Show COBA HARTOG ALSO IN KEEPING OF young girl maintains her abductor is not to blame harding talks to reporter tho case came to a climax today by talc return of dr harding and coad hartog to this city ill the custody ot ane officers sergeant returned on the noon oregon short line train from farmington blut the doctor and sergeant WU son got back at p m with the girl the doctor will be charged with the crime of but the girl has stated to the officers that she alone is to blame and that the doctor should not be punished immediately after arriving at the polite station this morning ur harding had a convulsion which was supposed to have been caused by some strychnine lie Is alleged to have taken in his cell 1 night at A box labeled strychnine was found in his cell this morning by the officers but the doctor stated that he did not any of the contents his statement is disbelieved as the convulsions several 0 which he had la farmington last night and the one here are in the nature of those a person has after taking poison tr gleason of attended him last night and eald the convulsions were not caused aiom anything axher han poison from the information received by sergeants wilson and who have been working on the case for days the facts are dr harding went to the bountiful coop co op tuesday morning at 9 and purchased a pair ot bib overalls OTe ralls a shirt and hat and had them charged to him he reached ogden at 3 and met coba on the street and left with hor for the south he was accompany id by his son hurst a booy 15 years of age the first night the trio camped on the saad ridge just north of morristown and the next two nights they camped in the hills jut east of bountiful morning they were preparing to go to syracuse when they were arrested by constable brown of sergeants wilson and left here yesterday morning and drove to syracuse then to farmington arriving there a short time after the trio had been arrested arres teJ ahe doctors son hurst was apprehended but succeeded in getting away A search for him was conducted last evening but he made bis getaway in the darkness A representative of this paper visited dr harding at the city jail the doctor said in substance he is fifty years of age and had bebenin ogden for about three years was acquainted with coba hartog for about two years he left nere last monday with his son to attend to some matters in bountiful and syracuse had received a note from coba and came back here or tuesday As soon as he reached the city be telephoned coba and she said she wanted to see him he met her at the corner of twenty third and grant avenue and she told him that her father had out a warrant or was going to get one charging him with an attempt to entice her away here the doctor broke down and held his face between his hands and when he looked up his eyes were filled with tears but he said why if I 1 wanted to entice her away from home I 1 could have done so when she visited new york me last september or do you suppose I 1 would have driven south from here and gone to all those towns if I 1 sought to kidnap her asked if he thought that lovo had anything to do with the actions of the girl ho looked disgusted aal said why no he said he did not know whether there was any lovo between his son aad the girl because his son was a very quiet boy and never would talk referring to the meeting he bad with the girt at the comer of twenty third street and grant avenue the doctor said the girl got in the buggy and said she was going to go him and that if he did not take her she would go down to the river and drown herself tho doctor said he drove over to twenty fifth street on grant avenue and there his son got into the buggy at twenty seventh street ho urged the girl to get out and return home or that he would take her there it you do I 1 shall go down to the river so the doctor took her along ho became ery angry and agitated when he avas telling of the arrest at farmington by constable blown and se verely scored anat officer for couii manding him to throw up his hands and asking him it he had a gun sergeant wilson who brought the girl back to ogden stated that the only thing she would say about the affair was to take the blame upon herself dr harding Is a man of fifty years of age height about alva feet seven inches and is of slender build he has a light grey beard and his hair Is almost white he has a keen grey eye and seems to be very nervous while he was talking his hands were shaking washington june ac assistant secretary melville W miler of the department part ment of the interior has presented his resignation to the president and it has been accepted in succession to mr miller the president has appointed jesse auson of indianapolis rensselaer ind june 16 jesse E wilson who has been appointed assistant secretary of the interior to succeed melville W miller is a practicing attorney in this city he Is 38 years of age |