Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-13
ABDUCTORs TAKEN.
Tables Turned on the Bold Kidnapers of
Millionaire Perrien

Tables Turned on the Bold Kidnapers OF
| Millionaire Perrien.
| Twenty-one weeks ago tonight Joseph Per.
rien, millionaire miller living in Detroit, was
abducted from his home on Catharine street by
some bold kidnapers who were bent ON extor-
ton. The nature Of the crime and the promi-
hence and wealth OF Mr. Perrien attracted
widespread attention, full account appear
Ing In The STAR at the time.
The people of Detroit were startled to realize
that such a bold crime could be committed
under theireyes, and the police put forth every
effort to capture the criminals. The closing
scene in the bold drama was enacted yesterday
afternoon when the police arrested the alb
ductors, who belong to the famous '.Considine''
gang.
This gang has been charged with robberies.
burg laries, safe crackings, gigantic swindles
murders and numerous other crimes and in the
past ten years has been menace to the safety
OF Detroit people. Its members, by defiance
oil offlcers In public and by means of political
pulls have often escaped convection but the
evidence against them has never been so clear
as IN this great abduction case.
Inc story OF the abduction is best told as fol-
lows; About 10 o'clock on the evening of March
~ MI. ferrlen was at home enjoying game of
dominoes with his niece when the door bell
rang. The servant being out Mr.. Perrien an
swered the bell and was handed a note pur-
porting to be from a well-known physician,
asking MIN to hasten to the house of his bosom
friend, Edward Strange, who had suddenly
been taken ILL., The note was presented bv a
young man who had coupe waiting for Mr..
Perrien.
JUMPED INTO THE COUPE.
The wealthy miller hurried out of the house
and jumped into the coupe, which had no other
occupant. When the rig had been driven
nearly mile Mr.. Perrien attempted to alight
and started to get the door open as he feured
something was wrong The speed was slack
ened at that moment and two men jumped
into the coupe The street was comparatively
deserted and the night was dark.
ohe OF the men pushed a revolver into Mr..
Perrien lace and cautioned him to keep quiet.
lie other gagged and bound him. He kept
quiet and the men imme datey blindfolded him.
The team was driven for over half an hour, and
then Mr.. Perrien, still blindfolded, was taken
INTO room In IL house Once i'll the room the
men partially removed the bandage from his
eyes and compelled hiin'at the point of a re-
volver to sign check for : Is, coo on the PENN
suia Savings Bank and a note for the same
amount.
Mr. Perrien was also compelled to write a
note to his nephew and niece asking them,
Tor God sake, to secure his safety by getting
the S3o,ooo without delay and paying it over to
the persons who would meet them al tine corner
OF Jay street and Cass avenue at 10 o'clock tine
night following.
Mr.. Perrien nephew and niece waited for
him, and at o'clock the young man who had
Drought tue hrst note rang the bell and handed
In the note from MIR. Perrien, the check and
the note Tor $4,000. The young man then
hurried away.
The nephew, Albert Hesselbacher, hastened
TO see MIR. Perriens attorney, and after a short
consultation it was decided to notify the po-
lice ami give the affair widespread notorlety in
IL,
Perrlen S release. The newspapers contained
full accounts of the abduction.
BLISDFoLDED AND RELEASED.
The captors. seeing they could get no money,
blindfolded Mr.. Perrien on tine following even
ing, took him out on the street and walked him
through dark streets and alleys for nearly an
hour They left him at a dark corner, and by
the time he got the bandage of his eyes the
men had disappeared. Had Mr.. Perrien's
friends waited until late in the evening with
out notifying any one but the police the alb
ductors could probably have been captured
that night, but the publicity given the matter |
headed oti all possibility of getting
the men.
Shrewd detectives were employed on the case |
and have been working diligently for five |
months. From the descriptions of the men |
given by Mr.. Perrien anu surrounding circum- |
stances. and by carefully spotting all horses and
rigs which answered the descriptions, they soon |
6ot on the Irall OF the men and Tor over three |
months have been adding valuable links to the !
chain OF evidence, which is now complete
Yesterday afternoon the police raided Frank
Weithof 5 gambling den on Cadillac square and
arrested Billy Considine, Frank Griffith and
Tom Kennedy, all members Of the Considine
gang. Billy Considine drew a revolver but
changed his mind and sprang out of the back
door into the alley. He gained rapidly on the
officer pursuing him. but the police were Oh
the lookout and as he turned corner another
officer pushed revolver III his face and brought
him to sudden stop. A few minutes later
Jim Mcdowell, Johnny COnsidine and Eddie
Kent other members of the gang. were ar
rested in another resort and lodged behind the
bars.
Johnny Considine, the shrewd leader of the
gang, kept resort on Griswold street. Billy |
lonsidlns Is the man who put the revolver to
Perrlen s head in the coupe; Griffths, the one
who bound and gagged him. Kent was the |
driver OF the rig, and the others were generally |
in connecting the scheme. The |
crooks did some extremely clever work.
After his release Mr.. Perrien offered re-
ward OF 20, 900 tor the arrest of his abductors
The reward will go to the three OF four officers
who worked up the case.