The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-18
ATTEMPT 10 ABDUCT
LITTLE GIRL IS Fooled
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Fooled in an attempt at abduction
or how the school house janitor
rushed to the rescue. This is the
thriller that caused the people of
Monterey to sit up and take notice
few days ago. The story related of
the affair reads like a ten, twenty
and thirty cent melodrama. The
Triumph Progress says:
The woman, who last January
made an unsuccessful attempt to alb
duct little Rosemond, the foster
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Erickson of Monterey, Martin county,
appeared again last Monday accom-.
panied by another woman and at.
tempted to take the little girl from
the class room by force. The teach
er, Miss Detert, interfered and was
threatened with violence by one of
the women, but pluckily stood her
ground until Miss Lydon and Rusty"
Ewigleben, the faithful janitor, came
to her assistance.
The two women, who were eX.
tremely insolent to the teachers, re-
fused to leave the room without the
little girl until officers arrived and
ordered the child to be turned over
to Mr.. and Mrs. Erickson and even
then attempted to seize the little girl
from Miss Lydon.
Claimed to Be an Aunt.
"One of the women claims to be
the aunt of the little girl, who had
been placed in charge of Mr.. and Mrs
Erickson by a founding home in Min.
ncapolis about two years ago. She
had letters of guardianship from the
probate court of Hennepin county
and also letter of Introduction from
police officer of Minneapolis adj
dressed to the 'chief of police" OF
Triumph in which the officers said that
the aunt, was entitled to the posses
sion OF the girl and that she was
being illegally held. The woman
claimed that those papers gave them
authority to take the child and at
tempted to have them served upon
the teachers by an officer. but they
could not find an officer who would
serve them and concluded to act on
their own hook.
Almost Created Panic.
"They almost created panic
among the little ones in the primary
lOO8H anu SIIOulu nave UeGu dITeSlcu
for disorderly conduct. Little Rose
mond was on the verge of hysteria
Monday night and will be unable to
attend school the balance of the
week
"Thc two women had engaged a
livery rig and drove to the school
house yard and had attempted to
make arrangements with the livery
man TO drive TO Fox Lake i'm case
they should get possession of the
child. The livery man, however in
formed them that the roads were too
bad and they could just as well take
the train.
They left for Fairmont on the
evening train to evoke the law in
their behalf and promised to return
presently 1t is to be hoped that If.
they attempt to pull off another stunt
at the school house like the one of
Monday, they will be met with
more summary reception
Fairmont advices are to the effect
that in the matter of the possession of
the orphan child, Rosemond Serle,
Mr.. and Mrs. Erickson of Triumph
and the legal guardian, Mrs. Carlson
of Minneapolis, met in Fairmont and
settled the matter by the aid of
their attorneys without going into
court The Ericksons were willing to
give bond to provide properly for
the child and to educate her, and this
proving satisfactory to the guardian,
the matter was dropped, as to any
further litigation. The child will now
be legally adopted.