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of the canal. Joined to Noitgedacht is L'Esperance and each estate was 

 divided into four sections of 36 rods each, numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 being on 

 Noitgedacht and 5, 6, 7 and 8 on L'Esperance. Near to Anna Catherina 

 in a little two-roomed cottage, the accused Jugdeo lived with his wife 

 Surat, At the back of that cottage was a kitchen and in the yard was a 

 pepper bush. That was where the child was kept after the first night 

 of its abduction. Just beyond the east side-line dam of the estate were 

 two logies or ranges, and in the four-room range facing the road only 

 two workers on the estate lived at that time — Jacob, and Lewis, one of 

 the prisoners. Thence they reached the drive-way leading to the house 

 which was about 50 yards in and there was a gate which was always 

 closed to keep out cows whenever Mr. Schulz and his family were residing 

 there. It was closed at the time of the occurrence and the child could 

 not have wandered into the Canal. Then they came to the wide draining 

 trench of the estate which was connected with a trench on the east side- 

 line dam. It was also a navigation trench and the water tiowed eastwards 

 on to the koker. About 20 yards up they got to the bridge leading to 

 the house and at that point they were standing on the middle-walk 

 dam of the estate. At the back of the house there was another bridge 

 leading to the coffee logie. From the dam they passed to the yard in 

 front of the house which was tiled. 



News of the Disappearance of Molly Schulz. 



Late on Tuesday night, 9th January, 1917, the news reached the city 

 that Molly Schulz, the three-year old daughter of Mr. John Schulz of 

 the firm of Booker Bros., McConnell & Co., Ltd., of Water Street 

 Georgetown, was missing from her parents' house at Noitgedacht since 

 morning and could not be found. That same night, Mr. Schulz, on 

 hearing of the disappearance of his daughter hurried from the city to 

 the estate, and organised and headed a search party, but with no success. 

 Next day (Wednesday) the search was continued again without results. 



By this time the opinion became ripe that the child had been kid- 

 napped, mention being made of the fact that Sewdin, the driver in charge 

 of the place, had prosecuted and secured a conviction against an East 

 Indian lad for stealing coffee plants, a heavy penalty being imposed by 

 the Magistrate of the district, Mr. H. K. M. Sisnett. On the strength 

 of this report the houses of several persons in the vicinity were searched 

 by the police, no arrests however following. Shortly after the following 

 offer of reward appeared in the daily papers : 



$250 REWARD. 



Missing from her home at Noitgedacht, a female white child 



MOLLY SCHULZ, 



Aged 2 years and nine months. 



Blue eyes, dark brown curly hair. 



The above reward will be paid to any person or persons who may 

 give information that will lead to the recovery of the child. 



