The record-union., 1891-03-21
A KIDNAPPING CASE.
EXPERIENCE OF A WEALTHY CITI-
ZEN OF DETROIT.
Two Masked Men Spirit Him Away
and Endeayor to Secure
Ransome.
Special 10 the REcoRD-US1oS.

Special 10 the RECoRD-UNIoN.
DETROIT, March 2O.-Joseph Perrien,
proprietor of one the largest Touring
mills in Detroit, and half-millionaire,
was called to his door by stranger last
night with message purporting to come
from an intimate friend who was re-
ported as i'll and desiring Perrien's at
tendance. Perrien left home with the
stranger about 10 o'clock, entered the
coupe with him and went away.
At l o'clock this morning Perrien's
door-bell was rung and an envelope
thrust in by a young man, who immedi-
ately disappeared. The envelope con-
tanned a check for S15, 900 on the PENN
sular Bank, Of which Perrien is Vice
President and large stockholder. 1t
was promissory note for S15, 900, payable
in five days, and the letter was to Per-
rlen's nephew, Mr.. Hesselbach, advising
him to cash the check or negotiate the
note. or failing either, to raise $4,000 on
his own property, to be paid as a ransom
Tor Perrien, who was being held by par
ties whom the letter did not disclose. The
letter appointed rendezvous at which
the money might be paid this evening.
The police were Immediately put to
work on the case, but at II o'clock this
morning they had no clew either to the
persons who kidnapped Perrien or to his
present Whereabouts.
Perrienis bachelor, IS years old, and
extensively interested in Detroit indus
tries and financial institutions The let
ter OF Hesselbach stated that Perrien had
gotten into trouble with a woman and
had TO pay the money over without a
word; but this statement is secuted. Both
the note and the check bore Perrien's
genuine signature.
THE VICTIM FREED.
DETROIT, March 20.-Joseph Perrien,
the wealthy miller, who was kidnapped in
so mysterious a manner last night, re-
turned home about $50 this evening" safe
and sound, but somewhat unnerved by
his experience. He says that upon en-
tering the coupe last night his suspicious
We're not aroused until he noticed the
| vehicle turn in an opposite direction to
| his friends house. He then threw open
| the door and attempted to Jump out. He
| was met by two masked men, who held
/! revolvers to his head and forced him
| back into the cab, they following.
They then bound, gagged and blind
| folded him, the cab keeping on, and
| Perrien was unable to keep any idea oi
| the locality in his mind.
| Finally, he was removed to a room
| where his captors released him from his
I
| forced him to write the check, promissory
note and letters. The latter were dictated
| from typewriter copies in the hands c1
his captors, who remained masked and
disguised.
Perrien was not further disturbed until
late this afternoon, when his captors in
formed him that 1.-The game was up," but
that they would get him next timen
| He was then rebound, gagged and blind
| folded, and conducted from the room
Their course seemed to lay over q
ploughed field, after which they entered
a cab, and another long, roundabout
drive commenced.
At last Perrien was unloosed and
thrust from the cab in dazed condition.
and before he recovered himself the cat
had disappeared. He finally located
himself as being at the corner of Myrtle
and Thirteenth streets. He boarded q
Myrtle-street car and was shortly home.
The yaluables he had with him were
not touched. He was furnished with
good food and treated with consideration
during his captivity. He story is ac-
cepted as reliable, and the police are
making every effort to locate the perpe-
traitors of the outrage.