The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-26

appears or the fugitive Is located. One Ct
| the most remarkable searches of recent
times is that undertaken and brought to 8
| successful issue by j. c. Grammar, detec-
| tive, of Cincinnati.
About a year ago he was visited by a
woman, still young and attractive who
told a veritable tale of woe She was the
| wife of Patrick Conway, a wealthy citizen
of Springfield, Washington county, KY.
| Her husband and seven year-old son David
| were missing.
Convinced that she had been deserted
and robbed of her child the frantic mother
sought Grannan's aid. Her family is
| wealthy, and with ample means at their
| disposal Grammar and several assistants
went to work. They traced Conway and
the boy to Louisville, to Denver, to San
Francisco and then to Australia. From
there the pair returned to the United
States, and were next heard Of at Cincin-
natl, where the man unsuccessfully at
tempted to dispose of some real estate.
They were traced thence to Columbus and
Philadelphia. Then they disappeared en-
tirely and the chase was for while aban-
doned.
Last February it began again. At that
time Mrs. Conway received a letter from
her son which had been mailed at Louis
vile. The lad, writing evidently under
dictation, said that he was at school and
that papa had quit drinking" The let
ter was turned over to Grammar. He no
ticed that while the envelope was of do
nestle make the paper was soft, thin and
Of the variety generally used for foreign
correspondence. He examined it with a
magnifying glass and was able to make
out the impression of q canceling stamp
that had been used on the original cover
The impression read dublin, Jan. 16
1891"
This was a clew indeed, and the detect
i've started at once for New York. He
reasoned that Conway being devout
Catholic had probably secured the aid of
some priest in changing his money from
American to English. The reasoning
proved correct, for in the neighborhood of
Castle Garden Grammar CHANGED upon
Father Doyle, who had acted as Conway's
financial adviser and assisted him TO con-
vert $4,000 into paper negotiable abroad.
1t was also learned that Patrick and David
had sailed for Ireland on the City of New
York. The intelligence was promptly
communicated to Mrs. Conway, who, on
advice of her attorney, at once began di-
VDrc0 proceedings ana secured an lnJuDC- !
ton preventing any transfer of property in |
the United States on the part of her hus- |
hSnd.
She also obtained an order of court Civ |
ing her custody of the child. Thus legally |
equipped she hurried east, and with Gran
nan took passage on the steamer Nevada |
for Ireland. The voyage was very tempes-
tuous, and during astorm the detective re-
ceived a severe wound on the head and |
several other injuries. But he started on
the trail Immediately on landing. Con-
way was located at the house of sister in
Dublin, while the boy was found to be an
inmate of St. Joseph's seminary at Clon-
dalkin. The Irish lawyers told the mother
and her companion that the child could
not be secured by legal means, so after an
unsuccessful attempt at kidnapping Gran
nan tried strategy.
lie took physician into his confidence
and Mrs. Conway cheerfully swallowed
come drugs that made her appear fright
FULLY Ill. Then Grammar boldly called on
Conway and told him his wife was dying
at Martins hotel The conscience stricken
husband hurried to the bedside. There