St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-02-01
Jas. Swetman is Arrested in
New Orleans and Jailed.
Charged With Abducting q
Young Telephone Girl.
Declares He Knows Nothing
Of 1t and is Innocent.

New Orleans. Ian ~ Y.s ov,.A
man cnrs;da,.a g rs o. q 8.
IN, s'.s - sns slna1.ess
.1Au lnleA II the country, = IN jail
mere being held for the Bogalusa
aathorities on charge OF abductin.
pretty Bonnie Gnyetta 8 ,a,ann;a-s :
onar..a, e az. -. s.-',s s. 80, s soasP1oie: :
pe,-so. O's.ne ois iuRDef town, and
at tne same time Henry Guertner, OF
So 3 eagle, carpentAr tatan
~ akgo-between for the man ana tne
girl 8
Il I 6liphed Away Snlh1dav.
All Bogalusa ii sexcitAd shout thee
disappearance OF the feleDhone rirl
Her father, who ID 1 sawyer IA one
Of the biz mills there. and her moth
er, are griof-stricken. IS. II
How she slipped away On Sunday
morning il hard to say. hut ahe
got, away, an, Furthermore. the no.
lice cannot find her nov. though II
Is believed that Bonnie IL now N
route to Beaumont. Tex. where Swek
man was going to serve q General.
superintendent Of onasof the biz Kir-
by lumber mills. S..
Swetmaa. who will be remembereds
here - the man who was Quite !
factor in the w. w. Care Lumber
Mills, serving for ten years. and a.
terWArds identified with other lumhc,
Interests, Was for i lona time IN Bo-.
sGAluaas His work Wea appreciated.
but aeemiAaly 9Wetnaan.: Who sras Il
1 xnAl43il1 II r =, s.. 3oe . "a 1oIlly iel
the telepho 10 eirl, whossao but IL.
yeara OF aee and about ayYn0nth ACC
no offered his resignation. The luns.
bsr folks would not accept, and pre-.
vailed upon him to remain . month
longer. He gave up his work on
Tuesday, saying that he was going
to the Kirby people.
Guertner was over there, too, ard
he seemed to be quite friend ~
Swetman's, and on Friday he helped
Swetman pack his belong nes. 1'ha4
night Swetman and his wife lef.. for
this city and went to the house 2Ol2.
Jena Street. and have stopped taere
since. Guertner came here, too, and
he had 4 rendezvous with Swelman
for yesterday afternoon. In trying
to keep that appointment, al tho Mon
teleone Hotel. he was taken BIZ Ne.
tectives Schefier and Glynn In the.
lobby. and when they searched him
! letter written BY the Guyette girl
was found On his person.
C3uertner Had Letter.
That letter was To- Swetman. 1t
asked him 10 aid her IN getting away.
and hintad to the old love affair.
when Guertner was asked as to how
he rot that letter he said that SWEET
man gave II to him a. he was pack-
INC his effects
i ..Kean II for me-, said Swetman
.non,t lat anv one have IT,,
pafnra the denarfnra AZ Swetmnn
and HE wif. and Gnertner there was
soma ~ rossin hintinr that Swetman
+ 81 M h.I the Gnvetta rirl 81 hts house
and +h.t l1r. avatman had discoyer
al 1 the - canni. IN
,ras ~ -,ra dis.nno.rad from Rosa.
Ines Wh.rn. she went to when she
r,. cama hare has NOT been learned
sw.fnan savs that Ne did not see
her. and Gnerfner insists that he has
= - .eeS hor ana Mrs gwetman also
- - - % thst al. did mt catch sight Of
AZ teionhnre nY,eratnr.
.AAI nstsat;.,..a ach.ffIor and fslynn
..rS -, surdsv That the girl was
ne e fnr @ tha RoeaInas authorities
..,as.' ns..' i. +o,,rh u,;th s,,nerintandent of
ns,.ea nsne - pov,sn,S. .o 80 teliirr hin, az the
diaannearance ana the connection Le-s
tween swetman and the girl.
An Here ON sunday.
There was ! theatre party SUNDAY.
aftarnnon and the detectives had. it
that the girl was to be at the show.
The tip was late. and they reached