New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

ALLEGED ABDUCTION OF bOSlON pOi'
A CASE IN WHICH GOVERNOR BUTLER Is INTER-
EsTED-THE LAD TRACED To THIS CITY,
The singular story oil the mysterious disappear
anre of n Rosion lad. under clrcumstances which
hi. naTeuts TO believe that he has been abduct-
ed was related to Inspector Murray a !, ,Ss
inspeetor and the aid OF the police Of this city IN
yoked by Edward +. Nayin. the father of the lad,
who is an iron moulder of Boston. MI. Navln SAID
his son John E. age twelve left his home IN Boston
oa April 49, Since then nothing has been seen or
heard from him although vigorous search was
made IL was learned that he told schoOlmate me
CAV he started that he going TO Iowa 10 Visit
some relatives in that State. The CONDUCTOR OF
the train which he left Boston SAID that Tue ooy
had a ticket to this city and except that he only
had 81 30 in money. He left the tram al the Hfaho
Central Depot. His relatives III Iowa state that he
MIR, Nayjn is one of the plaintiffs in suit for
damages against the City OF Boston and the boston
and providence Railroad for $40 900 governor t
Butler is the counsel for the plaintiffs ana ne
is 40 confident of baving strong case that ne
took char 20 of ii witho ~ retainer. On january
2S 1888 Mr.. and Mrs. Navn, their sou Johh an
aunt of the boy and cousin were In car[laso lot
lowing q funeral through the streets vi p 0i
While crossing the track of the Boston anu rIo'i
depce Railroad their carriage was run INTO Dy
train aud its occupants thrown to The ground ana
all of them received severe injuries Inc boy Joiiii
was especially injured being knocked sCnSess say
blow on the head. His friends ana counsel s ssS
that he has never,ful recovered his reason; MI,
Navins theory that the boy has been spireu a"S ~
in the interests of the defendants I'D tho sun -, n
says nartlv confirmed by letter which he received
On SATURDAY. and which he showed to Inspector
Murray The letter reads as follows!
Mr. NAyIN: Your John is dead and there Is no use
In vour searching for him any longer you 40 not pc
heve this go No. 76S Pmlip-st, IN New 10rs ana
Won will receive proofs of 1t. ONE WHO Knows
There is no snch street as Phip-st. in TINS city.
Inspector Marray sent out description of the
missing boy and directed the police 10 look for him
He has dark brown haIr and eyes, is of stout ouid
and has large scar or his forehead received nj the
tine of the accident He wore u dark suit ana
blue cap.
BURGLARS AT WORK IN BROOKLYN.
A thief entered four houses on the Hill in Brook
lyn on Saturday night or Yesterday morning, erect
the house of George W. Hendricks, No. "A Fort
Green-place, he stole slIverware worth SoO' ~, A
silver TEASPOON worth 81 was secured nom tne
At No. As Fort Green-place, the house OF John II.
White silverware worth $50 was stolen ana from
place, silverware worth $50 was also taken.
Other residents OF the street caIelully
counted their spoons yesterday. sup
posed that this the same thief whose work has Deen
bafflinc the police for some weeks. He has operated
In rows of houses in SchermerhOrn, Livingston ana
other streets. His method of operation includes
warming his feet in flannel to prevent the nose
made by his shoes from being heard. lie tests az
the ware he finds by breaking IT, and II is plated
he leaves il behind him. Special efforts nave Oeeh
made to detect him, but without avail. IN one
house he was heard yesterday morning by woman
who summoned a policeman through a District LEI
epraph call. The policeman did not ind the thle1
Ii was reported to the police that on FRIDAY
sneak thief entered the house OF Arnold kreustler
No TG6 Berkley-place BROOKLYN, when the nan door
$ $,s 1s'' 0''D' "-D ''''' ,..
The First Precinct police were informed yester-,
day that between April Is and 20 the rooms OF
Charles W. MORO, on the second tioor OF No. 33i
Bridge-st Brooklyn, were robbed of clothing aud
jewelry worth 5000.
niece of black silk worth 500 was stolen from the
store of Joseph O,Brlen & Co., at Nos lol TO lo9
Atlantic-ave., Brooklyn.
On Saturday the store of Richard Hoffman, No.
900 Broadway, Brooklyn, was entered Nv thleVes'
who stole quantity OF dry goods worth SSZ.
Yesterday morning plate of glass was broken ID
the show window IN the shoe store o lsador kus,
no. 553 Broadway, Brooklyn. and shoes worth Sl9
were stolen.
FIFIY-SIX NEW SNAKES IN CENTRAL PARK.
"Haye Won any new features in the menacene
this spring 7" inquired a TRIBUNE reporter OF gu,
perintendent Conklin, OF the mehagerie al Cehtrai
Yes. we have just got in some big snakes
pythOns about fifty s. x OF them III all some are IN
my office for haven't any cages for them YET.
Come in > and Mr.. Conklin led the way 10 his room
on the main floor of the old Arsenal Several rough
looking pine boxes with suggestive breathing holes
bored in the top and sides stood in row near
the superintendent desk. AS Mr.. COnkln I'M
locked and threT back the cover tGere were So Gs
OF them azIy raised their heads to gaze al the H.
trnders. ,y,, At,
ConkliD. g They are from a region ABOUT thrty
miles north of Calcutta, India The largest is
twenty feet long, and the smallest ~ leet' hey
have been here few days only. There are Others
in the CarniyOra Building, but we
haven't room for all. | have made requsition for
material for cages, but it takes some time to get IT.
Very thick plate glass is required, as the SNAKES
would break the ordinary kind by pressing against
it,"
In the Carnivora Building, just outside the Arse
nal there were two cages of pythons. One OF them
had cooled himself top OF the wooden case IN
which the gas stove STOOD and others were coiled
on rests in the upper part of the cage. Now, Tom.
let's get in that tub of warm water while we have
the chance" said Mr. ConklIn TO the keeper. The
keeper was badly bitten in putting the pythons IN
the cage the superintendent said but their bite
is not poisonous. The pytbOns belong 10 Carl Ha-
oenback the great German dealer III Wild animals
who is now on a visit TO the West"
A TYPE OF THE EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE.
A largely attended temperance meeting was held
Yesterday afternoon at the Masonic Temple, Grand
st. BROOKLYN. The principal sneaker was the Rev
w. &. Steele. president of the New-lork Last
Methodist Episcopal Conference Temperance So
ciety His subject Truth IN the Bal
ot-box.o His main point was that a
man should vote according TO the dictates OF his
conscience. For his part he was strictly opposed 10
high license. low license, or ang other KIND or
license for the liquor traffic and could not vote for
In Aneyil should never be licensed. " Let no man
receive your Vote he said, that is not pledged
heart and soul for the cause of temperance" lie
warned his hearers not TO trust politicians, who
all needed to be dipped deep in the coral caves OF
old ocean TO get their impurities washed away.