The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-25
AN OLD STORY REToLD.
How the Plan to Ridnap Edward
Gould Was Dsfea tsd.

Gould Was Dsfe atsd.
Washington, Sent 22.-The sensational
abduction of the l0-year-old son of j. B.
Lomison, which occurred in Lima, O.,
last week, closely resem bIes the famous
Charley Ross case.
The speaker was an old detective long
connected with the police force of the
Capitol City, but now in retirement,
though occasionally plying his former
vocation.
DO you know" he continued, chat
Eddie Gould, the youngest. sonIof the late
Jay Gould, had a narrow escape from being
kidnapped several years ago. OF course
you don't. 1t has been well-kept secret.
You probably recO.lect that in the sum
mer OF 1891 Cavalry Troop a of the Dis
trict National Guard made a tour of the
historic battlefeds Of the Virginias and
Maryland. They had as guests Capt.
Charles +. Roe and abouC bakers dozen
OF Cavalry Troop A of the New York
National Guard.
The fact that this tour was to be made
was widely published in the papers. Now
Eddie Gould was, or had been, a member
OF the New Ork troop, and it was given
out in these publications that he would be
one OF the touring troopers. This an
nOuncement suggested a great idea to
WV -NtW YIN tlOOhS, one OF whom 0du
piled his vocation here once, and had
done time for it. The scheme was moth
ing more nor less than to kidnap young
Gould at some suitable point on the tour
and hold him for heavy ransom.
"Oh, you needn't look iucredulous. d"
protested the old detective ITS easy
enough TO kidnapa person The trouble
is to keep him in hiding, and secure ran
som without falling into the clutches of
the law.
These crooks arranged the details of
their plans as far as they could in New
y ork, and then the leader took a train
for Harper's Ferry it being understood
that the tour would extend to that point
| and thence up the shenandoah valley.
| While there the crook learned that the
citizens of Winchester, the little town.
made famous by Phil Sheridan proposed
/ TO give a reception and ball to the visiting
/ troopers. AS soon as he heard this
/ the crook at once went there
10 look the town over learn the lay of the
land and mature his final plans This
done, he made trip up into the
mountains and there gained recruits for
the bold enterprise, which was carefully
| explained to them. The ransom fixed
upon by the leader was a round million
dollars. OF course, TIE poor mountaineers
were not TO share equally with the leader
or his pal. but were TO be paid a fixed
sum, big in their eyes but modest in the
estimation of the New Yorker
The plan of abduction was very sim
pie. When the ball was at its hight
young Gould was TO be entitled from the
room on some plausible pretext. and then.
/ under the threat of instant death if he
attempted TO raise an alarm, he was to
be carried by his captors. mounted on
swift hu"ses, TO remote part of the
mountains, where they would be safe
from pursuit.
in fact, no immediate pursuit was to
be feared, as there would be no guards To
eyadc, all the summer soldiers being en-
| gagged in chasing the glowing hours with
/ flying feet. Their noble chargers would
be stabbed and munching nay. The alb
Quoting party could gain the mountains
/ before Gould would be missed and a pur-
/ suing party could be organi ed. IL was
good plan, commenced the detective.
/ crook No ., who remained in New
/ York, had been assigned to the task of
shadowng yolng Gould He was TO
come on 10 Washington on the same train
ana when the party LETT the city he WAS
10 telegraph his pal that fact ana was To
manage TO keep him informed of the
movements of their proposed victim The
New AOrk cavalry contingent left Neyv
y ork for Washington Eddie Gould did
not accompany them, fact quickly uoteI
by the cons ira'or, who had been hanging
around the station all day uncertain as
/ 10 what train the troopers would take
however. ne came To Washington on the
same train with the cayalrymeu
lie even went so far as 10 inquire for
Gould 40 the armory on New York
avenue. He was. of course. Informed
that Mr.. Gould was not in the ci.yand