The evening world., 1888-05-14
ABDUCTION CHARGED,
John B. Murray Said to Have Been
Stolen from His Home.
His Wife Says His Sister Agnes
Is the Kidnapper.

washington square, Broke Open thu
Door and Took Him Awny in n Uurriar.
MIR. Murray Is Old and blind and III.
Wife Young and Benutiful-He IL Of IN.
"Murray Hi" Murrays.
Mr.. John b Murray, after whose family
Murray Hill is named, has disappeared from
his home at 10 Washington place. His wife.
who reported his absence to the police. as
serts that he has been abducted by his sister
Agnes, who lives in Connecticut.
MIR. Murray, who is very wealthy. used IN
be a prominent Wall street banker wears
age. lie is now over sixty years old. Twenty
years ago his wife died, leaving him child
less, and since that time until two Years neo
he lived the life of a hermit In the second
story OF his four-story brick house at "a
Washington place. The basement and front
parlor he rented to DIR. Frederick Leiss.
His sister Agnes, who has never married.
lives on n stock farm in Connecticut. She
was called there lady Agnes" She has
had access to the house in Washington place.
In 1886 Mr.. Murray took DR.. Leiss, his wife
and daughter Felissa for tenants. The
daughter was n very tall, handsome brunette
and twenty years old. Mr., Murray fell in
love with her and proposed marriage. DR..
Less says he was very much opposed to his
daughter making what he called q sacrifice Of
herself. but his wife favored it. Miss Felissa
also favored MIR. Murray's proposal.
Bronson Murray, of 25s West Fifty-second
street, the old mans brother, and his sister
Agnes opposed the match The opposition
did no good and the marriage took. place.
Mrs. Murray's friends say Mr.. Bronson MUIR
ray, pleased with the ~latter's devotion to her
aged husband, finally became reconciled.
Lady Agnes, however. was unforgiving. and,
it is said, claimed that her brother was being
made the victim of people who conspired to
get possession of his money.
About six months after his marriage Mr..
Murray began to grow weak, and in a short
months ago he became blind,
Last Saturday morning Miss Agnes Murray
called at the Mercer street police station and
told Sergt. Douglass, h was in charge,
that she wanted IA policeman to 90
TO No. ID Washington place with her. she
said that she wanted him to prevent any
breach of the peace, as she was going
to get her brother out of the house.
She represented to the men at the
upon her brother similar in nature to those
prac:ised upon, Lawyer Marsh by Ann
O'Delia Diss Deba".
Sergt. Douglass told Policeman Kiornanto
90 with the lady, and the two went over to
Washington place,
There Lady Agnes asked the officer toI
break in a door leading to her brothers priI
waite apartment, but this the officer said he'd
TO the statiun-house. M
This morning Mrs. Murray went to tho
Mercer street station and there related td|
Sergt. Clark what happened at her house
Saturday after the officer left.
She said that Lady Agnes went to the house
with four men, forced the door to her hus4
bands private rooms and then seized him
and carried him to a carriage in
minute husband, Lady Agnes and all were
gone
Mrs. MURRAY said that she would get a wri.
of habeas corpus this morning. She was id.
formed that her case was one for the courts,
and that she must procure u warrant for the
arrest of Lady Agnes or get out o writ of ha-
beas corpus for the recovery of her husband
before any active steps could be taken by the
police.
Sergt. Clark says that Mrs. Murray and
Bronson Murray appeared loath to secure q
warrant for the arrest of Lady Agnes, chargfl
ing her with abduction, because of Their
family relations. and that this morning they
were lowering around the Mercer street sta
ton undecided as to what course to take.
A friend of Mrs. Murray asserts that Sergt-
Douglass, of the Mercer street station. was
present in citizens dress and saw the whole
proceedings of the abduction.
He was led to believe old Mr.. Murray and
the young woman represented as his wife
were not married and that Murray was being
robbed of his wealth by an adventures. For
this reason he did not interfere.
Sergt. Douglass could not be found by an
EVENING WORLD reporter this Afternoon. but
this story was denied at the Mercer street
station.
Mr.. Murray's wealth is said to be very |
great. and that rel. estate be bought years
ago quadrupled a large fortune.
MIR. Bronson Murray was seen this after.
noon at his residence by an EVENING WORLD
reporter. He said This whole affair i
what Agnes is doing, She lives at Fairfield.
Conn. She has not been recognized by the |
rest Of our family for years on account of her
peculiarities; She seems to delight in max
"She opposed my brothers. marriage with
Miss Leiss, as did we all. because we thought
it was a sacrifice on her part. But the rest OF
us have come to and esteem Mrs. Murray,
because of her devotion to my brother.
Agnes told the officers that the Leiss family
are Spiritualists. but that is not true. They
are an admirable family. No language can
express the devotion with which Mrs. Murray
nursed and cared for John, to her own dis
comfort many times.
There was an officer in the house at the
time John was removed dressed in eitizenfI
clothes. l greatly blame him for not intel:
fering. was not there myself or l SHOULD
have, put a stop to the proceedings. Ou{
family. greatly disapproves of Agnes's act.
think II an Outraged"
Mrs. Murray has consulted with ex-Judge l.
Parker and will proceed at once against
Agnes Murray for abducting her brother.
Mrs. Murray said to a reporter My nus
band has been blind for the last few weeks
and Agnes has been worrying him continually
until he said to me one day Don't bt
Agnes in. Keep the door locked Last sat
urday morning l went ont shopping, and
when l returned about moor a policeman wa,
there. He said hat he had been called
in to help remove Mr.. Murray froIs
the tn b h9n"e' MIS- AsneS A, Hnd s 9 snisaa
were there also. | told them they should
not take him, but despite my efforts they 60.
him away. l told Agnes she must stand ing
consequences, and she said she was prepares
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