The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-26
MysteriousIy Returned.

NEW YORK, April % lo(U.
MystcriousIy Returned
Under the caption of "Mysterously Heard
From" a day or two ago asked your attention
to the kidnapping of lad who had written a
mysterious note to his parents from some un-
known place, begging them to discover his
whereabouts and come to his relief and inform
ing them that he had been overpowered and
carried away while transacting business in the
street. 1t was supposed that the boy had been
kidnapped by one of the several bands of
English gipsies that have lately arrived
in this country, and that they
were holding him back in expectation of a con-
siderable ransom being offered. That supposi-
tion was probably not incorrect. Very late on
Sunday night the boy, whose name is Frederick
Bennett, returned to his home, saying that he
had come to his senses in one of the parks of
the city-he thinks Washington Park. He was
laboring under good deal of confusion, and
bore the appearance of one to whom sleeping
potion had been administered. The entire Incl
dent is an extremely murky and interesting
illustration of life in New York.
MIR. Fechter
intended to have appeared last night, but was
prevented by illness. With all the care that he
took of himself, the capricious ups and downs
of the American climate proved too much even
for his good constitution, though it is not pro-
bable that his illness will be anything more
than temporary.
Tho LOtOs Club.
''The Lotos' is the name of a new social club
that has been started in this city within the last
few weeks, and which already owns nearly
seventy members. All the small journalistic
snarlers have been picking at it since it became
organized and l therefore take this opportunity
of correcting any false Impressions that have
ran cd laA al nh ia me mt m ha
composed of journalists, actors, authors,
musicians, singers, artists and men of
business. The latter are the heavy
background for the silver tracery furnished by
the former. The youngest and freshest and
lighest intellects of all those departments are
eligible. The entrance fee is twenty dollars and
the dues are five dollars per month. The club
has already leased magnificent residence at
No. Irving Place, adjoining the Academy of
Music 1t is to be elegantly furnished, and to
be fiited up with readng-rooms, billiard-rooms
bar, restaurant and all the usual parapher-
MALTA of club life. 1t is to hold receptions once
month, and will ere long be
the scene of grand opening reception.
Some of the smartest men and
women in New York. in the various depart
ments have specified already belong to it, and
by the time the first reception is held it will
probably contain one hundred members. Its
design is to bring together the best kind of art
and newspaper people and business people, and
its character will be as far removed from Bohe-
mianism as it is possible to conceive anything
of being Any one dropping in at No. 2 Irving
Place of an evening, will be certain to hear
some good singing and to find clever men and
women who can talk.
Newspaper Removal.
Yesterday afternoon the Sunday Times re-
moved from its old quarters at No. 162 Nassau
street, which it has occupied for twenty-five
years, to No. 12 Frankfort street, Immediately
adjoining French's Hotel. Its new offices COM
pare very favorably with those of any Sunday
newspaper in this city, and brilliant enterprises
for the future are already pending there.
Murder Detectives.
Under the reign of Superintendent Jourdan,
in place of Kennedy, various reforms and inno-
vations are promised among the detective police
Chief among these is the unearthing of MURDERS
O class of detections which, under Kennedy's
rule, was very little attended to. The reader
will certainly remember at least two remarkable
mysteries upon which not a ray of light has
hitherto been thrown. One was the murder of
Mr.. Rogers before his own door, and the other
the 'death" of Mr.. John Spicer under circum-
stances which threw the blame upon quarter
which the cowardly jury shrank from specify
ing Jourdan has been in only week; but
even an older broom that does not sweep better
than Kennedy did would be poor indeed.
ALI BABA.