A MODERN" LOCHINVAR.

Evening Star, Issue 14987, 21 September 1912, Page 8

A MODERN" LOCHINVAR.

William Edwards, a young Oklahoma man, lias perlormed a feat which recalls the romantic episode with which the name of young Lochmvar is associated. William iidwardss aunt, Mrs Edwards, needed a hired grirl, but could not find one. "That's easy: I'll get you one,'* said William. So he mounted his bay horse, rode 10 miles into Muskogee, with Charles Martin to help him if he needed assistance, picked up Minnie Simpson. 15 years old and good-looking, swung her to the saddle-bow before him, like Lochhtvar of old, and bore her away to his aunt. True, Edwards and Martin" are under £IOO bond on a charge of kidnapping the girl, but they do not seem to mind, and Minnie says she is satisfied with her new job. Minnie Simpson lived in Muskogee, and her mother was planning to place "her in a convent. But Minnie disappeared. Her mother started a. search. A story was told Unit two boys were seen to ride in from the country, pick up a. girl on the street, swing her up on one of the horses, and gallop out of town. The mother of the missing girl swore out a warrant for the arrest of the two men, charging kidnapping. Edwards was found at his aunt's home. Minnie also was there. She refused to. return to Muskogee or prefer a charge of kidnapping against Edwards and Martin.