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Show - z i ; PRETTfHTRTLE FOUND The Vanishing Young Lady Who Was Abducted Two Weeks Ago Found at Ogdon. SHE TOOK EEFUGE IN HOT BATHS. A Most Peculiar Abduction Case in Whioh the Alleged Abductor is Rearrested. Tho whereabouts of Pretty Myrtle Wellington, tho charming seventeen-year-old blonde who was abducted from her home, 025 South Ninth East street, a fortnight ago, are now known. The mystery surroundiug the sti auge disappearance of the young woman is j about cleared, and now there is not much of a mystery to it. Myrtle was in Ogdon and is in a private priv-ate room, where she luul been visited nearly every day by her alleged abductor, abduc-tor, Henry Hotlhoiiner, tho local agent for the Anheuser-Busch brewing association. asso-ciation. I Notwithstanding the fact that i tho police and detectives, who ' wero furnished a description of tho young woman aud given photographs photo-graphs of tier, Myrtle, according to their story, was seeii on tho streets of fcalt Lako and also at theaters aud i other plac4es of arauserueot. These and j other stories of the girl's whereabouts ! were reported to the mother; but as a matter of fact Myrtlo was taken to Ogden Og-den on the night that she was enticed from home by Clarence Eberly, a carpenter, car-penter, who at one time boarded with tho Wellington family, and has been iept in that place ever since. r.-j i.. . i u.. ....v.i:.. on what was going on, and about 6 o'clock Myrtle, it is claimed, was telephoned tele-phoned to make her escape or she would bo arrested. She immediately left tho Lincoln house, a boarding plaee, aud went to tho Hot.Springs, "north- of Ogdon. When Mrs. Wellington and tho stranger ascertained that she had goue, a deputy United" States marshal by tho nanio of "Brick"" Bowman was told of tho escapade and the girl M as found early this morning in a bod at the springs. She was alone, it is said, and after finding that hor scheme had been thwarted, she gave up, and at noon came back to Salt.Lako, with her mother. ' Both went before the grand jury, and the evidence was so startling that Hoff-heinicr Hoff-heinicr was rearrested at 2 o'clock and taken before United States Commissioner Commis-sioner Greenman who increased Hoffhcimer's bond from $1000 to H000. At present the alleged kidnapper is rustling for sureties in company with a deputy marshal. His preliminary hearing will bo had Tuesday Tues-day morning at 10 o'clock. It will most likely bo a an interesting ami peculiar case. Tho girl's conduct is exceedingly strange, and will only be ferreted out by a trial. Hoffheiroer, it is asserted, slated this morning that he would marry the girl, and as she and her mother are not that way inclined, some of his friends now come to tho frontrand say that the girl, through Hoffhcimer's generosity to keep her from any disgrace, was sent away. Judge Powers stated late today that tho defense would prove that the girl was not abducted; that she ran away from homo of her own accord on account ac-count of not being able to get along with tho family. The prosecution which is in tho hands of Lawver Critchlow, is exceedingly exceed-ingly quiet, llo claims that there has been something terrible divulged, which he told tho commissioner could not yet be made public. And tho plot deepens. tion of the facts regarding the abduction, tho girls whereabouts would not now bo known. Last night's Times was the only paper that gave a description of the missing girl, and an Ogdeu rnan, whose occupation occu-pation is that of a gambler, read it shortly after 4 o'clock. It struck him that a young woman who acted very strangely aud who kept herself within her room most of tho time, had apartments apart-ments in tho same block us that in which lie zoomed. As The Times gave Mrs. Wellington's i residence on South Ninth East street, 1 the man jumped on a ear und went to ; tho place. He met Mrs. A. D. Welllng-, Welllng-, ton, mother of Myrtlo, aud Mrs. L. F. Boj'nton, a sister of the missing girl, lie told them of his mission and said that he thought tho Strang" woman at Ogden might bo Myrtlo. The man was stranger and just as he was shown into the parlor a largo water color pic-1 turo of tho young woman struck his gaze. "That's her," he