Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-10
LOCAL WOMAN IN
KIDNAPPING PLOT
TO GET DAUGHTER
hrs. Martha Jones, 800 Fifteenth Street
Faces Arrest for Eseapade Ia
GaIesburg.
SOUGHT TO PREVENT MARRIAGE
Young Lady said 70 ee Of Age and
sherif7s Once issues Warrant for
Mothers Arrest

a warrant has been delivered 20 the
sherin's Office IN Galesburg for the ar
rest Of Mrs Martha Jones. COS Fif-
teenth street. Rock. Island. bat who ia
nov At the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. }. H LaHeryy who reside
near Norwood. Ill. on a charge Of kid
naplag Per Is-year-old daughter. Miss
Louise Blayney, a Chicago university
coed. from the home Of II. /. Herring
In Galesburg last Friday afternoon
Rock Island friends Of Mrs. Jones,
wheh interviewed today by an Argus
reporter. stated that they knew moth
ing Of the incident in Galesburg. It
seems that last September Mrs. Jones
moved 10 Chicago, placing her daugb-
ter in the university, taking part Of her
household furniture with her, but still
retaining her desidence in this city.
When the school term ended the
daughter went TO Galesburg 10 visit
q girl chum, Mrs. II. L. Herring While
in that city, 1t is said, Miss Blayney be-
came infatuated with q young man and
they decided to marry this month.
Mother Opposes Marriage.
The mother opposed the plan and
pleaded with her daughter several
times over long distance phone to give
up the idea Of marriage and return to
school The girl persistentIy refused
to listen to entreat{es OF her mother
and her grandparents as we'll AS she
was Of age last December she main
tanned that she had q right to do as she
pleased about IT, Her wits at an end
to Illustrate her daughters plan OF
marriage the mother decided to take
the girl by force With the assistance
of several policemen and her brother.
Frank LaGerty. she went to the Her
ring home and forced the girl 10 enter
an auto and drove her 20 the LaIerty
home. where. It is said she is being
kept at the present time.
The girl Is a daughter by Mrs. Jones
first marriage to e Blayney. The
mother was married again to ". D.
Tracey. q prominent horeeman of
Galesburg They were divorced. Mrs.
Jones came 70 Rock Island about four
years ago and has made her home here
since. She was married the third
time to David D. Jones in this city a
little over three years ago. During her
residence in this city her daughter has
lived with her here. The GaIesburg
Mail gives the following version Of the
kidnapping
THE sherih's force today hold a war
rant for the arrest Of Mrs. Martha
Jones of Rock Island who participated
IN what is declared TO have been a
daring kidnapping Of her daughter,
Miss Louise Blayney, Is years old and
8 Chicago university coed. from the
home of Il L. Herring, 888 South
Chambers street. late Friday after
noon.
miss Blayney was Immediately
whIsked out of the city IN an auto
mobile Today she is being held at
the home Of her grandparents. Mr.. and
Mira J. H. Lafferty. who live near Nor
wood Her mother is also there
Police Assist Her.
''1drs. Jones. the former wife Of W. /
D. Tracey. & local horseman. appeared /
at the police station Friday afternoon /
and appealed to Detective Frank /
Thurman TO assist her in recovering /
her child Detective Thurman. acting .
chief during the absence from the city
of Chief Of Police Mathews. dispatched /.
Patrolman Swickard to the scene. Mr. /
Swickard stepped into an automobile /
Mrs. Jones. her brother,
Miss Mary Mackin, police matron. ana +
driver OF the car. go doing II appears
that the police unwilling ly fell for a
clever ruse 70 give ia proceeding the
OF sanction Of the law.
When he stepped into the car
PatTolman Swickard asked: What am
running up against here?' Mrs.
Jones replied: 7 an tust going out to +
get my child and wanted to have an