The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-21

Of them had entered the. car and soon
had Blake in custody. The station plat;
station exit. Cries OF Lynch him ~" Lynch
him J. arose as Blake was rushed through the
Became " so weak Sap nh tSr oUSIsg Zen. ,or tSs. b n,ti Mon I'D
have fallen but for the support OF the dctcc-
tiE YES. who mSn We're STs %Ghllnsing to him; w,,,n.n,,.o,
wagon, and as the driver started "a buriy negro
reached up and tried to strike Blake with a rail.
police. and in a few moments Blake was in po.
lice HeadquartSrs The people gave one mighty
finally in tho hands of the law.
On the way to police headquarters Mayor
T mMc I a.c Wn9 WAS WAS In the p patrol wagon; grew
tant capture OF Blake. and stood with his revol.
yer half drawn as II fearing. that the prisoner
of the police by the fren2ied crowd which was
cunning through the streets after them.
room of the Chief Of Police. Mayor TRacher.
District Attorney ,Burlingame, and the dctec-
tiyss surrounded him. and a 1,Gnogrsphcr was
ton was fired at Blake, but neither
s thS iSsSS''btS S Tho nor %uth SS1 sn'T TGsy M ssi%l hove be
ever, that the knowledge obtained from Hardy
and Blake coincided and was sufficient to clear
up the mystery surrounding the kidnapping of
John Conway. Blake was on the rack for seven
hours and at 1908 o'clock tonight was locked
Az tho patrol wagon passed through South
Pearl street with Blake. a district messenger,
VINO was UTbJ hbkou 10 uellVbT inc ransom note
at the Conway residence. recognized Blake as
the man who handed 1t to him.
arrested as q suspect this afternoon, but was
afterward allowed to go. although he could give
no satisfactory reason for his visits to the city.
tions were decidedly mixed. He was recognized
as a man who had attempted to interview the
tense 9 sG 81 being I a reporter eSt,sr'ffS for the th"eVNS New we YORK
World. Others came forward who said he had
been inqutring since Blakc's arrest of his
whereabouts. The pDiipe seemed I'm he satisfied
that Byron was not "a member of the gang, and
This Afternoon the window in the station
house opposite Hardy's cell was opened. Sew.
eral members OF a crowd which was waiting
was opposite tho open window. and several
missiles were thrown in. None Of them struck
scattered by the police.
Az 10 o'clock this morning Hardy asked for
what he knew Of the abduction at the request Of
the District Attorney. His efforts must have
been labored or else he was endeavoring to con.
ceel his own connection with the affair, for at 3
o'clock to- might he was still at work.
The District Attorney says that the plot to
ner's office in New York, and that Hardy. Blake,
and Warner reached Albany a week ago last
Saturday morning rpnp on San tho r ss,f%%eGE r. AdirHnd SclS,
York city and Albany. They intended
fsS but he discoS %SRs thu that '0G 9hc Il T %gssns saltaSTs
were not perfected, Meanwhile Warner
returned s to New S,a Hork: sb but W same back 4.t two o. days aSs
deal on an agreement that IL 1t were successful
each would receive 81. 900 Of the ransom money.
Warner, being a stranger, was selected to steal
the boy. His confedcrates posted him regarding
the best time and place for carrying out the
plot. The place where the boy was hidden, as
well as the ransom letter. were prepared sew,
eral days before the plan of the kidnappers was
The police have possession of a number Of ar
ticlos of food and an old coat and carriage
blanket which wero found at the point in the
woods where the boy was detained. The coat
shows that it was purchased of a local tailor, and
its appearance indicates that no one but q hobo
The District Attorney is satisfied from the
statements of Hardy and Blake that Warner is
the man who had charge of the boy during his
three days of co~ncealment, and that he was the
tho rescuing party early yesterday morning.
Hardy and Blake kept Warner and the boy sup.
piled with food. They drove out to Karners for
this purpose on Tuesday afternoon.
William IL. brisbane, a local grocer, says that
Warner answers the description of one of the
mon who he thinks robbed his store one night
last winter of . $1,000 BY, blowing open the safe.
The same gang relieved the safe of the Albany
Railway OF So, 800 shortly before. The cracks
mon have never been discovered.
Tho police tonight received information from
q woman friend of Blake that she saw him
and q man who answered Warmers descrip
tion in South Pearl street last Sunday night,
ton. Her description of tho man ITALICS with
that OF Warner. Blake has been a friend
Of hers since she came to Albany. Last sprine
Blake utii her that he had a friend in New
York. a very clever fellow named Warner
whom he had befriended. and who would defend
him whenever he got into a scrape. He said he
and Warner had been in Rochester to work Out
q little plot, but 1t failed.