exclaimed iu great jexcitomcnt. "That is a picture of her. She is in a private room iu Ogdon." This was a great surprlso to the fam-51y, fam-51y, and in Mrs. Wellington's joy, she and hor married daughter, Mrs. Boyn-ton, Boyn-ton, forgot to ascertain the name of the jnan who brought them the good news of the missing daughter's whereabouts. ; After two weeks of mental anguish and worrlmcnt of her daughter's strango disappearance, Mrs. Wellington was at once made a happy woman. She immediately im-mediately took a train, accompanied ly the stranger from Ogden, and shortly alter S o'clock they wore on their way for that placo. Mrs. Wellington bad not returned this morning, out Mrs. Boy n ton expocts her and Myrtle in Salt. Lake this afternoon. ' To got at tho facts in the case a reporter re-porter for Thk Times called at the Wellington residence this morning. He met Mrs. Boyuton, an elder sister of 1 Myrtle, who practically detailed tho I above facts. y "Do you believo that your sister left homo of her own accord, or do you think sho was enticed away by lloff-heimerr" lloff-heimerr" asked the reporter. "I know sho didn't loavo on her own will," replied the woman. "lam almost al-most positive that sho was enticed from homo. Myrtlo nover did liko Harry Hoffheimor, or at least sho never would consent to marry him. If sho had loved him, mother would never have , permitted a wedding. He has always wantcil to marry Myrtlo and ept company with hor a great doal. Myrtlo had a fancy for him, but who never loved him. She told mo everything. every-thing. Ho is a man that dresses well and spends lots of money, and that's why Myrtle liked to be with him. She saw that ho was liberal and generous with his money and all young girls have an idea that a man of that kind is a great swell. 'Hoffy' some time ago boarded with us when mother run tho Dovoreaux house, and ho was taken sick. - He would permit no one to wait iipou mm out ivi.yi uc, uun war uckcicu her, as sho thought it was mighty nice to bo loved that way. Mother iinally ' had to tell him that sho did not want him as a boarder. Ho left and has been calling at tho house and taking Myrtlo to entertainments ever since. He has always been attached to licr, but Myrtlo did uot return his utl'eo-tions. utl'eo-tions. It would be no match, anyway. Ho is 30 years of ago and is quito gay, while Myrtlo is only 17. "The reason I havo for thinking that Hoffhoimer got hor away is that he and Eberly were friends, and that neighbors saw Eiberly got her into a hack which slopped at tli o corner of Sixth South ami Ninth East streets on the night Myrtlo disappeared. Eberly called early in tho evening and remained about an hour. Myrtlo followed him to tho door and they wero there about iiftecu minutes. Mother and myself wero plaving cards until about 11 o'clock. "When wo stopped wo missed Myrtlo, and thinking she had just stepped out to a neighbor's wo thought nothing of it. We waited for hor some time and then wo became aroused for a few moments. Mother then suggested that perhaps Mvrtle had gone to the residence re-sidence of ex-Polieemuu Maleu, whose wifo was ill and whoso family wo are quite intimate with. The next morning when she did not return we did not know what to think abuut her strange disappearance. I went to see Mr. Eberly about uoon the sumo day and ho told me he had not seen or heard of her siuco ho left her at the door, but from other parlies wo learned that ho had said sho was perfectly willing to go aud that sho . had a wrap aud shawl. Then we sus- ceted something and reported tho latter to tho police and detectives. The newspapers havo accomplished more for us than all other sources. I havo I icon told that Hotl'hcimer has had outhouse out-house shadowed to seo who came aud went away from here. Ho will soon find out that there is no blackmailing black-mailing about it. It will be to his sorrow, sor-row, for he is a scoundrel; and 1 told mother so the first lime I ever laid eyes on him. He looks like a sneak and is not to be trusted with an innocent girl." Later developments this afternoon show that Myrtlo has been found. She is now. at her home. Her mother and the stranger arrived in Ogden last night ul 7 o'clock, but the girl had flowu. It neems that Hoflheimer was kept posted |
