Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-05-19
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Jennie Mintons o1 near RyAA ap-
psared before Jastice 0softo os Lis
ter on Thursday Of last week 10 an
sMer to q. charge of, Abducti6A pre-.
fered against her ~ &. n, Qoh1 Of
Hopkinton. After Z hearing before
Justice Lister, and pronise IN the
L part OF Mrs. Nintoo} to allow the
inine-year-old granddauxhtsr u re.
main in the custody of the Etlhdfa-
thsr, II. = = Goss, the chArKea tsre
dismissed against the dateAdAnt.
The incidents In come etion With The
kidnapping Of the little girl Afo re-
lated IN an item taken from the
Hopkinton Leader OF last week and
are a. follows: s " s,;;s e
Much excitement was occasionei ii
local circles yesterday wh1n the
report was spread that Virginia Car
ter, 8 year old granddaughter 0s r,
E. Goss, had been spirited away by
kidnappers. Fortunately, II, WAS pos
sible to get an. accurate line upon
the parties who took the girl away,
the legal machinery was brought In.
to action; and the girl was recover
ed late last night at the Mangold
home near Ryan, where she had
been taken BY her grandmother !, on
the maternal side, Mrs. Jennie
Minton. 3 3: 5a,: (; sJ. ,3.i ,.s
The history OF the case necessi-
tates the relation OF the following
facts. Mrs. Minton Il the first. wife
Of Mr.. Gross, but they have been le-
gally separated for % years, and
both have since married q second
time. Virginia ifs the. child Of their
daughter, whose tragic: death; In
Chicako viii sbe .Focalaad BY many In
| this community: The child has been
living in Ohio, In the home OF her
father's mother. Last !. week FTMr.
Goss went to Chicago TO meet Viz
.ginia, who was to- become mem
Der OF his family, for an indefinite
time. They arrived here last Sun
day. The former wife, 1t appears,
+ had been making an effort to- secure
possession of the child, but was un-
successful. It was the express wish
of the father that she should 90 to
the custody of Mr.. Goss. %.
:. Yesterday Mrs. Minton telephoned
over with request to see Virginia.
Mr. Goss was away, but his wife
readily granted the permission, and
stated that she might come to the
house for the purpose. Mrs. Mtnton
declined to call at the house but re-
questsd that the little girl might be
allowed to go down to the road.
where she would peet and talk
with her. Apparently the kidnapping
had been planned. for the woman
came over In an automobile, In COM
pany with one Of the Mangold boys.
tThey left the auto near the Bowers
residence and proceeded to the Goss
resid ence in "Socialville" by foot.
There they met Virginia as planned
and induced her to accompany them
back to the auto. Fortunately there
were parties who noted their depart
ure in the auto, and when Mrs. Goss
after q brief time noted the absence
of the girl an alarm was quickly
sent out. Mr.. Goss was located and
Immediately got in touch with the
county attorney, the necessary pa
pers were prepared and in company
with Sheriff Pentoney the girl was
recovered and is now In the custody
Of her grandfather. Gy =,
Virginia Is bright little miss OF
the most ladylike appearance, with
winsome ways that appeal to all who
have seen her. The sympathy of the
community, will, to q person, be
with her and her grandfather, R.. q.
Gross, and all hope that there will
be no question as to who shall have
custody over her. Mrs. Minton has
been in the vicinity of Ryan for Q
considerable time, where she has
been employed as .housekeeper. :.
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