An extraordinary case of abduction came before Justice Marble yesterday. The complainant, a buxom young lady of color, bearing the euphonious name of Phoebe Johnson, appeared surrounded by a number of ladies of her own color as witnesses. The defendant, whose name is B. F. Fyfe, came to this City from Davenport a few weeks since, and has been lounging about with no apparent object in view, but from the testimony elicited in the present case, he did have business of a peculiar character.
About a week ago, Fyfe succeeded in enticing this dark-skinned beauty from her parental home, establishing her at one of the public houses in the city, intending to convey her to Rock Island, where he told her she could make plenty of money and have very little work to do. Her whereabouts remained unknown to her anxious relatives until yesterday, when she was taken home and laid a complaint against her abductor. The testimony throughout was of an exceedingly amusing character. The Justice considered it a plain case of abduction, although it did not appear that the dusky lady was forcibly detained, and bound the defendant over in the sum of $1,000 to appear and answer at the next term of the District Court.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862
About a week ago, Fyfe succeeded in enticing this dark-skinned beauty from her parental home, establishing her at one of the public houses in the city, intending to convey her to Rock Island, where he told her she could make plenty of money and have very little work to do. Her whereabouts remained unknown to her anxious relatives until yesterday, when she was taken home and laid a complaint against her abductor. The testimony throughout was of an exceedingly amusing character. The Justice considered it a plain case of abduction, although it did not appear that the dusky lady was forcibly detained, and bound the defendant over in the sum of $1,000 to appear and answer at the next term of the District Court.
– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862
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