The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-25
ERE THEY KIDNAPPED?
tIcE THINK MOTHER TOOh AWAY
WILLIE AND ANNIE HiWhES'
10 Grandmother Thinks Not and Nei'her
lother nor Children Can Br Found Oh.ap-
tantiated story OF Two hen VINO ""'e
zen DraEEinE the Iittle Ones Along

~ grandmother Thinks Not and Nei'he'
tother nor children Can BE Found On.ap-
tanuated story OF Two hen VINO "e'o
zen Dragging the Little Ones Along
lille and Annie Hawkes.. respe'ilVey 3
o years old, disappeared from the home Of
6 grandmother, Mrs. Nora lIanratty AZ
Sest I0sd street on Tuc.day, Mrs lidhra'iN
IL almost frantic over the absence OF thr
ldren, II sure that they were kiinapp"d'
d her theory Is sustained by two boys VINO
y In tho neighborhood and declare that they
" two men dragging the children along
tghth avenue. In the vicinity OF l2oth
eet, about two hours after they dis
Appeared. The police declare that Nirs'
LAURA Hawkes., the mother OF tho ohlldreh'
who left her mothers home ten days ago AFTER
q quarrel. was seen around the neighborhood
on Tuesday and that she undoubtedly TOOK
the chlldren away with her. The police theory
IA supported by n Mrs. Gregory, an invalid,
who lives at 10 Manhattan avenue, around IN"
corner from The Io3d street house. Mrs Gregory
says that while she was being wheeled through
iosd street on Tuesday afternoon she noticed
the Hawkes. children play ing on the street
She saw Mrs. Hawkes. come along and take
them away with her. The police looked up a
friend Of Mrs. Hawkes., y Mrs. Brady OF Az
Fast Twenty-seoond street. and she told them
that the mother had the children and that they
were all right. She couldn't or wouldn't tell
where Mrs. Hawkes. and the children are now.
Mrs. Hanratty Is the ~Janitress OF the apart
ment house In which she lives and has COM
Portable rooms In the basement. Six years
ago her daughter married Edward J. Hawkes.
chief petty officer Of the cruiser Albany. now
on duty in the Philippines. and they had three
children, one of whom died about a year ago
When her husband went away on MS present
long cruise, Mrs. HaW k'- ana her children
went 20 i've with her mother. Ten days, lr"
Mrs. Uanratty, who l. devoted 10 the lIit'"
ones, told her daughter that she WAS not the
sort of a person To De trusted with their bring
ing up, whereupon there was a Nero" quHFIeI
and Mrs. Hawkes. strobe out OF the house IeaV-
ing the children behind MIS- huiraltl lo1u
1.-THE Glowing story Of their disappearance
last night.
)ether Oh the street thin, when i heard the
thistle OF the uostmau blow. Whom ! went
out he was not around aud found q postal
oardlying on the steps. II said on II. 'Gotos =.
Fourth avenue NJ once, whcr" a friend wishes
TO see you on important business went
dow town In a hurry. A. ! Wa crossing the
street. little Willie came running after me,
and begged to be taken along | told him !
would be- back soon and promised to brlnR
him some candy. hen ! went, over 70 oolI
umbus avenue and took a car. ! couldn't md
any such number a. the one given In the postal
card. 80 ] came back. ] came up on a.
Eighth avenue CIR and got To lO3d street AT so
O'Clock. In front Of the entrance 70 the Park
j saw Bessie Joyce. a little girl who lives In the
house She told ne that Willie and Annie
were I'm tho Park playing / told her b. tell
them TO come home early and she said abe would
Some other children told me that they saw them
playing on the street at 40 o'clock They
didn't comein to dinner and | couldn't find them
do not believe that my daughter
took them They had a good home here and
she has no place 10 keep them
The two bows who claim to have seen two
men d aggtng the children along Eighth avenue
are Willie lianamau, - Years old of ~ West
lO3d street and " lille HallCn, "A years old OF
90 West luJd street. They say that the chill
dren had boon tollowin a POLITICAL parade.
Both boys tell 4 aight stories but capt Schmitt-
berger said last night that he believed they
were romancing. L believe the mother has
the child en-. he said, and ! am doing all |
can o. find her. She has Il right 70 the children
and neither the GRANDMOTHER or the Uo,iCe can
take them away from her, but for the sake OF
clearing the thing up / am going TO find her"