Evening journal., 1892-02-04

he was ordered to 90 TO bed with one OF the
men, which he did. In the middle Of the
night, as it seemed to him, the boy says he
was awakened and then, between the two
men, he was marched over fields and hills
aud through creeks for q long time until
half frozen and utterly exhausted, he could
walk no longer
Then, with q curse one Of the men took
the boy on his back and the journey was
continued. The two men seemed perfectly
, familiar with their surroundings, even ut
night At last the boy was put down on /
the ground again beside n haystacS which |
stood opposite big barn. Up the road |
could be clearly seen the outlines of farm |
/ house SEQ 10 that house, said one Of the |
men, "nnd pun the bell and tell them who |
! you are. They viii know what to doN
| The mon then disappeared and the boy
( climbed the fence and staggered 10 the
4 house IL was the house Of Lewis Cloee,
farmer and produce dealer, who lives at
Barnsvilie. This was at 2l5 o'clock IN the
morning and the inmates of the house were
asleep. They We're aroused by a pounding
upon the door and the crying Of a child.
Its the lost boy exclaimed Mrs Close,
| springing out If bed And So It was, Ward
| Waterbury was found Chattering with
cold, and with wet clothing, he was taken
into the kitchen, food ana restoratives were
given him and he was bundled up IN huge
oyercoat and his feet were placed Ia the
warm oven.
ward brought Home.
These remedies soon restored him, and he
then told for the first time the story Of his
adventures Mr. Close Immediately hitch
ed up team, and, taking the recovered
boy, drove five miles to the Waterbury
home at L0gg Ridge Close and the boy
reached the Waterbury place just a few
minutes after the dishenrtened and tired
out father had returned from his fruitless
midnight trip to Millers bridge, whore he
went TO meet the ahductors OF his boy. The
abductors had weakened, and had restored
their captive in vain effort to avoid, II
possible the detection that awaited them.
The lost boy was welcomed home as though
he had been saved from certain death. Wat
! erbury, accompanied by his son, started out
j to find, II possible, the place whore he had
been held captive
A consultation was held at the house Of
Ebeuezer Waterbury, Of Stanwich, q brother
OF the boys father, by those interested in
Q capturing the lIidnapers. The rescued boy
. repeated his story, and in describing the
j place 10 which he was taken, saidi
st was upstairs. There was mating on
!, the floor, and bed, washstand and tive
n chairs in the room There We're curtains OF
q the inside Of the windows. / didn't see oi
IS hear any women in the house. think il
n was a vacant house which had been fixed M
z, for us to stay in
p Parties were organized, and a systematic
r search Of the country WAS made by zoo men
which resulted IN the discovery Of the h0us
about two miles east Of Long Ridge.
~ A IA lie east Of this house is q cave, cele
"a brated as the Devils Den. Il also wa
Ia searched, and in a chamber of the cave wa
found a handkerchief carried by the bo
when he was abducted.
The boy himself does not know whethe
he was taken TO the cave or not, but th
finding Of the handkerchief, and the appai
emily dazed condition Of the boy and hi
lack Of memory Of what happened 20 hin
points strongly TO the theory that the chill
was drugged This belief Is widespread
although not proved to certainty
wards Cousin in the scheme.
The most damaging evidence that fir.
pointed TO the guilt Of any suspect was th
direct contradiction between the statemeI
Of the boy after he was recovered and q
statement Of Charles e. Waterbury, Il
nephew Of the abducted boys father, an
who brought the father tho note which d
manded the $1,000 ransom.
Waterbury said he had met the missiI
boy on the evening OF the day Of the abdu
tion ia the company Of three men, all arm'
with shotgnns, and who rode in bugg
These men, he said, gave him the note an
ordered him, at the muzzles Of their gun
10 deliver IT, When the missing boy vi
Of found his story instantly showed tn
lils Charles Il Waterbury's assertion was falls
yes The boy was tak0n by two men instead
,on three; they did not have guns or q bugg
in nor they did not meet Charles f. Waterbul
ies or give him n note.
lut 1t was concluded therefore, that Charl
er y. Waterbury knew Of the kidnapping an
Ted that the note demanding $4,000 was n
on given TO him, as he alleged.
ry, The next step ia fixing the guilt VI
oal taken when William McCann stated yeste
er day afternoon to Postmaster N. A. Knap
0y OF Round Hill that six weeks ago Charl
in f. Waterbury had approached him al
on after explaining the remarkable plot to Ii
am nap Banker Lockwood's son, asked McCai
to join it. McCann refused.
the ''Last Thursday Mccain went Q
out "Wnterbury came to me again and ask
yht me to 60 intol Rne plot to abduet Wa
,ot- Waterbury, but | refused. ! knew when
ON was going to be done and who was going
vas do it,
Postmaster Knapp showed McCann
danger Of keeping silence under such g
sr's cumstances, and McCann, realizing his pc
red tion, Immediately drove TO Greenwich wi
vei Knapp and made his statement TO SheI
lies Dayton and Prosecuting Attorney Walsh
he The Abductors Jailed.
ave The officials did not wait TO prepare w
lat rants, as the district attorney could ord
IN. an arrest on sight. IN three hours from
ter time of starting james Mccain and SAM
ars, Sutherland had been arrested and lodged
OF jail at Greenwich. James McCann INN
cen diately confessed, and said that Charles
,ht Waterbury intended to meet the father
as the boy at Miller's bridge Tuesday mig
red and would have done SO but for the f
that he tMcCannl backed out.
hel That explained why no one met the fail
and at the bridge Perhaps it was well it b
est, pened so, for the other men, who were
lich ing in ambuscade there were in desperi
led mood They, too, We're fathers
hat In the meantime, Charles Z. Waterbr
ey heard the whispers against him aud tc
ard alarm He told McCann, before McCa
was arrested, that he would spend the nig
is in the DEVILS Den. Waterbury heard
s he AlcCann's arrest and instantly fed, clos
ned pursued by Sheriff Dayton, Constable Fl
roy and posse.
sing Waterbury succeeded in reaching
the Devils Den and at "A late hour was still
ling the cave He is surrounded, cannot esca