The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-21
Little Catherine Winters Daughter of Dr. w A. Winters
Newcastle Dentist, Is Believed to Have Been
Kidnapped BY Band of Gypses and Carried Into
Wayne County-No Clues Found AS Yet.
SEARCH ALL LAST NIGHT AND ALL TODAY
Deputy Sheriff Mote of Wayne County This Afternoon
Started in the Direction of Oho-Four Gypsy Wa
gons Searched But the Fifth Wagon of the Band
Not Yet Located BY the Officers

ages of needles. in her efforts to win a
prize. Her parents were loath TO let
the little cir go. but finally gave con-
sent
Just how many homes she visited.
and in what section of the city is not
known. About IL O'Clock she was at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. II.
Strong, corner of Broad and 9Th streets
and made the remark that she must go
home soon, as her mamma told her to
be home at noon. The last definite in
formation of her being seen was at
noon when she was noticed on Broad
street, where Dan Monroe spoke to
her. near the Pentecost grocery. going
east, which was in the direction OF
home, the family living at 311 North
Sixteenth street.
Band Of Gypsies.
At this identical time a band of gyp-
sizes, occupying FIVE wagons. was pass
ing through the city. and they were
halted in East Broad street, at Six
teenth street, just where Catherine
would turn off of Broad to go home.
The police had given the Gypsies or
ders to move on, even before this halt
was made. and after watering their
horses they drove east in Broad street.
after asking the direct road to Dayton.
Although it is believed that all the
Gypsies had left the city, there are
persons who insist that they saw two
of the women in Indiana avenue. near
Eleventh street, as late as 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. Not far from noon two
of these women entered w. Fl.
Strong's saloon and were Immediately
ordered out.
Search Begun.
Although Catherine did not return
home as she had been directed to do.
no especial uneasiness was felt until
6 o'clock in the evening. when the doc
tor returned home from his Office. Dill
gent search and inquiry being fruitless
of results, the Gypsy gang was thought
of, and the general opinion was that
this furnished the solution of the miss
ing girl. Police aid was invoked. an au-
tomobile secured. and at seven o'clock
Dr. Winters and Patrolmen Williams
and Sam Ives started on the trail,
turning east on the Hagerstown pike.
Coming up with the main body of the
bang beyond Hagerstown, the wagons
were searched, but no clew to the
missing girl was found. and all the
gang denied any knowledge of having
seen such child.
A count of the wagons revealed the
fact that one was missing. and 1t was
ascertained that this one had turned
of the main road near Millville and
drove south. On receipt of this infor-
nation Sheriff Kirk and Chief of Po-
/, lice Bouslog started. at o'clock, in
the direction of New Lisbon, fnforma-
tion having come to headquarters that
a wagon answering the description had
driven east past the Lake Erie and
Western station in that town. This
| trip was barren of results. Kirk and
Bouslog returning at midnight, and at
once leaving on another road to re-
new the search.
At 2 a. m. DIR. Winters accompanied
by Patrolmcn Williams and Ives left
| on a second trip TO the gypsy camp
east of Hagerstown. They were not
satisfied with the first trip and were
not sure that the Wayne county OFF,
cials would catch and hold the four
wagons of gypsies. They expected to
corral the bunch about daylight and
make another search. IL was raining
hard when the second trip was be-
gun.
At 11:30 y. m. Chief of Police Bous-
log, James Mccormack. Claude STAN
ley, and Charles Fletcher left in an a.
tomobile for a second trip in ana
around New Lisbon, Dublin and Cam
bridge City. They intended to drive
over other roads not traversed on the
first trip by Sheriff Kirk and Chief
Bouslog. They were on the hume of the
fifth wagon which turned south at Mil
vile and which wagon was seen in
New Lisbon. This wagon is painted
white or has white covering and had
1.-TWO horses leading behind. This is the
wagon that is thought to have the
Winters child.
Guilty Conscience.
1--WE haven't got the child; we don't
know where she is" exclaimed one OF
the gypsies when DIR. Winters and the
police first approached their camp,
east of Hagerstown last night. This
remark was made before they were ac-
cused of having the child, thus show
| ing that the gypsies did know of the
missing girl.