Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-31 | Page 11 | Believe Young Girl is Being Kidnaped

BELIEVE YOUNG GIRL IS BEING KIDNAPED Officials Get Busy Over Strange Case Discovered at Ogden. Special to Tho Tribune. OGDEN, Oct. 30. What Ib believed to bo an attempt to transport a young girl about fourteen years of age to China, thoni to become tho wife of some wealthy Oriental, against her will, Ib being investigated in-vestigated by Southern .Pacific detectives. Passengers on tourist car 30S1 of westbound west-bound train No. 3, which passed through Ogdcn Friday, were worked into a atato of feverish excitement over the affair when the train bearln? tho mysterious girl, and two companions, ono a whito woman and the other a Chinaman. ar rived In tho station. One passenger declared de-clared that the trio had acted suspiciously since leaving Chicago, and that she had heard the girl cry out more than once, "My God. will nobody help me now?" Depot Master Cunningham was not advised ad-vised of tho affair until Juat as the train was leaving for San Francisco. After tho matter was reported to Superintendent Manson, the latter wired Special Officer Cardon of the Southern Paclflo to board the train at Montello and make a full investigation. in-vestigation. Passengers on tho samo car after arriving ar-riving here sent a telegram to ono of tho Hearst newspapers at Chicago Inquiring If any report had been made of u- whlto girl being kidnaped by a Chinaman. The passengers also requested the Hearst newsp?.pera In San Francisco to watch for the arrlvul of the party and make an Investigation. According to the story, the girl 1s kept in the background most of the time by her two companions, and Is compelled to wear green goggles, which conceal much of her face. Some are Inclined In-clined to tho belief that tho girl has been sold to poipc wealthy Chinaman by some of the white slave dealers of Chicago.