Telegram-herald., 1891-11-29
PAID THEN 4 RANSOM
Kansas csfy Wretches Abduet .
Little Child
ITS rlrHER PATS The PRICE ASKED
AsA Aftsrw ards ths Gafisy As.ss~rs are
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iAx . FatAsr's Lose.


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Y16Is CRY. No. Nov % The p
ss az ed sea Of David T. ks~ls. who
kss stolen from his home Thursday
sad hsld Sss ransom. was recovered
friday n.xhs aPoa tAe payment of ss.-
saa The ssdRel;aa occurred 1t about
To s'elosk Thursday svsalng. aud
ssE suan.ns AID reckless earisg 10 10
nsxosslss ~ the leeAl annals OF crime.
rAs ssg ras.pp.ss~
TIRE wssks ago Wednesday MrA
Dsals sAvssssssd for seeosd girl. and
sArly the ssxt 0oraing . slrl giving
her name - Lizzie smith answered
Cha advsrsissmsat and was engaged
Asesrdiag - custom. al the family
gsshsrsd Thursday shout o'clock TO
- Ne fhsaassivtag dinaer. Liszis.
oAs usw gsrs, waited on the table.
After taey had finished and the chii-
Area lad gone O. play IN aha back end
sf sAs hal aad ths other mann oers Of
uAs fAnily were still sitting around the
taste Lizxis SAL abe would stsp
s4s and get Nr. Bea's' paper.
which was usually thrown on the
porch. and she left the room. Three OF
foar minutes Afte-ward deor on tho
beck Of the house WAS heard to siam.
and Mr.. Bsals got up from the table
and walked back through the hall 70
see the cause As n, passed the chill
ayea ne noticed that little David
"Juaier'' was sot with them.
Where is Julisrs' he asked ''He
rust went down stairs with Lizzie"
WAS the r-ply.
{ 5on hearing this DIR. Bcals. know
Ing this 20 bs an unusual occurrence.
called 10 his wife aad also called for
Lixzia He opened the rear door
and looked ont into the
darknss4 whls Mrs Beals went
downstairs 70 tell Lizzie 20
bring the child back upstairs When
nra Besls reached the basement she
saw that the outside door of the base
ment vas open. an unusual occurrence
~ any time. but especially so at that
time, - everything had been most
securely belted since the house was
entered by some unknown person or
psrsoRs over . week ago.
Pslsss QsIcsiy Notified
Then suddenly the truth flashed
upon bar Little David had been kid
n.ped In less time than il takes to
tell IL the house was in eommotion-
The police were notified IN less than
half an hour after Liszie Smith was last
seen BY she family. the railway sta
tisps were guarded and patrolmen all
ever tie eity had been notified and
furnished description Of the nissing
child anA hss abductor.
ssspsass ~ the ParsntA
TIE suspense all but Frustrated the
parenta Mr. Benls IL 81 years Of age
ond Ne strain on his nervous system
Asd . telling effect Ali night long
he paced the hall of his house to and
70 snA would take no rest Friday
The suspeass only increased and ne
considerably younger than her hus-
band. being his second wife. bore up
vsaAsrfully veil
nsessvsA . Mysterious Note.
A. Z O'Clock Friday afternoon Mr..
Desls received . note handed him by Q
messengsr boy. The boy said an un-
known man handed him the
note on the street The descrip-
siou Of the man As given by
ths boy Tailed very closely with that
of . map who is known to have occu-
pied . cottage on Lydia avenue, to-
eether with another man and Lizzie
smith IL v supposed his name u
King. Mr.. Reals went directly to the
post ONCE aud waited two hours for the
writer of the note to make himself
known. but at the end of that time no
one had approached him and the anx-
ieus father returned kone with one
more hope shattered
A Ransom offered
Banker B-sls during the afternoon
issued the following notice:
s.es RANSOM
TO whom n May Coueeru: Returs my
ssfiA recsivs ts.ooe Aad ne questions : sssd-
d 7. BEALs."
The ransom money was offered after
. long and serious discussion Of the
question as 10 whether . ran som or re-
ward should be offered for the recov-
cry Of Mr. Beab 2-year-old son 4
ransom was finally decided upon
D.esrded sSs.eee.
Att O'CLOCK Friday evening . man OF
strange appearance presented himself
at the front door Of the Reals man
sion. he wore . false face and . wig.
and was dressed very like . day labor
ew He told tho servant who answered
the bell that he must see Mr.. Beals
Immediately Mr Beals west to the
door. The naa said he was q
detective. that he had found
the abdac~ess aud her accomplices;
thst they had the lost child In their
possession. that they demanded $50,
eco ransom. and that ne Was prepared
~ deliver the child TO its parents for
That amount Mr. Besls declined 10
par The sum aud stuck IN his original
oir-r Of s.. 95e 10 vas fnslly agreed
that the detective sAoula deliver sas
chsld fer tsss amount
The Ssr 2rtsr-es.
Al 10 o'clock = ring broughs Mr..
Fesls - the dco~ Hs saw the lost
child in he arms 81 The ruf'ssn who had
sarrsined for the delivery cf the child
Mr. B-als. who hsi dawn 81. oe0 in