The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-16
SEARCH LAUNCHED
FOR MAN ACCUSED
IN ABDUCTION CASE
14-Year.0Id School Girl Leaves
Parents Home to Go With
Stranger
LETTER TELLS OF ROMANCE
Alleged Victim Tells Parents
She Is Married and Has
New Dresses
LETTER TELLS OF ROMANCE
Tribune Special Service)

New Leipzig, N. D., Nov. 16.-A
search extending over several states
for 14-year-old Freda Friesz and a
man charged with abducting her has
been instigated by G. Liebert Crum,
Grant county states attorney.
Freda, daughter OF Sam Friesz,
farmer living a few miles south of
New Leipzig. disappeared Nov. 2. Hav-
Ing gone to the home OF a neighbor
for visit, she left the neighbor's
home in response to the honking of
an automobile horn about 3 o'clock in
the afternoon.
Taking only her memory book, ac-
cording to Crum, Freda got in the au-
tomobile. which was parked in q
grove near the farm home, and drove
off with man.
Drove Tan Automobile
The automobile is described as a
tan machine Of Lincoln make, prob
ably two years old as some of the
paint is worn off, with rumble seat,
trunk on the rear, and a Texas IL
cense. A filling station attendant In
New Leipzig said he learned the
speedometer on the machine was not
working when he filled the tank with
gasoline that day, according to the
states attorney.
Crum has been unable to learn the
identity of the alleged kidnaper or
what his business In this district was.
The states attorney believes the man
attempted similar KIDNAPPING In Mott
last year but failed when the girl he
had been talking to changed her mind
about going with him. He was seen
in New Leipzig for q few days last
fall, Crum said.
Found Unsigned Letter
Some time before the girls 6sap-
pearance, Freda'S older sister found
an unsigned letter which purported to
come from Bloomfield, Mo. In It q
man described himself as being "a
years old, tall. slender, with dark
hair, blue eyes, and light complexion,
and whose mother operated an eight
room rooming house on Fourteenth
gested that Freda could come and
work at his mothers rooming house
and "have a real good time"
On Nov. 6, at 2:30 p. M, there was
mailed in Dallas, Tex, letter to the
girls father. The letter was in Freda's
handwriting and stated that she was
married and had q number Of new
silk dresses; that she was very hap
py; that her husband was very kind
to her; that he could sing and play;
that he did not have to work be-
cause he had plenty of money, and
that he was going to get work after
a while and they would settle down
in some little town In Texas.
Called Him 'Englishman'
She described her husband as tall.
slender, with dark hair and blue eyes"
and said he was an "Englishman."
The girls brothers say that In her
family, where all speak German, they
generally refer to person who does
not speak German as an Englishman.
In her letter Freda said she was
going to be a mother.
Crum has communicated with po.
lice officials in both Bloomfield and
Texas and they have instituted
searches for the couple. The Bloom
field chief of police informed Crum
that he knew Of no such rooming
house as described in the letter
Freda's sister found, but that no
would conduct an investigation.
Freda was In the seventh grade and
attended one Of the rural schools
near her fathers farm.
| A charge Of kidnapping against tho
man has been sworn out by Mr.. and
Mrs. Friesz. Freda has several broth.
ers and sisters.
Acquaintance Was Short
! Crum believes the girl had but q
short acquaintance with the man,
probably only by letter, before she
left with him, since the stranger had
not been In the New Leipzig district
much before. It Is remotely possible
that she met him last fall when he
was In the New Leipzig district for
few days.
Freda is described as q quiet, In
dustrious, hard-working girl who ap-
parently was happy at home. She IS
five feet, three inches tall, weighs log
pounds, has brown hair, blue eyes,
and speaks German. When she left
she was dressed In a blue overcoat,
white stockings, black shoes, pinh
dress, and q white tam hat.
From the descriptions In the let
ters and from persons who saw h:ni
the man Is about "a years old, Ea7
dark hair and blue eyes, IS slightly
above medium height and slender
and wore a brown suit.
Authorities at Mott made an IN
vestigation q year ago when ne Is
reported to have attempted an alb
duction there, but failed to learn the
mans name, what his business was.
or where he resided while there.
Any persons having any informa-
ton on the case are requested "a
communicate with Crum at Carson
the Grant county seat.