Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-21
SPIRITED HIM AWAY.
Young Man of a.. Reported
Wealthy and Non Conpos,
Apparently Abducted.
sTXHUNDRED THOUSAND INVOLVED

coptroi of Which Is Bound Up in the Con-
troll of the Missing Young Man-Aunt
and Father Appear To BE the Contest
ants for the Prize-Fugitives Traced to
Albany, y. Y.-ATIesed Motive for the
Supposed Abduction.
Detroit. June q. - Moses Fowler
Chase, aged p, alleged to be mentally
incompetent and reputed to be worth
S6O0.O0O, was abducted from the Hotel
Cadillac last Sunday night. He had
been q patient at a sanitarium in Flint,
and was en- route to his home in Lafa-
yette, Ind, accompanied by his father,
Frederick Chase, a lawyer. When the
father and son arrived here the young
mans aunt met them at the station
and hurried the youth to the Cadillac.
The father was unsuspicious of any I'M
lawful intent. Sunday night carriage
drove up to the hotel and young Chase
was taken to the Cleveland boat, which
in the company of his aunt and two I'M
known men he boarded. On reaching
Cleveland the party took train for
Cincinnati. From there they went east
to Albany, n. Y, where the private de-
tective that the father had employed to
watch them lost sight of the party.
seems a right TO Control Property.
EXtradition papers were yesterday
made out in anticipation of the party's
arrest by the New York authorities
The fortune that the boy possesses is
revertible to the aunt upon his death,
which, it is alleged, furnishes the mo-
tive for the supposed abduction. The
police of New York, Boston, Portland
and Montreal have been notified to be
on the watch for the party. The father
and his attorney believe that the object
of the abductors is to take the young
man out OF the country. 1t is stated
that upon young Chase attaining his
majority the fathers guardianship
ceased, and that the father was taking
him to Lafayette for the purpose of
himself being continued as his guardian
by order of the probate court.
Some Facts About the Case.
Cincinnati, June p. - Moses Fowler
Chase, the young man who has just
come of age and whose home was in
Lafayette, Ind, was the nephew of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Duhme, of Cincin-
natl 1t was while living with them in
1898 that he suffered from a sunstroke
for which he was sent to hospital at
Flint, Mich, where he remained until
the time of his alleged abduction. 1t
appears that the father. who is a re-
tired attorney of Lafayette. Ind, de-
sired to have Il guardian appointed for
him, and with that iew~intended to
take him from Detroit to Lafayette.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Duhme APP
peared to have consented to this al
Detroit, but disappeared without Chase's !
knowledge. |
Young Chase and His Aunt Located. |
New York, June 21.-Notwithstand |
ing that the police claim to know moth |
ing Moses Fowler Chase has been in |
the city since Monday night. Chase is |
registered at the Wadorf-Astoria with |
c. H. Duhme and the latter's wife. The /
clerk said the three guests had regis |
tered Monday night and had made no |
secret of the fact that they intended |
to sail for Europe this morning. Al
though the three were in the hotel this
morning they refused to see any one.