The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-20
SAYS HE WAS KIDNAPPED.
PRINTER JAMES DECLARES HE WAS
Carried Owe AND ROHRED.

htdnappers Locked Him In n Room from
Which lie Managed to Escape, but How
He Can't Tell-Queer Letter Thut He
Wrote aud Dropped from the window.
A stranger handed an envelope with n brass
koy thrust,throuRhit to Samuel Juskovitz on
Bayard street Just before midnight on June
II. Tho stranger could not read. he told JUS
kovltz: he had Just picked up the envelope
Juskovitz. who was entering his house at &c
Bayard street. saw that the writing on the en-.
velope was In English. which he could not read
himself. and passed 1t to n friend who took II
into Peter Ia!fey's saloon on Chrystie street
and showed 1t to tho proprietor. Tatfey threw
1t behind the bar. 1t lay there a whole day
Then somebody called I.arisy's attention TO
the lead-pencil superscription. which ran
thus:
Either give It TO a policeman. whoever find.
1t. or take Mr.. otto Wicker II Spring street.
third floor. and olse rye the locality where this
Is found"
I.afrey at once gave the envelope to Police
man John Murphy Of the Eldrdge Street sta
tion. who took 1t to Capt Hogan. The CaptaIn
opened the envelope and found this letter:
My DEAR FRIESD-On my way to the house
this r. NJ. stopped at the hotel to get my grin
and overcoat to take to Fourth street When
got to tha corner Of Elizabeth and Broome
street. noticed a carriage standing there
man got out and said lady was inside and
would like to see me The door was open and
l stepped up to look in. when the man pushed
me In and threw cloth over my face. All
can remembsr.s that ] smelled chlorotorm
and when l was conscious again found my
self locked In an attic room. don't know
what part Of the city am In. but | am pretty
sure 1t is on the east sido. All my money has
been taken. and don't know what will come
next. or how long am to- be. kept. here. |
have got my watch. but probably that will be
taken. had this paper In my grip or could
not have written this. Give this to the FIRST
policeman that you can SEQ. and tell him to
take such action as he thinks vii! find me. for
danger. don't know what l shall do II some.
body does not find and deliver this note.
Tom"
Two detectives were sent to wiecler's.
Mono Of the family was in. but they earnsi
from neiRhbor that man named Tom FIRE.
Nathalie harano. whose husband went to the
war year ago and never came back. The de-
ts;tlys; f9yR md Mrs. Maano homs when
With her was Thomas +. James. II printer. Of
Maltham. Mass. who said that he was Tom
Sarano told Detective Higgins that only va
little while before they arrived she had seen
Ing as II he uidn't know where he was going.
and had brought him H. The dsteetiye YES took
n" ht to rs this n.f. of
dictated this statement:
70 h hs city 91 ThSrsdoy June and
Broome street and the Bowery also took
rooms p in Fourth street A. aho9t ,il5 O'clock
tsndns TO Visit r. "a. Mnrano vi When enc h reached
the corner of Broome and Elizabeth strests |
was accostsi by an unknown man, who called
me BY name and Informed me that & lady in IA
carriage which was standing by the curb at
the corner wished 70 speak to me. As soon
J. reached the door OF the carriage felt some
thing strike me on the back OF the neck and
cloth was thrown over my face. which smsled
caaxe By the MS and ssH n,e the
Nhen ! regained my senses. at about 30
o'clock. found, myself IN an attic of house
door and window shutters were secured BY
heavy padlocks. Fearing nv life was IN dan
letter and after attaching key had with mo
to It, pushed It through shutter Of the win
h'w to- hSSns s9me az. TgMd fnd it. and give
blank until about ii o'clock in the morning Of
rooms OF Mrs. Marano. While confined in tho
room | discovered that S2l had Teen taken
sion, Of my gold watch and diamond ring
Was there any furniture in the ROOM
"'k Tw6 Ss sRatr H@T said James
what sort OF shutters we're on the Window"
blinds in them answered James
Then WIN" ked the Captain with grin.
n
terS down"
james looked puzzled and rather sheepish
Il never thought Of that. he said
James told circnmstanta story OF how he
had received S2ll from II man named Ensign
Of WatsrtoTE. Mass. who had cashed two
actually had such checks in his possession be-
about Ensign
How did you get out of the room in whlch
you were loCked?" Capt: Hogan asked James
Il don't know" said .'ames. I fell Into
When came TO was IN Mrs Marqno's."
RS Alarano.' the CAPTAIN reminded him
said you:werein the street when she found
James looked erleved Then he looked re.
lieyed
i guess ! WASH; conscious when she found
,o Mrs Ma IRA Is 900; looking woman about
she was boarding at the farm OF II man named
Shields. at Ulster Park. Ulster county. she
advertised for a husband. James. she said.
answered the advertisement and brought her
to pay f23 month for her board He had
exhibited two checks. amounting to more
than sd as evidence Of his financial respons-
bilitv, Now that the. money was gone. she
said. he had no money to pay board or get
married with or anything. After lnvestleat-
ing Bayard street houses. near where tho en-
vslope first appeared. for some distance in the
effort TO md one with front room like that
described by James. the police sent to Meek
er's to ask him to como to see the Captain
James. I'm getting too much notoriety." At
that time no newspaper had printed word OF
his adventures. The police said that II no
wanted TO let the matter drop they certainly
heard from since. wiecker's rooms we're
closed yesterday and locked with a big pad