, 1874-07-08
A SINGULAR TRANSACTION.

IL AAau0F Dcuscr& Auu til
my iinWsiHfi-Am Unnatural r,nsi,,
-Dlsa,0aaosty ana Dupl,c,sv 49, ~
A"A-Ahnd-ARcartcd peoplu D~pud,
r ,r., IRON. ne Roston JoHrnal Jt.!v2.
~ ~! e mYh1ofy Attending Tho alleged abduotlo
iyn IN oyy tfea EEoglish from biz homo ia Drool
WHICH raloaenoe was mads iu the ,Jourmai -
Juno ., seotna TO be olearod up at last. ri
, atatement published Of tho time was foun.l+i -
r sao story OF young English. aud created a sen
York aud this city. eNSft1 "a "a'
on tho evening ot June 7, tho Rev, Mr. ron,o
cost, reald'nR Oh fremont street. wos ala, uso
woso ~ motloyg Icy s1yg W.. the Of Foa Euh
clergyman both Of thom being promjnnnt n H. H.
work Of tempersnce. Young English tn,ti y AZ NJ.
nonsecost that he had been kiGnauno1 frnn,
a,n mluutIFn oy partfce in tho employ Of 200 o.
ho and s moter @saaers n o1 that city, against whom
v'os them OF violation Of tho esoisu law. rooard.
ing s. tha sale Of Intoxicating liquor, A'e"A1'
III III story in substance was that his mother
Of tha slacca nha u spot January ass Visited
purchases had Obtained tho most direct eyiieuco
agslnat The SELLERS. Shortly before tha tr;ais -
t4eso lna1, IN April last, it was well known Ihst s
er tho n1s son wore the principal
uetendallta wero willing to sacrifice much to .svo
themselves the punishment which womb ho
nlotea out to shem If they wero oouyctad. Xhont
@ rns Il, +, tasp Apr young English said ho mot two
OUT on an errand to burcher's vhop. ""'to
4na men Asked to 6a directed to n ccrta;r
3 aIfeet3 rll'ch he did, and that aftor doiua hia
t.o Irlaaa 81 TUG b'ltchor'n. aud whlo returnin0
men in ~ .ho nrs nsoamt1r sla aamo men again. Those
their way and asked him to Eot In WITH 1avn tIan
ato snow the wAY personally. He aooulosccd
~ .na roqueae, sud soon after getting into Tia
mant, noa oto ~ o. tao men elappcd haud oyor hia
When ~ lonesome locality made hlm dr;nir
some liquid out Of black bottle, This voa III
that young English could remo,nber. and. ron" ~
seioa n aus sor sia that when he beoamo
could not exactly describe but which ' ho .nns ~
Ioacs was near river, because he conjd liz
tlhetly hear tho noise Of water and tho wIistioa
anoh hrss ss are s nadH by steamboats, He was fe
olso on efeaa aa ae mk and was not allowed anything
Weoke, tue same man who abducted him cams IN
one day and presented an old black bottIe In an
/ poasance identical With tho one from which In
nto Iaen th ns nfat drausht soop after getting
The noxs Engllsh remembered was the, to ,,.
a steam-ear with Que Of bis keepers. who ra' ra'
used to glvohim any Information Of wharc hn W..
'etts taaan: After ride OF aeyerh hours the
tory WAS again brought iato reouisition an hao uo
ore, aud the next English remembaref3 ha VS.
nouse occupied by none othors thnn an nh
m inh sn1 ma w9nap ,ns mho tod him they had adopted
amot Fred, to "Albett." Ho Iiyod hara for r
bont I.2l, two weeks, during which time tha On
ouple+ no said, wera very Suspicious that IN ho
% avare snecs hs escape il the chance oersd
sae1 tsuE rhe Has od dsRsn By them
2 es.1 to have most violent temper, was
p 10Th to punish him on several Occasions !
n5n a5a no naa giyon her suspicious OF having n
n@e nv sao Attempts 10 get away She would hardly
" 10 the BACK door, tho only possible wav ~ I
'roaa to him, tied by string 20 hor anTon .
.anny, on June Z, she inadvertently left tLo
~ y,n,a Oh tanie while 10 hurry to attend tho
y y, dong this English took the koy aud lot him.
