Show LOCAL LOC 1 I H 0 ato ER fil FROM erom SATURDAYS DAILY A warran warrant was issued yesterday by judge mckean on the complaint of col 0 de a overton receiver of the land office in this city for the arrest of jas jaa P F woodman john W morehouse and wife and mr mra H A lewis lemis for the abduction aad secret secretion lon lom of his daughter alice overton As near as we can learn the particulars wo 0 miss mibs alice overton a sprightly y beautiful girl of nearly seventeen years of a age ase e impatient of the he restraints mchome and aud he the strictness wl with h which she was treated there being of a romantic thirn turn of mind left her fathers house some time early in october and iema lema remained ined concealed in this tha city for several weeks her I 1 place of residence during this period was unknown tf to her hei parents who were anxious for her safet sadet yand V and instituted inquiries in vain to ascertain her whereabouts hereabouts the first definite word they received f om her was waw a letter dated and mailed at omaha in which sherold them not to search for her any more ac and asking a remittance of money this letter col overton has since sinca ascertained was whitten written opre fire atre and also that arrangements were lade nade do by one of the parties against whom ha be has complained forit to be transmitted to his daughter daughten ia bi this city it that arter alter being secreted in this city for several weeks miss overton was carried to echo in a buggy and put aboard the carh cars in the carte care of col wall and was by him taken to york the justification which is urged by the parties engaged in thus spiriting her away is that her homo home was an unhappy was ill treated by her parents and ind bhe she was dissatisfied audd and desirous estrous to go elsewhere and ithai sympathy for her prompted them to 0 o aid in her deliverance col overton denies this he thinks it bad enough for himself and wife to have their daughters stolen without having in addition their characters in maligned aligned they were strict and exercised proper parental restraint upon heir their daughter the colonel says but nothing more and id he hb adds that had bad beke there not been improper means used with the young xoung 1 lady ady and influence been boen at oung brought to bean bear ar upon hebby hereby a person whom he did not suspect at the time but who vas in the pay of the principal in ln the tho abduction she would hot bot hll hil have 0 become dissatisfied and lefther left her hec home there are ard as usual in such cases two sides to the question those who have helped the gar girl 1 away have good reasons they assert for doing so sd colonel oven Over toru tort denies these reasons he has hal brought us the aM affidavits davits of two persons who have been beed in his employ to rebut the charge of ill treatment instinctively we feel inclined to respect parental authority our training 9 h bas baa strengthened this feeling in this ca community the abduction of a a dau dan daughter ahter is viewed as avery every grave offense and tee the reasons must bet bei very strong indeed to justify such a proceeding those reason if they exist will doubtless be made plain at the tri aland until then the public can reserve its decision territory of utah city eity and of salt lake J SS mrs mary ann hall being first duly sworn according to law upon her oath says that she Js is acquainted with ith G B 0 overton and that she in hs pamily family as childs nurse for over ovet twelve months commencing from august 1870 irio andean and continuing as such childs nurse up to id september 1871 and during that time she waa was not a witness to or does bhe she know bf any ill treatment on the part of mr or mrs overton towards their daughter aiice alice 9 overton verton alice seemed tobe to be dissatisfied and she zhe was made discontented at home by mrs H A lewis lwis and that she does dots not sot know that mr overton ever abused his daughter alice while I 1 remained jn in his family di or af at any other othey time timp J mank mark aint ain r llla subscribed and sworn to betone before i e me m 0 chis day of november A D territory of utah 0 city and county I 1 SS i of salt sait lake J ai mrs margaret A moyle being feigt first duly sworn upon her oath says that she lis acquainted quain ted with G B overton and andi tai fai amily nily and aad that she lived inar in mr Overt Over toils oha ons family from june 1869 to Janu january dry kry 1870 1 I do not know of any ill treatment ori ozi the part of mr or mrs overton toward towards 4 thelt daughter alice overton but buts on the contrary while I 1 lived there their thein treatment towards her was as kind and affectionate aa ea a daughter could desire alice confided in me and used to tell me her secrets and ind I 1 never heard her complain of any M ill lii ireat treat ment from her parents mangan A moyra subscribed and sworn to before me thin thia aoth day da of november nove anber 1871 mim vim WM P Ar appleby united states commissioner rs lus I 1 for the the tho third judicial district of bf utah territory i thirn third D DISTRICT corot yesterday tho case caso of patrick va non suited this morning mr snow reported that he had filed the returns called for 0 of jeter clinton whereupon mr clinton waa was discharged charged by order of the court court adjourned unell until monday morning doming i 10 |