The record-union., 1891-11-28
Special 70 the Rrconp-un1nu-

hANSAS CITY, Nov. 27.-The household
OF David L. Beals, a banker, which was
turned into an abode of grief yesterday
by the abduction of his two-year-old son.
was tonight transformed into one of
gladness, the child being recovered. This
afternoon Mr.. Beals offered a reward of
so,0OO for the return of the child and no
questions asked. All day to-day the
police worked every possible avenue,
but could find no clew, and the parents
were nearly prostrated, neither having
taking any rest since it disappeared.
Tonight man presented himself at
the mansion. He was dressed like a day
laborer, and wore false face and wig.
When Beals came to the door the man
told him he was detective; that he had
found the abductress, Lizzie Smith. or
King, and her accomplices; that they de-
manQed SZO,OOO ransom, and he was pre-
pared to deliver the child for that amount
Beals declined to pay the sum, and stuck
to the original offer of $1,000
Alter much parleying it was finally
agreed that the detective would deliver
the child for that amount. Beals told the
police that he had pledged his honor that
the man should not be arrested while en-
gagged IN carrying out his part of the con-
tract, and ordered them not to interfere.
Al III O'Clock tonight the man returned
with the child, and handed it over upon
receipt OF 5000 in bank notes. The child
was sleeping soundly, safe and well. Z
JOY OF the parents knew no bounds. When
representative of the Associated Press
arrived at the house the child was awake
and IN the arms of his father, while the
mother stood by fondly watching him.
The child, when asked who carried him
IL Int oil Io l.,
ther was that he had been riding"
Mrs. King, the abductress, was arrested
about midnight, but refuses to talk. She
had been in Beals' household but week.
having answered an advertisement for a
waitress, giving the name of Lizzie
Smith. From talk with other servants it
is gathered that she led a fast life in sew
eral Western cities, having come oTigi-
nally from Illinois.
The police to-day learned that she had
been living with man calling himself
Albert King in cottage on Lydia ave-
nue.. They passed as man and wife and
another man lived with them They
rented the cottage a short time ago and
| furnished it on the installment plan. 1t
was through the notes that they Were
traced.
King has not yet been found. No
! doubt he is an accomplice of the woman
| in the abduction plot, perhaps the origi-
AAesNaaFO IL 10 HOI hDONIl II IuG OIIl6T
man, who has also not been found, had
anything to do with it or not.
Late tonight it was learned that the
police caught the woman liz a house il,
Park Avenue. She said she went on the
veranda Thursday evening to get paper,
when two men rushed up, thrust a re-
yolver in her face, and ordered her to get
the boy. She, thoroughly frightened did
so. Then the men carried her to a car
riage, drove her about for some time, and
turned her adritt. The police declare the
story thin. From papers foand they
learned that she had recently been i'll
Denver, and King, who passed for her
husband, was released from the peniten-
tiary in Colorado last summer after a fi4
years term for horse stealing The Den
yer police say both are well-known
crooks