Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-20
ETHLYN REED, IL YEARS,
OLD, is SPIRITED
OFF BY STRANGERS
Continued from page 1.

car had a delivery truck body and
were asked if they wanted a lift"
The girls answered In the affirmative
"Ethlyn got in the front seat and
we sat in the back of the truck body"
she continued. I'VE drove on through
Newark and then came to Elkton.
outside the town the man stopped and
asked us If we wanked To get some
walnuts In the woods. We said we
did not and dema nded that he take us
home. We got out and started to run
down the road. We beckoned to
Ethlyn to follow us but she did not
answer. We don't know whether the
man was holding her or not as the
covering prevented us fom seeing her
on the seat.
I'VE started crying and were ap-
preached by two women to whom we /,
told our story. They told us TO walk |
back to the main road the Lincoln
Highway, and stop an automobile with
women in IL and ask to be taken back
home. We stopped an automobile with
man, woman and child I'm IL and
were brought to Fourth and Monroe
streets and then went To Ethlyn's
! home and told our story"
| Ethlyn on the other hand saws that
! they did not drive to Elkton. She de-
| clared that the three girls got out Of
the car Al Newark hut she stayed in
and rode little further on and then
walked back. meeting her friends. She
said a dispute arose over the right
direction back home and tlf~y sep
! arated.
/ II got lost in the woods hut soon
was picked up by n motorst who
brought me TO Fourth and Union
streets" she said THE man gave
me carfare and | found my way
home"
The girls describe the man who car
red them off into Maryland as look
ing like n farmer They could not see
the autos license number "a II was
covered by burlap bag, they said.
Episode Explained.
According to the story told by the
Newell, Hsney and Me Ney children.
the four girls started out for a walk
shortly after noon. yesterday. They
planned to go to Marshalton to visit
relatives of one Of them. At Front
and Union streets they stopped in
store and had some ice cream and
while there in conversation with a
woman, thcy told her where they
were going and she said IL was a
walk of about four miles. The Reed
girl had treated her little friends to
the ice cream. 4 short distance along
the Elsmere road or Union street
, extended and below Union Gardens
, the ford car with the closed top
about the scat and truck body came
. along. They asked the man for a
.. ride and he inquired whore they wcr,
going They told him and he saic
!. TO get in which they did, the fouI
:, climbing into tho rear and stting
there with their feet dangling ovei
the back.
:. They passed Prices Corner and
then started 20 drive along road
none OF them recognized. Tho Ree'
girl was familiar with Marshalltoi
and vicinity and told her companion
she thought the driver of the, "a
was lost She volunteered to sit II
the front seat with him and shoy
" him the way 10 their destination. he
'e friends claim. The trip was resume
s. and after more than an hour Of ridin
through the country none of ther
w knew they became frightened. TIL
oi Reed girl said she thought they wer
e on the road 10 Queenstown. Md The
said they saw many cars with Mary
re land license tags on them ard wer
nj sure they were in Maryland The
lis recalled seeing Delaware College. con
frming the belief they passed throug
IN Newark and later saw a sign readln
ye "E,lkton."
o. Some distance below this plac
while on a dirt country road the ma
stopped and suggested they get SON
walnuts. The girls refused. sayin
they did not want any. The three
on back then jumped out and started
Ii run down the road. They called
Ii the Reed girl TO follow them, but 81
did not, but they could not te
7. whether the man was restraining he
although they did not hear her screa
j. for help. After they got ont and RI
the man drove on with the Reed ri
+. i'm the seat with him. 1t was on tn
strange road they met two wom'
NJ. who told them IL was nearly o'clo,
and directed them 10 a main highw;
ell where they could see many autom
biles passing. They told the girls
Iea stop a machine with women in it al
tell their story and ask TO be taxi
n. home.
lg- The three stood along the road or
ing when a machine stopped with
man, woman and baby in IL. r.
man asked the cause of their tea
a. and they told their story. He sa
o. he would bring them 10 Wlmingto
el They said they passed through FL
,r ton and Newark again and at Four
nd and Monroe streets, tine man let the
ers get out and then Grove on. They d
Of not learn his name or the number
in his car. They said the Ford tru
had piece of burlap hanging ov
the rear license tag and on this burl
they remembered seeing the wo
Chester. They picked It, up to 10
,rly at the license number. but the dri,
shouted a them and they becai
per afraid and dropped the covering.
,ck After arriving home they went
per me Reed girls house TO see if s
~ had returned and there told til
per story. Rumors spread fast that th'
had been a kidnapping and "A
red crowd of people quickly collected
front of the house. The Reed chill
'ent relatives became hysterical, not kno
ing then what the fate of the Iii
girl had been. Some time later
three girls were taken into the co,
Ing try IN an automooile TO see II Il
cor ~ i''"~' ""eie tneS
the Ford truck, but in the darkn
Will they became confused and could
ton Identify any of the roads after pa
ing Prices Corner, so they were
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