II out or the back door. and before sho msaad j
N he had scaled larRe fence into tho gtroat. p'
sash "a. a!te1 getting On tho street he wakod :
use OF the lieV. Mr. Pentecost, h
.nG :, Ia aooyo was young English's story to tho
". Af. fentecoat, sud which, 40 far aa regards
abduction, within few duys has been found :,
ea ahs tess ths boy 1s willtay
= Enghh 9 At Tie time and thought it fis SUB, 2.
i Tor investigation by the police, Ha at onco 4
ltea tue Appleton Temporary Homo, at vhiob a. a.
alehenzIe t IL suporntondent, IN South Dos-
titution. hfr. Mckenzie was told tho asm" fs1
~ W tho boy os had boen told tho Clergyman Y
decided at once to take stepH to sitt tbo mats 4
tnoronghly, With view, il possible, to briug ~, "a
co 10y 1 @oqosots 60 Justice He informed tho ~
ee, nat although everything was done to dis {;
ef Sue abode Of tho old man aud woman Ii
ire English said be hxd escaped from, noth. ~
vas ACCOMPLISHED. The boy soon aiterwar.Ia "
y home to hla mother, who, from what can be Cal
pea, is above all suspicion OF completely in r.!
boy's coming to Boston, and remajnod H. ~ ~
okyn until last Thursday, when be- vaa HlGS
y placed under Mr.. MoKeasie'a ctarQe by a ola;
ing lady temperance advocate OF brooklyn, HI, H.
ecutou iquor-dealors Of Brooklyn. fG'
L the boy being brought back the eecond icar
}, several leading temperance people in this bod
,', neeamo deeply interested in the case and, 5at
gn gh',.me snsr r, ,oFa'ton' St"to with that of Others 81
M to isrTot out the truth Of tho case. Il isse
!ble. He employed Officers darrauehly and aaG}i
l1nR, two OF the most efficient officers to Le =;
u business In oAEneBt
Friday last thay too6 tenn, IN eomnanv lU
young English, with yiew Of visiting J; xasl II
'tles where there might be any buildings 2M:
iseea!one rec fronts, one Of which English told
on 's roy as ysns vfSy ~ G hs prison whe in
eon'a not recognize ANYTHING thora that le ;oao ~
aver seen before. visit was next mno To isnta isns
70 ~ tho vicinity OF tue CotnmDn aud rub. Eala
. sfq1s hs, going to the Rev. lii. Pentooost's Fo.
o nat VAS nut positive. none
oo,khno, brighton. aud Watertown wore mo;
y .,ateu aud tue youth said ho rooogulzad Il
81 p!sces which hc had passed. after ha lad $3.50
'od 's1 from the old couple, particularly tue FoI
"a ie!!ce IN tho latter town, wloro La alan y
% fence he had crossed soon after Ieav, WA
ae houso; From a statement Of the d. "
u u no hau come before crossing this fouro GROSS
esss nh visited ito. pat Of osmSllsa noar p t Wa
RI Colnotery known a. tho +" Aiarsi1. il in. o,dsr.
eu by tho poorer eaAsos. -
ile hora nc pointed out IN old voodon
J, IN sight OF which :hero was nnt . Hons" -.
froostono front to be- ,een. and III, o,ooru
20 began to entortan the lcs tnat l,ia storv Ito
myth. With this suspicion. and tia nsIny, t'enet
say G ba haTn s9a sesa ~ ts done by another
English were UNAWARE Of tLolr nreaan"o osse:
70 ocets and tho boy ietutned to nestoa Fosa
Saturday olcor oarraugnty, III comnanv @ :=
lr. aloKenzte and the boy won't OH u"a5'
same orrand as the day previous. ur Tso,,
aztu had the utmost confidence in ths bnv'a on
anu was highly jubllant at tho prosoet ~ lnonth
lavlnB tho abductDEs undor arrest ma @attaoh @
informed him OF hlY suspicious that tho StE0
y soll falAe story, which hr. MoKenxe pos aSo
decidedly pronounced impossible. F1i16
'rove hls asplcions tho officer sueeoatol > so,
dtiferont road be lakon to Drlghton from n1ont6i
the prucedinK day, whiull was agreed to -
Mckenzie, aud kllo milo ronfi tn IfrIyhtn, --..