The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-10-09
CHILD ABDUCTION.
The Romunc- nt Crime IN HoNton-..h ; HID
Stolen 10 furnish II SuHHk Couple With
MI LIsir.

Tho Rotnunc- al Crime tn Ho~ton-..A ;hiih
Stolen 10 Fu!n:sh II NouHE CnupIp With
M LIttr.
Every day there crops out M incident
in real lito with rs much romAHcc and
crime in it rs The most sensational novel
can develop. A clso Of child abduction
has taken place in Boston, attended
with cruelty, inhumanity and aTariciOus-
moss, compared with which tho cele-
brated Charley Ross case dwindles into
insigniGcance, aud which for several
months has been smothered from pub
LEFTY in the community in which it
occurred. The affair 10 unlike the Ross
case in the particular that the child was
stolen for service in n pecuniary trans.
action in which it is presumed that q
handsome sum was realized by the ab.
duction.
II seems, says Boston paper, that
about eight or nine months since there
came TO this city from California q gon-
tleman and his wife, who were ap-
parently on a pleasure tour. Whether
or not there existed n previous &C.
Quaintauce is not material, but it is GER
tain that very soon after their arrival in
Boston they became very intimate with
ono OF tho city physicians, who, in turn,
became the chief principal i'll the Nbduc.
ton OF m infant child, aud then hastily
fled tho city in company with tho gen
tIeman and his wife just alluded to. 1t
seems that this California couple we're
III md need OF baby, m apparent of.
spring OF their own, in order to secure
the full title to Gu immense property,
which was to follow il there was an
issue OF their marriage within n certain
specified timO. The matter Of obtain.
tanning this apparent heir was intrusted
to tho physician, and under the prob.
able stimulnnt Of n handsome reward he
did not hesitate to commit a crime
which involved his immediate aud con.
timed absence from these parts il he
would escape n criminal prosecution.
Fortunate for their plans, at about the
time OF the advent Of these California
parties to Boston neat and respectable
American girl made M application to II
Boston physician, and obtained through
him permit to enter Il lying-in hospital.
BY some means or other this fact be.
came known to the physician who in.
mediately sought the girl 10 soon TO be.
come mother, md persuaded her TO
undergo her confinement at n private
hospital. The proprietor Of this private
institution, it is scarcely necessary to
add, was also handsomely rewarded, and
when once the young girl was safely
housed sho mud her offspring were at
the will and mercy Of the physician.
4 beautiful hoy WA soon born, aud
after the physician bccamcsatisded thOt
it was sate to take it from its maternal
parent, he intimated his purpose to the
young mother. It is said OF her, and to
her credit, that Rbe seemed to love the
little one with even moro than n
mothers love. She chung to her OF.
spring as only true woman call, so
that all efforts to persuade her TO have
it sent away and taken care Of only
alarmed her Tho moro lest she should
lose it altogether. AL pleadincs md
threats to induce tho Young mother to
part with her child were III vain, and
finally it was resolved 10 change the
tactics. To carry ont the plaus which
had TINS iAr been commenced it was
absolutely necessary that the child
should bogot possession of immediately.
The doctor now urged the girl to allow
him to take the infant down to hotel
in the immediate neighborhood, where,
he slii, its presence was necessary in
order 10 certify that certain la,iy there
Ind given birth to q child. When tlliS
could be accomplished, tho physician
said, the child wIul.I bG returned to her,
After considerable persuasive argumciii
he young l. other consented to the LOAD
OF he- child for tho purpose named.
The physician agreed to return the III.
FAINT within specified time, but up to
the present tho mother has seen nothing
OF her infant or its abductor. The
California couple disappeared ut the
same time.