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Show I ABDUCTION OF I GIRL BALKS I COURT TRIAL I Star Witness In Papworth Pandering B Case Disappears During Recess I " Arrested at Garfield S. A. King Accued by The Court. ' Salt take City, Jau. 14. Mavjorlo Lock', eighteen years old, u ward of I tho State Industrial school, was abduc- ted In an automobile at 1:10 yesterday afternoon during a recess in tho pre-B pre-B Uminary hearing of Marvin l'apworth beforo Justice of the Peace Harry S. B Harper on charges of having placed B the girl In the stockade fo. Immoral B purposes. The girl was arrested at Garfield late 'ost night by Sheriff -.frsenh C. Sharp. Sto is the jir.rcli'al witness having sworn to the complaint B which charged Papworth with pandor- I lne' B Tho youug woman would not rovcal B last night who planned tho abduction However, Sheriff Sharp declares that he has learned the Identity of the au- tomoblle nnd has obtained evidence which may lead o arrests Monday. Accompanied by Miss Costlgan, n matron at the Industrial school, the I girl came to Salt I.nko from Ogdon, Friday night, and went to n downtown B room I n g house. Miss Costlgan says that the girl only was permitted to m confer with her mother Mrs. Clara V. . I.uck of Tooele. At 10 o'clock yestor- ijij day morning the girl, her mother and IlJ the matron went to the Justice court. f Papworth who has been at liberty" uu- F der ?l,00u bond, and his attornoy, S. ' A. King, nlready had arrived. Miss Luck was called to the stand mid under the examination of assistant County Attorney Ncphl Jensen told the story of her relations with Papworth, Pap-worth, and of Incidents which led uji to July SI," when she Is nllcged 1o have been placed In the stockade up-oa up-oa the solicitations of 1'apvorth. Then she refused to answer questions. Justice Jus-tice of the Pcaco Harper ruled that unless she answered the questions sho would be hold In contempt. Then she asked if she could consult nn attorney attor-ney beforo answering, Justice Harpor consented and Attorney Attor-ney Jensen said that he would nol object ob-ject if she consulted Attorney King. Accompanied by the matron, tho young woman went Into u corridor with Attorney At-torney IClng. The latter took hor to n distant corner of the corridor, out of hearing of tho matron, and engaged in n conversation which lasted fully fifteen minutes. Attorney Advices Recess Ltiijtnlng to i Ik :ourt rosm Attorney Attor-ney King called tho attention of tho court to tho fact that it was 12 o'clock nnd advised that the hearing bo adjourned ad-journed until 2 o'clock In tho afternoon. after-noon. Tho session was adjourned and Attorney King and Papworth left tho eourt room. When Mis Luck, hor mother and Miss Costlgan were leaving leav-ing tho building thoy observed Pup-worth Pup-worth and Attorney King standing on the curb. Near thorn was a black nuto-mobile. nuto-mobile. This mni-hlno occupied by a chauffeur, followed them as thoy wont to tho Hoston eafo In South Stato street for luncheon. BMMBBiaiBBBBKiBii llcpcntedly ns she was eating her luncheon Miss Luck said that sho would not answer the auctions asked her regarding the stockado and thit. sho would not go to jail. As she was leaving the restaurant to return to tho court room she -asked her mother to hold a sweater coat she had carried and stooped ns if trying to tio her shoe laces. Then with a spring sho leaped into tho waiting automobile. Tho engines were In motion nnd bo-fore bo-fore tho matron could ovortnke the girl, tho machine, whisked her south in State street, finally disappearing ax it turned west at Fifth South street. No number could be obsorved on tho automobile and the chauffeur appeared appear-ed disguised. His hnt was pulled down over his eyes and his coat collar turn-od turn-od up so that It completely covered j his chin nnd only a narrow line of his face could bo observed. Matron Costlgan rushed to Patrolman J. K. Hlnton and asked for assistance. Accuse Attorney King. When tho hearing was resumed at 2 o'clock Assistant County Attornoy Jensen and Miss Costlgan of tho Industrial In-dustrial school opcnlly nccuscd Attornoy Attor-noy King, representing Papworth, of having abducted the complaining witness. wit-ness. Assistant County Attornoy Jensen Jen-sen asked that the complaint ngalnct Papworth be dismissed. Tho request was complied after lrobatlon Officer Guurdcllo Urown had sworn to a now pandering complaint against Papworth. Pap-worth. Tho defondont wns arraigned on tho new complaint ami Assistant County Attorney Jensen asked that bonds be fixed at f.1,000. Attornoy King protested protest-ed and the bonds wero reduced to $2,G0O, which Pnpworth furnished four hours after ho had been taken to tho county jail. It wns rumored that l'apworth l'ap-worth Intended to find Miss Luck and marry her, thereby preventing hor from acting ns a witness against him, but Sheriff Sharp warned marriage mar-riage license clerks of surrounding counties. Arriving ntaGurfield In tho nutomo-lillo nutomo-lillo MIsb Luck nttempted to obtain a room at a hotel. All wero filled and us n last resort she went to tho home of Airs. A. Johnson, a friend of her family. Her presenccjhcrc aroused susplclslon nnd the sheriff's offlco wns informed. She wns returned to Salt Lako last night by Sheriff Sharp and locked up In tho county jail. n |