South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-01
Mrs. WithereIL
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Rescued California Woman
Gives Graphic Details of
Her Abduction.
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II seemed that everything turned
red and then I couldn't see at all.
lie mad thrown me down on the
IloOr VI the car when he started 10
CHOKING me ane -.as unconscious
Ter some time.
: reganed consciousness a little
while later and laid still in the bot
TOM OF the car trying 10 make up
lay mind what 20 do. From the
7 conversation OF the two men /
Z learned that We were driving to-
ward Vernon.
decided 10 make one more try
I 70 get out. Slowly and cautiously
reached the lock on the side of
( the car and opened the side door.
quick as a flash 1 hurled myself
out feet first and was clear of the
machine AL but my neck and
shoulders when he grabbed me and
/ struggled to get me back in the car
| Loses One Shoe.
| Il kept kicking and screaming all
the time and some place along the
. llne 1 lost one Of my shoes. I tore
I the side curtains Oft the side OF tn
machine IN my fight TO free myself
and l fought him desperately.
Then he chOked me again. nv
GOD! That awful feeling that comes
over you when you realize. that
man Is choking. you 10 death and
your life is going i did not know
anything more till We got out some
place and then We had stopped be-
cause they blew out a tire. They
mad stopped TO fix it. Then 1 came
10 and laid still.
| The next thing knew we stoned
alongside of another machine. Then
0hey pound me hand and foot. Then
they took the belt off nay coat and
Strapped my ankles with It and tied
my hands behind my back with
some kind Of rope. They threw me
i In the bottom OF the car and Fioyd
Carr drove il. The other man got
IN the second car and trailed along
behind W.
As near as 1 remember now-it
GO much like a horrible dream and
II IS hard TO collect my thoughts on
some OF the details of the wild ride
1t was at Huntington park that
the tire blew out
Fought Desperately.
After we got TO where the other
machine was and they began to
strap me, ! fought desperately To
set free. They choked me and
slammed me against the car door
so hard that it hurt my neck and
shoulders. 1 am afraid that my
shoulder is dislocated, it pains me
so dreadfullys
Everything was dark when ]
finally came to my senses and We
were driving. driving. driving did
not know where.
Il was chilled with the cold and
nearly frOze as l lay stretched in
IN
Rands and feet tied
4 kept quiet. 1 could hear the
noise of the other following us.
AS l lay there in the bottom of
the car, l thought OF my baby-my
darling little baby - my husband.
my father. L wondered if they
knew what was Detailing me. L
shuddered as | thought that I
might never see them again.
1t seemed that we never would
stop. Then, after a long while, IL
seemed like an age of eternity-yve
slowed down some place and came
70 stop. They talked to me then
and told me not To be afraid that
they were not going TO harm me.
Family is Rich
we got you because we know
your family is rich and has plenty
of money and that they will paw
some OF It 10 get you back the gray
haired man said. Now you just
keep quiet and don't make any out
cries and you viii be all right. When
they pay US a reward we will see
that you are safely returned to your
nome. But not till then. We're /
not going 10 hurt you. so you don't |
need 10 be one bit afraid. We're |
going to keep you here in this little
place until we get the money. so
make up your mind 10 make the best
or II and no harm will befall YOU, /
Then they united my ankles and |
turned me around so they could un-
fasten the rope from my hands 7
was so sore and stiff / could hardly |
sit up. The raised me to the seat |
and all the time kept telling me
they weren't going to harm me and I
not 10 be afraid.
1T was very dark and could (.
barely. make out the form OF \ Iittlo
shack in a clearing along the trees. /
They lifted me out Of the car and /
when I tried to stand up I couldn't |
l was so weak and cold.
Pains I'm Neck.
Il couldn't hold my head ND on
account Of the awful pain In my
neck and shoulder. caused from the
hurt ! got when they hurled me
against the door Of the car when
tried to get away. They took hold F..
Of me. one on either side and they
half carried me as we walked to- I
ward the cabin.
When we got inside they asked
me IL L wanted something 10 eat. T.
But / couldn't eat-I wasn't think +
Ing about eating-ny darling baby
/ only wondered If I would ever see,
my precious baby again. and nv
husband and dad.
'One OF the little rooms in the /
place they said was where I was to 4
stay. They said I would have 10 4
stay there until my folks paid the 4
reward that they would demand (
They told me that I would not be .
permitted to leave the room under I
any circum stances. They took me
In the room and placed SOME food
before me. but 7 wasn't hungry.
When they went out into the (
other room Of the cabin they bolted .
the door and told me 20 be uuiet and /
take things easy. u was dark and F..
] CROPPED my way 10 the only win /
dow In the room. 10 find Il was
nailed up with heavy wooden Stats
I realized that I was a prisoner
can you imagine my feeling as a 7,
prisoner in the hands OF two strong
men I had never seen before.-mav- /
De 20 be murdered. II all seems Ike |
a night mare, al awful night mare /
Dozes i'm StupOr.
And finally I dozed off IN 70 q g,-+ 4