The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-02-04
Young Waterbury Is Taken and
Held Now.
His Mother Thinks That All Is Ovel
and She Faints.
ONE OF THE eoLDEsT ACTS OUT
The Kidnappers Will Perhaps Be Found
but Their Style of Business Come3
Much at Home.

COuuty, was hIuHdppcu ny uukuoWu IUcH
Nonnay morning, while on his way to
school.
Mr.. Waterbury lives on the state line
between Connecticut and New York
Half of his farm lies in the township of
Long Ridge, Conn, and the other half is
situated is Pound Ridge township. Mr.
Waterbury claims to be a citizen of
New York state. He has a wife and
two children, Ward, eight years of age,
and younger son, four years of age.
Ward attended district school No. in
in Pound Ridge, of which Miss Stead j.
teacher. The distace from the Water
bury homestead to the schoolhouse is
about three miles.
The boy left home, carrying his lunch
basket and his school books, at o'clock
in the morning. AS he did not return at
the usual hour in the afternoon, his
mother felt anXions about him. The
boy had always been punctual in return
| ing home from school, and when sup
| per time came his father started out to
search for him. He first passed over the
road leading to the schoolhouse and then
| through the words which skirt the high
way. He repeatedly shouted at the top
of his voice the name of his missing son,
but received no response.
The father returned home tired and
worn out by his weary search. When he
got home he found his nephew, Charles
Waterbury, waiting for him with letter,
which the nephew said had been given
him by a stranger, with instructions to
deliver it to Charles p. Waterbury. 1t
read as follows:
"To Mr. Charles P Waterbury:
"SIR-Unless you are prepared to de-
liver the sum of $4,000 in cash as ran
som to US, you will never see your son
again. The money to be at Miller's
Bridge, in front of Miller, mill, one mile
east of Bradford Court House, at mid.
night Tuesdny."
There was no signature to the letter.
Mrs. Waterbury, who read the letter over
her husbands shoulder, screamed "My
poor, dear, little Ward ~ and sank to the
fore she could be restored to conscious
ness. Mr.. Waterbury, although much
shocked at the kidnapping of his son, did
not lose his presence of mind. He closely
questioned his nephew Charles regarding
the appearance of the man who had given
him the letter. The nephew told this
story tc his uncle:
Il was fox hunting near Long Ridge
and was returning home, when | met a
one horse wagon coming slowly along
the road. 1t was driven by rough
looking man, and two more men of SINH
lar appearance were walking a short dis
tance behind the wagon. As the wagon
passed noticed an object wrapped up in
a blanket lying in the bottom of the
wagon. paid little attention to what |
saw at the time, but am now convinced
that the object | saw in the wagon was
little Ward.
II heard no outcry of any kind. AS
the wagon passed, one of the men, who
was walking, handed me the letter and
requested that l give it to Charles P.
Waterbury. He said that it was of the
utmost Importance that Mr.. Waterbury
should receive it that night. At the time
I suspected nothing wrong, and took the
letter. did not recognize either Of the
men, who were going, when l saw them
in the direction of Stamford, Conn"
The nephew could net give detailed
description of the kidnapers and merely
could say that they were shabbily dressed
and one of them had a beard. Water.
bury, after hearing this story, started fol-
New York, but before leaving, sent Ne
hemiah Searles, a nearby neighbor, to
White Plains to notify Sheriff Duffy oi
the kidnapping of his son.
The sheriff sent Under Sheriff Pugsley
and Deputy Sheriff Hart to Millers Bridge
to be on watch there at the time men
toned in the letter when the kidnapers
wanted the $4,000 paid over to them
The sheriff gave his men orders TO arrest
any stranger seen lettering about that
place The sheriff's men undoubtedly
reached their destination, although they
had to take long drive from Bedford
station. Up to late hour last night
nothing had been heard from lhem.
1t is said that five or six years ago a
man named Joe Hitchcock worked for
Mr. Waterbury as a farm hand, and
finally disappeared with a valuable horse
belonging to his employer. Hitchcock
was afterwards captured, the story goes
and was sehteced to term of five years
Imprisonment in Sing Sing prison. Far.
'mer Waterbury and his friends think