The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-21
tNationaI News Association

NEW CASTLE, Ind, March
21.-Policernen and DIR. w. A.
Winters, dentist of this city, are
hunting in an automobile around
Williamsport, o., this afternoon
for the gypsy band supposed to
have kidnapped Catherine Win
ters, nine years of age.
A frantic search is being con-
Quoted today in northern Wayne
county and western Ohio for
nine year old Catherine Win
ters, daughter of DIR. w. A. Win
tiers, a New Castle dentist, who,
it is believed, was kidnapped
yesterday by a band of gypsies.
Four or five automobile search
ing parties from New Castle are
running down every obtainable
clue and Deputy Sheriff Mote of
Wayne county has been assist
ing in the search since early this
morning.
At one o'clock this afternoon
it was announced that Deputy
Mote in an automobile was going
east on the New Paris pike, but
whether he has obtained definite
trace of the only gypsy wagon
in which the child is supposed to
be concealed is not known. At
2 o'clock he had not arrived in
New Paris and he probably had
branched off in another direc-
tion before reaching that town.
Sheriff Bayer and Deputy Mote
were notified at an early hour this
morning that tine child was missing
and were asked to nelp round up the
gypsies. The officials found four
wagons of the nomads near Hagers-
town. They were an evil looking set
and appeared capable of committing
such a crime, according to Sheriff
| Bayer. The officials had considerable
, trouble understanding them but a
search revealed that the child was
not with them. There was a fifth
wagon with the band when they en-
tered Hagerstown but it has disap-
peared. .-
| Search All Morning.
The Newcastle chief of police to-
gether with Deputy Mote continued
the search all morning. The band of
four wagons of the gypsies camped
near Williamsburg at noon today.
They expect to reach Greensboro by
tonight.
| The chief of the camp told Sheriff
Bayer there was no other wagon in
the camp. Both Sheriff Bayer and
Chief of Police /. A. Gormon discredit
the theory that the gypsies kidnapped
the child. They believe she is either
with friends in the vicinity of Newcas-
tie or was taken by some one else. II
the gypsies in the missing wagon are
holding her one of them probably will
board a train and plan to meet the
rest of the band when they are further
along the road, the officials believe.
| A farmer told the sheriff's posse he
saw a wagon of gypsies as described in
the vicinity of Williamsburg at S:45
o'clock this morning. The story was
untrue. it is believed. as every farm
house was visited in the neighborhood
of Williamsburg without finding any
other person who saw the wagon.
The gypsy wagon which is missing
has a gray horse and dark horse at.
] tached to the rear of the wagon, &C
cording to witnesses who saw it 60
north from Hagerstown this morning
Every town within fifty miles OF
Newcastle has been apprised of the
kidnapping and asked to aid in the
search. New Paris, Eaton and Union
tCity were notified from the local head
quarters. The police of this city have
been instructed to hold and search
every gypsy wagon which is found OIL
Ievery wagon in which the child might
be hidden