The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-02-06
GIRL KIDNAPPED
| ON HER WAY TO
DOUGLAS SCHOOL
Winsome, Comely Miss Of Fourteen
Years Disappears With
Man.
MOTHER IS FRANTIC WITH
GRIEF OVER OCCURRENCE
Chief Fuller Traces Girl From Tirie
Leaving Home Locating
Her in Paducah.


has been missing from her home at
405 Walnut street since 1 D. m.
Wednesday when she left home pre-
sumably TO resume her studies at
Douglas school.
Prudie has been kidnaped--of this
there is no doubt-kidnaped and
taken from Illinois tc Kentucky by
her father for immoral purposes, SO
alleges her mother, Mrs Matte
Hughes Lee.
Mrs. Lee related horrifying story
yesterday afternoon TO represeE-
tatiye OF The Bulletin.
She said she came to Cairo just
before Christmas from Paducsh
where she has resided for the past
several years. Her second husband,
Archie Lee whom she married. some
few vears ago following a divorce
secured in 1906 at Elizabethtown,
ILL.,, from her first husband, is an
employe of the Singer Manufacture
ing company. Mrs. Lee said that
her husband was kind to his step
daughter, in fact extremely indulg-
ent and there could be no reason
for he. daughter leaving home on
his account.
Mrs. Lee said that when she was
granted a divorce from her first
husband that the court issued no
decree in regard to which of the two
should have possession of the child
who was then six wears of age. On
account OF having to make her own
living following the divorce she had
permitted the husband to keen tue
girl. However. having heard last
winter through Shawneetown friends
that Hugnef was compelling the
child 10 tread dangerous paths ire
quentng blind tigers and question:
able places with him she last Feb
ruary went up to Shawneetown aud
by ana with the consent of Hughes
secured possession of the girl. She
brought her home TO Paducah, When
she got the girl she learned from
her that she had been brutally beat
en-, her lower limbs showing bruises
where she had been kicked, She had
never been in school one DAY.
Hughes later on appeared at Padu-
cah and began to annoy them APP
| pearing at the home and hanging
around ostensibly to see his daugh-
ter.
Finally they, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
with Prudie moved to Cairo where
Mr.. Lee obtained employment.
Mrs. Lee said that she had APP
pealed for assistance to Chief Fuller
SAYING that she was poor and had
no money to pay costs to employ
lawyers and detectives to find her
child whereupon she was informed
by Chief Fuller that the question
of money did not enter into the al
fair as the poorest person in all tho
world would be afforded all the pro-
| lection within his power. The
chief promptly traced the young girl
step by step from tho time she 'efs
home Wednesday. traced her in conf
pany with a man walking through
| Douglas street about | o'clock past
the school but never entering the
building. Learned OF her getting on
the evening Paducah train with the
same man, whom he later found out
was the girls father. He traced the
couple tc Paducsh and yesterday
located the girl at QUESTIONABLE
house on Trimble street. He then
notified Chief Franklin of what vas
necessary in the case but could not
suggest an arrest until it vas
learned beyond doubt that the girl
had neen taken from one state 10
anothe- for immoral purposes wh.en
would bring the matter within tue
jurisdiction of the Federal authors
ties for violation OF the Mann Act.
Miss Hughes is aged fourteen
years, weight about lilo pounds, full
face. brown eyes, brown hair. five
foot three inches in height, plump
figure and exeeedi5gI prepossess-
ing. Sne was dressed when leaving
home in a long grey coat shot with