The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-09-14
CASES OF KIDNAPPING.
NOTABLE INSTANCES IN THE
LAST THIRTY YEARS.
Charlie Rose Was Never Found and
His Fate lie Yet Unknowu-Sever
Famous New York Cases-Taking of
Little Gerald La pIner.


Eamous New York cases-Taking of
Little Gerald LapIner.
There have been more than 1000 kid
mapping cases within the last thirty
years sufficiently noteworthy to attract
widespread attention, and these must
be but small proportion OF the total
number In the great majority OF in
stances the children We're speedily re
covered, but the fate Of many has re-
manned n mystery up To the present
day.
While playing with smother lad one
summer day. near his fathers resi-
denee. in Germantown, Pa, Charlie
Ross. 1 years old, was induced Ia take
drive in buggy by two apparently
friendly men. This was July l, 1874.
Since that day the lad has never been
seen by his friends. The father. Chris
tlan Ross, instituted search with the
aid OF the police. which failed 10 reveal
the wherea bouts of she child.
An advertisement offering reward
elected reply from The abductors'
who demanded ransom OF S2O,OoO.
Mr. Ross did not possess this sum aud
the negotiations proved fruitless. The
city Of Philadelphia offered reward
of S20,0OO for the apprehension OF the
abductors
This set every detective In the United
States ON the alert. Every elew WIS
/ followed. Many times the boy was re
ported found but the reports proved
false. The trail was lost until the fol
lowing December. when two burglars
were fatally shot la Bay Ridge they
admitted having abducted Charlie
Ross. but died without disclosing the
rhlld's Whereabouts This Was the
last information ever received about
Charlie Ross To this day his fate re
mains II mystery.
Mary Tinsdale, IA years old, left her
home at 233 Thompson street, New
York. on April II. 1857, To 20 10 school
Near University place aud 18th street
well dressed woman led her away.
The child has never been recovered.
A notable kidnapping case was in 1871,
when James Murphy, ; years old, was
taken by woman Acquaintance OF his
family On board the steamer Magnolia.
at Savannah. TIA. just before the boat
WAS to sail for New York. The woman
brought the child To New York, where
the utmost efforts of the father and the
police failed To find trace OF HIN.
Neither child nor abductor was ever
discovered.
Hannah White Ia 1858 carried away
the two children. a boy and girl, OF her
brother. whose home was In Sandwich,
Can. Seven years later the boy. Joseph.
was found at Bad Axe, Wis. where
Hannah White had married and Set
tied The woman refused to tell what
she had done with the girl. However
nearly ten years later the girl. grown to
womanhood was found at Liberty
Pole, Wis.
Connecticut residents have still fresh
In their minds the kidnapping Of Ward
Ferris Waterbury. years old. son OF
| Charles =. Waterbury of Long Ridge,
Conn. This took place Feb. .. 1892.
The lad WAS seized while ON his way
home from school. The greatest mys-
Terry surrounded the outrage. but three
days later the abduetors were captured
aud brought to Justice and the boy re-
stored to his friends. TO obtain a ran
som WAS the object Of the crime.
Other notable cases are the kidnapping
OF Corinne Lewis. AT Boston. Dee 20,
1859; Teresa Small, IN New York April
20. 1874: Nellie Creham on March 20,
1889. From time to time plots for
wholesale abduction have been dlscOv
cred. In 1888 John Ogletree was
charged with wholesale abduction OF
boys In Georgia. Again In August,
1897, the abduction OF little James Con
way. at Albany, brought to light the
operations of gang OF kidnapers.
one remarkable kidnapping ease was
that Of Gerald Laplner years old.
who was taken away from In front Of
the home Of his parents. in Chicago. by
All old woman who took sudden
fancy to the child The parents spent
thousands Of dollars Ia search for the
babe, but could tind no trace whatever
OF II. year after the kidnapping
young woman in an Ohio town told the
Chicago police that she believed the
Lapiner child was In the possession VI
an old couple VINO lived near her home.
The mother went to the place. aud rec
ognized and recovered her child.--New
York World.