New-York tribune., 1896-05-09
A BOY WHO SAYS HE WAS STOLEN
HE TELLS THE STORY OF HIS WANDEH-
INGS WITH A WOMAN, WHO SAYS
SHE IS HIS MOTHER.

cur,ous story Of alleged abduction will come upfo-
settlement in the Centre Street Police Court to-day
The chief personages in 1t are good-ooKing eisn.-
year-old boy who knows his name only as Eddle
and a fashy-looking woman who says that "e'
nome Is FANNY Lampman, and that the boy. whom
she is charged with stealing from his grandmother
a Mrs. Goodall Of Vassar. Tuscaloosa county
Mich two years ago. Is her SON.
There Is a personal resemblance between inc
woman and the boy. which strengthens her state
ment On the other hand, the woman described Dy
the Central Office detective. who arrested her on
the charge OF abduction last night, as faInae
McGee alias Iampman, alias Haig, alias GoouaH'
admits travelling about with the lad in England
and in this country leading dsreputapie me-
The woman's arrest yesterday arose from
letter which was received by Captain y brieh TWO
doys ago from John Rough marshal OF the town OF
Negaunee Mich. In the letter Marshal RouSh as
serted that he had information from man III Ne"
York who had been doing n uttle private ue'e0''''
work with a view TO a reward mat a poy WIN
had been stolen two years ago from MS parents III
Raw CITY Mich was living with the woman VINO
stole him at No Az Ninth-ave The ietter was
given TO Detectives Dale and Oppenheim. ana they
were sent td investigate the story Ihey learned
AT the Ninth-ave. house that the woman anu oos
had lived there but had recently noved 10 No' nv
West Twenty-sixth-st on THURSDAY afternoon '"e
detectives found at the house bright. eght-yelr-
Glory tha, he had been stolen. The woman VINO
had stolen him. he said. and who called herset MS
mother. had gone out short time before the de-
,ectiyes called. leaving him with -FOUR cents 10
spend. .. ,,,,
atev the detectives waited for her. AS the hsh'
passed. however, and she did not return 'hey sent
rho lad IN Police Headquarters and put a watcn on
,he house Yesterday. afternoon the woman re-
turned She was placed under arrest ana taken 10
HEADQUARTERS also Each made statement. Inc
boy said: Il am eight years old and think was
horn In England. My fathers name Is George and
my mothers Annie. only remember about two
years ago. Then was living with my grandmothess
at Vnssar Tuscalora County. Mich Her name i'
Goodal and vas known there as Eddie Goodail.
one day when playing in the street LAD; iady
came TO me- and asked me my n, nam Was and The she
said Then YOU must be the little boy. 60 ana tr.l
your grandmother that there Is lady out here who
The lady was the " oman whom YOU have here now
/ told grandma She wen, to ths door and saw IN
Mother she said 10 my grandma. I'm back again
Ny grandmother cried then They talked and my
sran1mother said You can't take him The lady
said. Yes. / wlll.' and she took me TO my Aunt
Annie's house. across the. street. One day we lef,
there and took train for Cleveland. Ohio. She
took me TO n boarding house and left me with A
lady one night she took me ou, 20 man on ne
NO II amt and she was cross and sent me back
to the house. Next day she called for me and took
Uncle Tom and said. No It amt again. They
took me to IA railroad station We came 10 New
York and stopped two weeks and then went 10
Glasgow. Scotland. on steamer. on the steamer
they werc called Mr. and Mrs. Thomas iaige and
she told me II any OF the passengers Asked me my
name 10 say u was Haige While we were In Glas-
gov stopped at No 2i2 scotland-st. There one
day Mr. and Mrs. Haige had row and he Joined
the British Army.
"Anerwari we came back to New York on the
Majestic. on the voyage back Mrs. Haige became
acquainted with boatswaln named Hardwick and
she told say that my name was tardwick,
TOO. We lived In IA boarding house IN New-Y ork.
and Tom Ferguson, pr.ze-hghter, and another
man named Frank Mcicc used visit the house.
but never ifardwick again. one day there
was fight In the house and we were put out.
We went away and We lived In many places but
always In furnished
II don't believe this woman Is my mother. She
has beaten al. the time and when We
lived ri No. AZ Ninth-ave. the landady. Mrs.
Saul. had TO break into the room TO save mo"
The woman's statement as 10 her wand"riays with
the boy was not materially different. She denies
ill-treating the boy. who; she asserted vehem'nty
TO Captain o. OBrien. her
The boy has been committed by Acting Captain
O'Brien 20 the care OF the Gerry Society. The
woman remains prisoner. In the mean time Mar
shall Rough, OF N-gaunee. has been communicate ted
with and reply from him is expected before the
comes UP in the Centre Street Po.!ce CoIrt to-
day.