The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
KIDNAPPED ELLA CLARKE.
HER FATHER HAD CONCEALED HIM
ELF IN A NElGHBOR'S HOUSE.

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PoRT CHESTER, N. ", June 5.-Ella Clarke,
the S.year-old child who was kidnapped at noon
day hero, at tho instance Of her father, who then
hurriod hor over the Rvram Rivor In n fisher.
mans boat to Connecticut, where he boarded
q train for New York, 10 still In her fathers
custody, while Mrs. Clarke is keeping q care
mi S.,.h 80 ~ o,hor NINA a how
: ,,,,,s Ma RI r,,o " .aO Tho, his
father doesn't oot him. Mira. Clarke
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un" aren ior some weoSs. nss nns ,'.. ia So o"ra ,o = =
where she and he. husband lived, and p nosan an
cruelty. She "a 90 year. old. and was married
At tho ,go n 14ls, She WA a waitress in
Young's Hotel, then the Dc Soto House. when
Clarke met her. They had been acquainted for
to Now York Clarke took tho daughter, Jennie.
out for a walk. They went away and were mar
riod, telesraphing tho fact to Mrs. Shape the
80 10 ". an.nso tn. ,h". .res 90 NJ
then az MRS. Shapes. Ihen they moved 10 NO"
York again. and lived there until the recent
DTeAk-uD.
Mrs. Clarke was out whom Ella was taken
member of the household. a Young woman.
,rhn va ~ hau waw ,ou. ,ro,, nsnrr
and was within sight Of the house. The
young woman saw Clarke. but did not
80 E,,, sha IA w. snnM .h"t ~. ohnd
sec Fila ono dld not KNOW that inc chlIu
appeerspee here The night before and had CON,
street. lust srSgnd Tho corner from the Shape
nouso, ahd Visible from it across a vacant ,9t IN
day;
hin, ne was mere ror hours. 1 nsd never met
n not S %afi. R fS' d %g eI hess a bnSw ! h o'oiio slth IN tSe
sIsn's even q AZ, IS to ,5 SS slio W S T. sIsY' H. ~
said he wanted TO see his children;
tina, his Is, wife VI n had d said ~ he IN might; and that that 4, he had
SS%i my Sp' a 10 SO % .aid :' '%oll .f Sars's s' The e is ssas;
want o -
whenI came down in the morning. Hs had a
BOY. perhaps - years old. with him. The boy
room all the morning; The man said during
me morning that ne wanted MS lttie
home with him; l told him he should
NOT steal her IN the street. ana that II he did |
sa { .o 5Sii no on you hlR @on't r. j n saia tR %s H 7 ser 1G a nnS
should, for shouldn't want any one e steal my
f ffiad ,n A. and ndok would 9 ,hln want to be T. told h Il any y ONE ms
arms St the time.
"A little later i heard him say 10 the Italian
boy: There, she is; that's the GIRL The boy
went out and the man after him, and I rushed
across the street to q friend OF Mrs. shape and
told her about 1t. When l came out OF there
clarke was gone. l did not see him take the
child, but he got It.. Mrs. Shapes friend
etoused the family and later in the afternoon
MIS-. Clarke had an officer come here and search
the house. accusing ne OF concealing, her hrs,
band. OF course | had no objection to the search;
knew he wasn't here, and the officer had no
blame for US, III we had known what he came
out here for we shouldn't have allowed him e
come at all Land he didn't know my husband well
enough to come down on us at the hour he did.
After getting away he sent a letter TO me. in