Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-10-16

atively easy affair, but IN this CASE
the victim was man OF mature years.
one whose business Interests were OF
great magnitude, and whose check Ior
a quarter Of million would ne nom
ored at any bank In the city. lie was
taken from his home, or, rather, de.
coved thence. and secreted ana heid
for large ransom.
Joseph Perrien il 5s years old and a
bachelor. lie has always been man
of exemplary character, with no pad
habits, and has amassed fortune out
! OF his milling interests. Shrewd, care
full. and alert. he was the last man in
the world to pick out as dupe, or the
subject for midnight as ault He
never drank, did not gamble, and al
most invariably spent his evenings at
his home.
At ten o'clock on the night OF March
IA, Perrien was at his fireside, convers-
ing with his nephew, Albert Hassel-
bncher, and his niece Leoni Chambe.
| The door bell rang, and "a note. ad-
dressed to perrien, was handed In by
81 ooth-faced young man with sallow
| complexion The note purported TO be
from Dr. Spranger, and conveyed the
in tormation that Ierriens dearest
friend, : Edward STANCE, had been
dangerously injured in an accident,
and wanted Perrieu to come at once.
That the letter was forgery
has since been proved; but
Terrien apparently had no suspicious
He Immediately made ready, and ac-
companied the Young man to coupe
which stood at the door On the coupe
sat a driver, mutI,ed up to the ears, al
though the night was not cold. Mr..
Hasselb acher assisted Perrien into the
coupe and closed the door The young
man who delivered the note disappear
OIL, and the driver whipped up his
horse and drove rapidly in the direc'
ri n of STANCES house Mr.. perrien's
tniiure to return at midnight did not
alarm his relatives; as they supposed
he would stay till STANCE was either
better or dead
Three hours later, at one o'clock In
the morning, there came another rinl
at the bell. and iiasselbacher was con
fronted by the same young man wh'
had delivered the note without II wore
he thrust large envelope into Hassel
hackers hand, darted down the step
and was gone. On opening the envel
ope Haselbacher found note ad
dress cd to himself and Leoni, an
another To d. Is. Moore, tne caSitcr u VII
, Peninsula bank. The envelope ais
cor tanned check for ISIS 200, drawn &
| the order Of Iasselbacher, and prom
, Is ory note for like sum Hassel
, baeher tie ephoned to the police, an
! two men responded who ut once too
, charge of the case,
AS soon as day broke and the Grim
|. became known the city was throw
into tempest of excitement
and ali kinds Of wild thee
: ries were advanced, The polio
! at first thought there was a woman i
4 the affair, and did not manifest grea
v spirit In the pursuit. At noon til
n Board of Trade met, and appointed
II committee TO confer with the mayo
@ and have the entire available pole
k force of the city put ON the case. III
n conference was held, and the alderme
!. and mayor, with the Board of Trad
men, called on the superintendent I
= police with good effect, Orders WEI
y issued calling in all the reserve fore
and the house men at the SUI
stations, and nearly hundred of the
were ordered out on picket duty arour
- the city, while the twenty detective
- were ordered to work in conjunctio
with Chief Bergman, who establish'
headquarters and conducted u reguli
war campaign. The great trouble w
=, lack of csews on winch to work III
4 police were obliged to abandon Il
a woman theory, as there was a