Douglas daily dispatch. [volume] (Douglas, Ariz.) 1903-1961, 1926-06-26


for it; if l had it would have been
all right First l asked where the
baby was and they said, I'm the car"
and / said, "well / am in my bathing
suit, / cannot go now, L will have
to wait until l dress. They said,
ooh, no, the baby is dying, that would
be too late" 1 said, well 1 will go
to the tent for my dress anyway"
The lady had a folded coat, some
thing like dark macintosh, on
her arm, with large sleeves. We
crossed the sand toward the board
walk, the man and the lady on either
side of me. At the boardwalk the
lady went ahead protesting her in
tense anxiety for the baby. When
we REACHED the car, the door was
open and the lady was sitting on
the far side of the back seat and
the car was headed toward the speed
way.
@. There was lady sitting on
the back seat of the car?
A. Yes, the lady went ahead Of
me.
@. She preceded you and was sit
ting on the back seat of the car
when you reached the car?
A. Yes. There was a man sitting
back of the steering wheel. can
not state positively, but l think the
motor was running, am not sure
about that. The lady held in her
arms tenderly what seemed to be a
baby wrapped in blankets and was
IN
impossible to reach the child from
where I stood and the gentleman
who stood beside me suggested that
1 get into the car; being in my bare
feet and the child being out of reach,
| was glad to do So / stepped on
the running board, my weight thrown
forward; after that things moved so
fast that it is hard to give an labso-
lutte description-there came a sudden
shove which L presume must have
been from the man behind me, and
1 fell forward on my elbows and
face. on the floor of the car. The
woman unfolded the blankets and
threw them over me covering me en-
tirely, and with her hand under the
blankets pressed something that felt
like a sponge to my face and l
smelled something sticky sweet and
everything grew dark, and I knew no
more until came to myself deathly
sick at my stomach.
@. Are you acquainted with the
smell of chloroform?
A. I hadn't smelled it for many
years, but [ had taken some once
while in China.
@. You wouldn't be able to state
positively that this was chloroform?
A. No, not positively.
Q. Did the machine start right at
that time?
A. 1t must have, I was struggling.
Q. All that you recall is that the
machine at this time started?
A. Yes. The woman had one hand
on the back of my head and one
hand over my mouth pressing this
stuff to my mouth.
@. After you had become uncon-
scious, after this sponge was pressed
to your mouth what is the first
thing you remember?
A. OF being deathly sick to my
stomach, nauseated, and the lady
holding a dish before me- I was
lying on my side. I looked up and
saw this same woman. 1 thought at
first that I must have had an auto
mobile accident and was in a hospital
and 1 asked her where 1 was. She
did not answer me at first. 1 looked
around and saw, white iron bed
which I was ina dresser, a table
and a cot and a window, which was
boarded almost to the top. door
was at my left. 1 asked again where
I was and what had happened. Then
the lady called, "All right Steve,
and two men entered the room, the
two had seen before. The NAH
whom 1 later knew they called Steve
stood at the foot of the bed. slightly
at the right, and the dark man at
the corner, looking G0wn at me.
Then they told mel cannot give
their exact words-but the gist of
their conversation was that they had
planned this for long time and that
this was the first opportunity they
Aad had to get me. L asked them
why they had taken me and they
told me that L was to be kept for
ransom and that they were going to
get that damn temple. I know
get" was their phrase. I became
very much excited and sat up in bed
and plead with them, told them that
I could not be spared from the tenn
pie. They laughed at that. 1 toln
them I could not be spared from the
school and that NV mother would
be worried and they finally told me
to keep STILL After they were gone
got out of bed and went to the
window. I screamed and called. The
woman came in and she was rather
d heavy built woman, put one hand
on my shoulder and shook me and
told me to stop that, but as soon
as she turned her back I called again.
Then they came in and put wad of
white cloth in my mouth and tied
handkerchief tightly around my
face, but they only kept this there
for few moments, telling me that
if 1 screamed again it would be re-
peated. They did not tell me at first
how much money they were holding