El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-17

WERE KIDNAPPED
John Graham's Children
Lost Last Night
FOUND IN Ell PASO

Two Children, Boy And a Girl, Left
Home At $50 Last Night-The
TraiI:Shows That. There Was Wo
man With Them-A Boy Kidnap.
ped From the Same Place Four
Years Ago Aud Brutally Murdered
Officers On the Hunt.
Tomas Mendoza, Juan Montez an d
the twelve. .year-Old son of John Gra-
ham, living seven miles west of mere
near the Southern Pacific tracks. ar
rived in this city this morning and
went straight to the grocery store of L.
M. Goodman, on South Kansas street
and reported that boy nine years of
age and a girl seven years of age,
both Graham children, had been led
away from GrahHm's premises about
$50 last night.
The young Graham boy who accom-
panied the Mexicans to this city In
search of his brother and sister, said
that about o'clock last night his
father and mother went to the river q
mile distant to get some water. They
we're gone about an hour and when
they returned the two children were
gone.
LAS soon as my father returned, :"
said the boy, she asked where the
children were and told him that they
were playing around the yard. He
went to look for them but could not
find them any place. Father and moth
er at once started out west of the place
to see if they could find them and we
came to El Paso. We struck the trail
of the children after travelling and
there seemed short ways in this dir
ection to be a woman with them. We
followed them as far as the smelter
and there we lost all trace of them. 1
Am certain that they are here in Ell
Paso and 1 am going back to notify
father and mother that the children
are here"
Officer-Geo. Harold was sent out to
see If he could find any trace of the
children and succeeded in trailir g them
as far as the dam, q mile west OF here.
He also said that there was woman in
company with the children.
Officer Harold later stated that peO-
pie along the line of the trail told him
the children were alone when they
passed.. ,.,
The mystery which surrounds the
of these children is q
deep one. AS soon as the father left
home the children left the house and
playing around the yard
and their merry voices rang out in the
nj ght air long after the father and
mother disappeared in the distance.
Suddenly the sound of their voices
ceased but the silence did not attract
the attention of the older brother in
the house and nothing more was
thought of them until the father asked
called and his voice echoed in the sur
hills but no childish voice an
swered the call.
The search was then commenced and
Kept up all night.but without the desir-
I'd effect. The trail was struck and it
was thought that the children would
soon be found but, up to noon today,
,he little ones were still in the posses
sion of the kidnapper.
THE CHILDREN FOUND.
Mrs. Kneeland rang up the police
station at q quarter of four this after
noon and said the two lost children
we're at her house
Detective George Harold Immediate
~ repaired to the spot on horseback
and a HERALD reporter met him on
San Antonio street a few minutes later
coming towards town leading his
horse with the children walking beside
him.
The lost boy and girl are typical
country children and their we'll worn
shoes showed the effects of their tramp.
''We ran away from home," said the
boy in answer to the reporters Ques-
tiop, because our brother beat
u.s.
Where were you going?
We we're gong here.
George Harold, who trailed them and
discovered woman's tracks with
the children's and suspected
that they had been kidnapped by the
woman, asked the boy if they did not
meet a woman last night.
"No" he replied, "We didn't see no
"Yes, we did, interrupted the
little girl; ''she overlook us on the
-oad and walked q piece of the way
with u.s.
The children said they spent the
night at house near the smelter. The !
girl was crying and the boy |
seemed tho roughly worn out. The |
title girl carried small bundle wrap
bed in red handkerchief which |
vas clutched tightly in her small |
lands.
ANOTHER CASE RECALLED.
About four years ago young son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Graham was taken in The |
anne manner with out any visible cause |
or such an act. The country threa-
Ibouts WAS stirred up to fever heat |
'ver the disappearance of the boy and |
earching parties were organized and |
tsrted out to find the lad. After working |
for three consecutive days |
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