New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-21
THE E1pNAPPER CA UGHT.
aunrr- OF y, y, BLAKE WHO sf"''h
,p,fS CONWAY,

,r;.r, ra wAs FAKES raoa ~HAlS IN A''"""-
mon rtlnHhTHNi'o 80 LYNCH HIN"
ro,JoT1 LOCKING tor ANoTI;E" MAJ
Alberr, Avg salt. @, Hlako tho kdnapper o.
p,tin John Conway WAS caught ~ o'"'"'NNv
tY Iel,r T. Farrell. counsel soT Tine N!s"s'
rhortl. after hoen to-day ana brought TO ms city
nm "a, s.ia ,rnln rho station was nlled w.E IN
anrry mob and the police had difficulty IN getting
the c,nr. from farrell, and placing him IN the
pc:rol-waSon. When they got him IN the w"so'
fully two thourand persons surrounded H. hho e'!cs
o. Lynch ilm,' Hang him.. Shoot NM ef'-
famed tho mob Ia u ooin. u. desperation. Tho
horses wore whipped up and they ploughed through
The Grove. whlch hung TO both sides o, he wagon.
Mayo: Thacher got into the wagon and held
Rlako with hand while he grasped revolver
IL the other. \: the police station an enormous
crowd had gathered. bu, the prisoner Was landed
In the private Office o. the chot o, police In short
orior.
The cap;uro c. Bake Ly Mr. Farrell was tame
as compared with the recovery Of tho child by Mr.
Farrell and his party yesterday morning When
reen by n" associated Press representative he
said:
II lcft for $ ,hcnec;ady this morning the S:l5
train md wsr lod 10 believe. there wns such
vsrt crowd IN the city o. Schenectady attending
tho 1remens convention, that Blake and his pals
would mako 'or either thore Troy. ! visited 81.
the PAGES o: rosCrt. went around the outskirts OF
the town and heard Of a carriage being driven into
the city froci tho Schenectady Road early last
evening. - witch there were three men. was
loRho 70 believe troiE ths fnct tina; Blake not.
IN town. weat around TIE outskirts and grndu-
ally worked to'rara the station, ard had tust
stepped w!r t!c .Aclosu'o when Blake on
tho railroad track quite N,tle distance 70 the
northwest.
Il Immediately walked up TO hin AM asked him
20 come with me, md brought him 10 the baggage
room AZ the Schenectady station. then searched
him 20 sec X he had any weapons about him. know
Ing had desperate fellow 10 deal with aid asked
him Z he would come quietly with me 20 Albany.
or Il It would be necessary 20 call the services Of
policemen. He promised 20 go quietly with me
- Albany He caused ne no trouble on the way
to this city. and arrival turned him over
70 the Police"
Matthew Flood. d friend Of HARDY. whose arrest
was noted last night. was Get free after being ex-
am!ncd by the D!strict-Attorrcy. he Undoubtedly
hes valuable knowledge Of the crime:
Al the Conway homo to-day a celebration was
held the Ike Of which had been In that
neighborhood Not only was i day Of general
family, who paid their respects In endless numbers
but II was the nth birthday Of the victim Of the
the few ill-eGects OF his dangerous trip.
The mysteries OF the kidnapping arc practically
solved H. g. Blake has made d confession of
the gangs pernicious work 70 the Disrict-Attorney
IRE OF questions from $50 O'Clock this afternoon
until O'Clock tonight.
Ills colleague. Knapps. whom the police thought
they had landed this afternoon when they ar
rested Thomas !. BYRON. OF Sharon. Conn. Is be
evod 20 b." Albert $ Warner lawyer VINO had
an Office at No rs Broadway. %ew-York. It is
4 woman accomplish SIS supposed to he with
Warner.