The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20

and after them came james Rahiil. an uncle
OF the child. carrying the lad rh IN m SaS
almost as Justify. while the bell in ths
foTSr the %, glad lad t i2is Relatives and friend;
crowded about the boy IN the front SSsndt paE Hfs f Sne
sGGTfeG% F as he told Of about the pony that had
been promised him by the men who arried him
away. He is the most popular boy at the north
The home Of his parents after his return was
filled to o%ver1owing., John received gitt ths o,
once a IS bill was. dropped into his hands by
intimate friends of his parents. While thou,
glimpse OF the boy. he looked about In amaze
ment, utterly unable to understand the anxious
curiosity Of the multitude.
SMALL JOHN INTERVIEWED.
The reporter had n talk with the, boy and
gained from him as good a description OF nus
lodging house during ,ls the last ie" h'sn'' a."
did you like your homo In tho country,
With a broad grin he replied:
mo. you can bet I didn't. cause there was no
"iHdnidinn'tt sleep on any bed; [ laid. on tho floor.
Guess they didn't have any beds out there.
The dnY2 % IL, NV wrSSe pPpS d %s up IRE f Z e s,nnEaa s she sf eGsS
OF Smith. the rag dealer.
ing man. bad man; I wouldn't go near him again
Young as he is, John is undoubtedly right. Ho
told his mother and father. when pressed for a
more detailed story. that a man came up to him
on the street, on Monday morning and
take a ride. Tho fellow said he would get
the boy q pony il he would go along, with him In
dnf ealfdI down North BBessrii i" street. M He says " the
man covered him up with the blanket SO that he
had only his head out. He said he went out into
the country to IA house, where he slept every
night.
JOINS STORY AS TOLD TO HIS rARENTs
Once out in the fields, John says, he was we'll
and peanuts and cake. and be did not mind stay
ing with the men, because they said all the time
t the boy %es ssy So' hs e sD es' and na'h Wanted sns tRSdhfhi hts mother.
but the men told him to keep still. as an
Sns toR msn HIM w"s BACK coming 81 his out ma 5 { get o a'm
with him when he was taken out of thu. city.
Frou 9Sy i ssyih ins to %e eat aug asd sP than salf hfs e Sns Ss "a! s",
nanas. and sweets came out of a hole. which
have made in advance Tor their Job. The boy
says that when he told the man that the mos
quitoes were biting him the man replied GROSSLY.
"How do you suppose l can help IT y
He had only one keeper during the days he
John VIII be s years old tomorrow. He e to
have a birthday party, and It will be = celebrs-
ton long to be emembered by him l., His friends d
welcome home. And small John smiles and
wonders; he is the hero Of the hour and doesn't
out about seven miles from Albany, just this
side OF the piece of woods where John and
lis CdpIDT5 "tTtT u 10 cdTlH, utE IL u ilttiO
structure and was built away back in 1857.
the tnsT Win rs eRiy Of Gf this sG she eve ~ II falls anS upon ipeS'a asRe WOO Woods Is
s sh;nH ; zoo feet +, wa away Y , The ,R s}ls cS Hn1eoFi tbss
On the drive which John and his father took
this evening they stopped at the church, Tho
little fellow did not want to go and hung closely
to his father. He was afraid he would be left
out there again. He would never go opt there
again. he said. or ride with any man, because,
he said, they stayed too long,"
THE CHURCH HIS PLACE OF CAPTIVITY.
When they arrived at the church one OF the
detectives climbed into it through the window
father got in, and the boy said Immediately that
this was where he had been. He recognized the
place and q board with letters upon it, but he evi.
IDENTIFY had unpleasant recollections and did not
caro- to stop there any longer thar was neees;
by a statement Of one Of Mrs. Conwsy's friends,
who says that Hardy knew all about the church,
as he lived near it some years ago.
Mr.; Conway said tonight that he did not sus.
R %sds si Himself oseI8 so eenspisl nsnai however, az Ves. that aAs NJ.
Conway friends had suspected him. Tho frs!
PHI slsr Of III the t1 SSy,s Of ff1Hss sP9s's sonse coHHw ~rSy ' ms1
Conway that he had been all through Rensselaer,
and Bloomin Grove IN search Of the lad. but
letter in the tree designated. He would shoot
assertion. Mr.. Conway thanked his brother
in.law for his offer. but refrained from accept
At the Conway house tonight, when the re
porte porter called there was ana a gathering e. e. sig Go o,
, s ssS, w wo"f pas seasn tbs e time ee. CHATTING 81 WITH Mts; f her
, while her husband and John were out in thu
]s sSSontry r., With c.i ., the he detect rns had The 11an %oths,
> starting nepvopsly for the door whenever
the carriage was hailed with shouts BY tn
: heavy downpour Of rain, wers Waiting about th
front of the houss: John bounced into the roon
0 He had no time then for talk. hut there wer
half q dozen other happy children in the room
and they were soon all at work on the candy.
THEY WANT HARDY TIC SUFFER
a Mr.. and Mrs. Conway are very mild -mannere,
: people, and Mr.. Conway. while perfectly willinl
= to talk. had little to add tonight TO what h
bitterly to Hardy against tho abductor OF hi
9 boy. That was before he had any reason to SUI
law should take its course and that jnstic
< should be melted out to the guilty ones. Speak
w, WGu fSF mott 6i' ls W'f her wh Family Mss aR Resssffna' s ss sH Id e e
: way OF having her sisters husband punishe
q & pert sisAl Mss a away nna hss seyi b, asrd 4S Mt slle SSs
way. She had never had any unpleasantnes
with him, and she could not imagine a reaso
O why he should desire TO take such a course a
d MI; conway's friends say that it was onl
( Conway's sister. She was a remarkably prett
= girl and was In the steam bakery; only a bloc
| h"hs II bItetn honc vi Iut NOnWhys
Mr.. Conway says that he had no reason to Ok
lieve that Hardy harbored any ugly feeling
toward him, as, aside from a refusal TO lend hiT
money n year ago, he had had no dealings wit
n him within the last twelve months. He had d,
d clincd to lend him the money because he sa,
that he was likely to come for moro. and he ha
had hard work getting back from him what pr,
IA viously had been lent.
II lent Hardy money previously" said Nj
Conway. and got 1t back only after long effor
We were on friendly but not intimate terms. II
It did not come to see US at my house except q
o long intervals. i suppose he thought l had til
5000 ransom money in the bank and b
70 could get it out q me. His punishmer
j. my hands and ! will not interfere.
think II he and his friends had this to do oyt
is again they would not attempt 1t. They did nj
think 1t would attract so much attention.
1t hear that Hardy believed himself hard presse
10 and that he has confessed, but I do mot kno
,e that this is SO. don't know Blake and nev,
It remember hearing him spoken OF as Hardy
IS friend. think there were three men intereste
in in the Job altogether"
10 HARDY N BLAKE IN NEW YORK CITY.
1t is. the opinion Of many that Blake is IL
ID shrewd one Of the gang. Conway believes thu
the plot to abduct his son was made up In Ne
=. York city, where both Blake and Hardy al
IN known To have hcen a few days before the erin