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Show Should ha Looked Up. Yesterday evening, about 7 o'clock, Mr. JoBrph J. Taylor, while coming up the Suit- road, stopped to reat at Howard's, about, three miles south of the city, and was about to Tesume bis journey northward when hia attention waa attracted by the crying of a child in the road. He called to the little one and aaked her what the mattei wan. She replied that he was lost and waa seeking her mamma and papa. To further queries abo answered an-swered tbat she went to St. Mary's academy yesterday, but there being no school she waa reluming home when she was accoattd by a man, who put something into her mouth, told htr to keep quiet or he would kill her, put her into bis wagon, covered her with a sack and took her down the state road, balow ShurtlifTs place, abused her and then left her. She is 12 years old, though email for her ago. She gave her name as Barrett, Bar-rett, and Baid she lived at the rear of the Pacifio house. Mr. T. look her ink) his wagon, and brought her to the city and lo her parents' residence, but neither her father nor mother was in, the latter being out looking for her lost child. j The heartless wretch who would perpetrate so fiendish an act aa the above would indicate, could be but be found, meiita tbe extremeat punish-rccut punish-rccut afforded by the law. |
