asked the girls to take a
ride in the automobile" he said, "but
they said they would have to tell their
parents. They first went to my house
and asked my wife, saying they were
only going around the square, and be-
fore my wife had time to object they
were off. Then they went to Miss
Hoffs home and Gladys introduced
Sheppard as her brother. They saij
they would only be gone for a few
minutes. The first / heard of Gladys
whereabouts was at 1906 Sunda.
morning when I received a Telegram
stating that they had a breakdown
at a place named Berwyn, and 1 saw
that the telegram had been sent from
Media. | now believe that the me,
telephoned the message to Media tt
Z throw us off the track With the spe
4 cial officers of the Thirty dis
trict | visited roadhouses around Me
dia, but heard nothing At o'clocl
! Sunday night the girls came home, blu
denied that they had been harmed
"They were further questioned ant
I confessed and then we found thu
Gladys had an appointment to NEE
] sheppard and we allowed her to keel
1 t., but had the police on hand and al
rested him. The police then went t,
! dillichap's garage and arrested him.
I Gladys Chetwood testified that the.
/. I'D not known the young men befor'
hey met them at Thirteenth and Mar
ct streets Saturday afternoon.
! eve did not want to go out of thu
1 city," she declared, land objected
! when they took the machine to th'
ferry. They said they were going tt
! visit an aunt, and that everything
would be all right, and that We would
soon return. We went from one place
to another. They stopped at two diff
ferent places, but we remained in the
car. / believe they were trying to ge
rooms at the places, but l did moi
know it at the time. Then we went "a
another town, stopped at an inn and
the boys drank real beer, while Laura
rYSI. Al.