, 1874-07-15
A PHASE OF TIE LATE CRUSADE,
Another Chapter tn tho Freddy En-.
g., :, Eltsla Kidnapping C.,xu.

Another Chapter fn thc Freddy En-
Eltsla kidnapping Caxe.
f,on the Nsso l;ork iIor'd.
OF July Inst, md loft behind him tho following
letter, telling now 10 kidnapped his son:
"sArunnAY NIonr, July 4, 1874.
ANNA: by tho time yor, got this I aflall bo
nwRy from this dod-forHRlten country, In which
! have Aad nothing but trouble and loar nothing
but cant md hypocrisy. I owo you an axpana-
tion about tho part took In the eyonts relatiro
to Frod. 1t IL to you and for you only that
doign to confosH, for would not mark QUO
world besdoa. Whcn you first commenced tho
raid l waa not aware of It, and l,w1 I
boon I should Aayo shown yon what a
foolish, quixotfo atruHglo it wonla bo for ono
won,all, poor aud unknown, to battle against tho
whole rum lnsorost in, . great city llko prools-
lyn: After you hal gathorod your. first casos,
and Oil tho Monday when GrAham oBmo to mo
to go to work, 1t was tllon, nj .you know, I was
made awnrc for tho frat time that yo. wore OIL.
gagged to prosecute suuday yiolatora Of tho E1-
to prefer charges, could not 90 out, but had j..
Blay ht home to mind tho Children. You hud t.
10 tito next dny. and WON'T: When you told mo
YOU had stood thero alono amid tho 1onrs and
1ibas If tho crowd Of non aail nothing, hut /
felt It: On tho Thirsday tho Hano thing was
repeated, augmented by throat to Shoot you.
/ t1on mado up my mind that would put
q, stop to nj. but at, tho aane tlme I
did ,not wish you to know, III I. knew
you would not oonHont raIlow -, 7 also wished
to go mud arrange it, that no bla: TAG tho OYER
throw Of tho complaints could bs "seli,.,,c ,vnu
or the boy. aud, az there we're twovt iH brs u :
brought up tho next day (Fr1aay), H.. III Ht;;
to follow Fred wlon you sont htm to thu au
day or two, thtnkng that the cascs when called
ant1 the witnesses not appearing they would be
dismissed. came home TINT night lato. II you
rome1nber, and did not mention Fred's uano till
yon ~ aToke Pike mo IN tue ), morning, telling mo he
AnnA, for tho pan and. anguish hayo cauaoa
you through It, did it With the soils notion Of
saving YOU and the boy from those terrible orcats
at the Excise Board I; and had those aolf-styled
temperance women done their boanden duty by
would noyer liave happened. WAS determined
that tlis thing should not go on, and am not d
man to shrink from any. moanB to accomplish M
ond. mot the boy colning home. I took him
ndjonrncd tho caaes. 'nstoad Of tholr being dis.
missed, aa I certainly calculated on. I found
that ! might ~ we'll be hung for shoop
as lamb, 80 still detained him. And though,
your auuguiah and DISTRESS Of mind maae mo
waver tn my purpose, yot when / looked at the
whole thing aud tAs state wo wero In, tho timo
1t would occupy to so through thoao abomi-
nable casos, your family neglected. your life
threatened your nane q by-word, your homo a
desolation, hardened mJ heart thiAking that
ny way Of getting you out Of tho foolish.
cruel, was the bost. ] wrote the latter to ease
your mind, that you thought came from Fred.
sont him to Boston, and told him what to 10
l1lndor fear and threats). because I found lhat
son. I did it all, and what has anybody got to
do With it7 Not tic ladies' surely. They made
catspaw OF you. aud aftor you pulled tho
chestnuta out of tho fire they ate them and
gave you the huslta. You. may think
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