The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-22
" ABDUCTED" YOUTH OF AGE
JUDGE HAS DECLARED HIM SANE AND
ENTITLED TO HIS FORTUNE

So Say the Duhmes, who Are Mt tho Wal
dorf with Him. and for Whose Arrest at
the Fathers Demand "a Requisition Has
Been Sent from Michigan-They'I Fight.
John Martin. Chief Of Police Of Detroit tele-
grabbed Yesterday to Capt. McClusky Chief of
Detectives. that a reduisition for Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Duhme, who are at the Waldori-As-
toria and who are charged with abductinR
Mrs. Duhmes2 81 year. old nephew. Moses Fow-
Ter Chase, in Detroit on Sunday ni9ht. June 4.
and bringing him with them to New York. had
been forwarded to Gov. Roosevelt. Chief Mar
tin requested that Mr.. and Mrs Duhme be
held in custody. They arc not in custody.
however.
Moses Fowler Chase ia the son OF Frederick
| Chase. lawyer uf Lafayette. Ind, and OF Mrs.
Duhmes late sister. who was the daughter OF
Moses Fowler a wealthy manufacturer Of
| Lafayette. BY the will OF AIR Fowler. who
| died on Aug. u. 1889. young Chase inherited
| about 100000. OF which he was to become
possessed when he was u years old. His
| father was named as the trustee OF his sons
! estate during the sons minority The young
man entered Yale and remained there until
| the enn Of the college year OF 1893. In Au-
! gust OF that year. while playing golf, he had
| sunstroke. from which he never fully recov-
| cred.
| Shortly after this no was sent to sanl-
| tarium at Flint. Mich. and. according to
| tho Duhmss, he became convalescent about
| Christmas time. last year On June he at
tanned his majority. His father. having been
| notified. so the Duhmes say. that his son was
| cured. went with a nurse to Flint on that day
| to take his son home. He. the nurse and the
boy got as far as Detroit. where they, stopped
over. putting up at the Hotel Cadillac. from
which hotel. according TO: THE SUNS de-
| NV Mr. Mrs. Duhne without hiA
| fathers knowledge or consent. When the
| father became convinced that his sister law
| ter to the Detroit police. and the, Duhines and
tho boy we're traced as lar as Albany Then
legged abduction and they were asked to ar:
rest Mr.. aud Mrs Duhms and to take charge OF
Detectives Psnperted and AlcG6nville found
Mr.. and Mrs. Duhme and young Chase at the
informed by the detectives that he and his
wife were charged with abductng their
nephew Mr.. Duhme said that he IAN and his wife
Headquarters Immediately. They did so and
there told to Capt. McClusky their. side of the
story which was substantially a. follows:
After the death Of Chase's mother young
Chase lived almost altogether with his aunt
and uncle, at their home IN Cincinnati. In
fact. Mrs Duhme had really been "a mother to
! the boy and gave him mothers care until he
was taken to the snnitqrium Whom the boy.
his pronerty; and his fathers trusteeship
elder Chase had taken his son from the SAM
tnrlum with The intention OF applying to the
in ataystts to t haze the BOY sIndss
| appointed a committee OF his son person and
estate. simply for the purpose Of continuing in
control OF the property, most OF which is in
negotiable securities
The Duhmes said they learned Of what the
elder Chase was about to do. and. knowing
that the boy was perfectly sane and able to
take care of his own affairs. they concluded &c
! tanned lawyer TO appear for tho boy in tho
LAFAYETTE courts, and they went to Detroit
oH HiS'N to H stor off there The buhmes say
they met Chase and his son at Detroit. told
ths boy ne was ct age ana tree asen, ana ma
father or go with them to their summer home
at Poland Springs. Me- for which they were
andthey then returned to Cincinnati. There,
on June u. they took the young man before
ton county to be examined as to his sanity:
rs rd ne %
These iorInalitles having been gone through
the nuh fSsy to away tor tne
Mrs. ,Duhme told the police that. according &c
her fathers will she wog d.. inherit the rrop,
that young Chnse's father is a comparatively
tho alleged abduction occurred two weeks
ago IL was little ate in the day for. the
When Capt MrClusky h AL heal I'd the Duhmes'
story, had found out that the boy was Of ace
Duhme that'thsv could go hack to their hotel
and this. when he wanted them he'd send for
them. ThsIeupon Mr.. Duhme declared that
heard the at OF the reGuistion or until the
whole matter had been settled. Yesterday he
retained Willard A. Mitchell Of - Nassau
tor Of ihe Wald9rI- Astoris Mr. y, Mitchell raid
Chase was trying to bring an acton otsome
kind against Mr., Duhms and that l?uhme
would certainly bring an action for SANDER
aga inst Chase for the statements and charges
he had made
MIR, Duhme is ieweller and goldsmith He
and his wife are both rich
Dispatches from Detroit last night stated
that warrant hnd been Issued oT T one George
the Duhmes to New York The only person
known to have ACCOMPANIED them, besides
! young Chase was DR.. Porter. the Duhmes
DETRoIT. June .2l.-A detective, of the De-,
with papers which ask that Charles H Duhme.
Mrs Charles II. Du hme aud George Peteruan
| be turned over bv the State Of New York to the
charge OF abduction Of Chase.
The Duhmes wired to Attorney John b.
Conely here and to prominent Cincinnati at
Mr. Conely made his effort but failed and wired
TO Gov. Roosevelt not to issue eNtradition pa
uP he 9S gTa be hnrd Mr
is sane periodically. hut not safe to he trusted
alone. He exhibits a letter written to him by
DR. Burr the superintendent of tn" Flint in
stitntinn, only last month in which DR. Burr
states that he does not believe It will lie wise
to turn the lad loose without some one to watch
and direct him.
Harry Prohasco. ox-United States District
Attorney. acting for Mr. Chase obtained from
rest OF Mr. and Mrs Quinn" on a charge OF
kidnapping. Proba7co has started for New
York.