The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-06
ANOTHER CHILD STOLEN.
Was Iituc Mary Mastcrsou ConNcd from
Home by Gspsies t-roIiee rhenrIc..

Tho police wcrc notified by n general alarm
lns; evening to look for Mary Master rson. u l,irl
seven y"Hrs old. who had horn Kidnapped in
Ihilad ulphia aud brought to Now York. Mrs.
Ann White, grandmothcrof the girl. with whom
she lived. came hero yesterday aft rno1n I'm
quest OF the child. She said that a few weeks
ago "a woman. ilny-n,o or sixty years " age,
came 10 her house. G3O Charles street. Phila-
dolphin. Mrs. White rcntad some furnished
rooms To the woman, WHO said she was Mrs.
Fanny Brown. widow. Mrs. Brown socmad to
take great fancy iolitlc Mary Mnsterson. Mrs.
Brown appeared 10 be an honest. poor womun.
She was always ~ mt. however. when asked
about her autoccdcnts.
Mrs Brown had livol hu, few DAYS in tho
house when she took woman. whom She in
troluccd as Mrs Mary Emerson. to live with
her. Little Mary Mostnrson attended public
school. and ono evening last week when she
was returning home from hoo she WIS met
10y Mrs Brown and Mrs. En- r-un. who tried to
induce her to ct into street car with thcm
and ride to distant part of the town. Tho
litlle girl refused 80 do so, and told her grNnd-
mother what had happened. Tho Erandm her.
however. thought little about the mattor. Two
duys aiterwnrd. the ,ch Ia not r.turnnE nj the
Mtrmrl uub w MT u tlc Vs. men = rooms g. tell
th'm That The child WIS missing She dis'ov-
~ TINT hoth oi the women had gone. taking
b-Dr riyihng uui 80. To- VITA tn,m. On a..
count oi thepraNIOu~ attempt 10 tnti'c the child
away. the grndnuth,r at once suspected that
the Womgn had now kidnuuped tho child. She
informed the Cnirf Of Police of philudrlphia,
who personally SIT about mvostiuut ing the inys-
tory; The officers of the Prnusylvanin Society
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Children also
assisted ~ tue search. II WAS asocftanei that
nit n ihn Dhild lri the school lnu-" She wis mot
hy Mrs. Brown, who took her 10y tho arm and
id lcr away. Othcr clues wore obtained hy
lhiltdrlphin detectives. leading io the conc lu-
niq Railroad depot and brought to New York.
Can't Copeland of the Nrw York rllier Hs ''r-
tqh.u iaDis which ltI him a. h.lHNr that the
rhid, after reaching New YORK. WAS taken To
bflok yn. Mhrr" II il supposed that She j. Soc
rroted hv Mrs. Brown. II IL thought that Mrs.
Mary Emerson helped in the Kidnapping of
ltle Mary Mastrrsun. and that both ot th. old
women wlo brought the child hero belong to a
band Of eypsics on Long Island. Tn Brookyn
police are aiding In the search. Mrs Erown
IA whose company the littlo girl WIS last surn
Il described - OF medium height wrIukl lti IN
the face with nm abundance Of hrownish hair
knuttod behind. and resembling w .,'
, Inc ltle Eirl had long dark brown hair. light
Drown eyes. regular oval features. and dark
coinIoNion. Her relatives ar" not ahln q, offer
q large rywnrd hut since the Kidnapping %
Charley Ross the Mayor Of lhiadclphla has
promised io oner reward for The recovery of
any missing hid stolen from that city. and Il
j. supposed thut the women who carried the
lItlc EiFi away hppD io Lrt "a reward for rlfurn-
INK her g her friends through confedcrats.
Mary Emerson was arrested ON April Is and
j. still is custody in lhuadcpNia. Tho only
important INFORMATION that She gave the police
was tlW WyNk or two previous o. tAn uhlur-
uuu. Fanny Brown unfui"d o. hrra plan for
goingtl Utah and hiruEth" hoy Tommy Mas
tei 10y tie police Of hiring children O. b,s