New-York tribune., 1900-12-02
DRUGGED AND KIDNAPPED
Roy SAYS EFFORT WAS MADE TO HAVE
HIN TELL WHERE his FATHER is.
MOTHER. WHO Is TRYING TO COLLECT
ALrMoNY. is THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
INTENDED BENEFICIARY OF CRIME
OF TWO MEN-LAD FINAL
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LY RELEASED.

Albert r. Traband, fourteen years old, OF
Mount Vernon. says he was kidnapped on Friday
n broad daylight in that city by two men, Who
inter placing him under the influence OF drug,
brought him 10 this city on a trolley car, ana
confined him in a lonely room in a hathouse
The object OF the men was 10 force the boy 10
tel the present address Of his father. DR.. w II.
-Trahand q dentist. OF Mount Vernon. who Is
concerned in divorce proceedings with his wife.
who was a Miss Bryson. daughter OF Richard
B-vson. a commercial traveller OF this city.
Mrs Traband has received an order for alimony.
she has been trying 10 collect It, and Trahsnd. II
IS alleged has evaded payment by leaving Mount
Vernon and establishing himself in New-Jersey.
The two sons, who are in the custody OF DR..
Traband live al No. 223 South Sixth-aver Mount
Vernon Albert the one who was abducted
is employed in the Office Of real estate dealer
He saws that after he had eaten his luncheon on
Friday ne mounted his bicycle and started Tor a
ride. Two well dressed strangers-one Of them
a stout man OF about forty. and the other a
vounee- man who was tall ana slim-acoosted
him IN Eleventh-ave.
Say. Johnnie" said one OF the strangers, "can
YOU ten US the way 10 Mundy's Lane?"
sure" replied the boy; TN going that way
myself. It's only & few blocks"
Tisroounting. ne walked with them The men
kent close 10 the boy, and he says that ne de-
tected the smell OF some drug on them. When
the lane was reached the stout man went up 10
a house which appeared TO be vacant and rang
the doorbeu. He took the boy with him After
waiting q few minutes the man said tha' ne
Guessed no one was at home.
Young Traband says that the man kept look
ing him IN the eyes all the time he thinks now
ne was trying 20 hypnotic him Finally he be
gan 20 feel dizzy and told the man he was sick.
The man put him a trolley car, and that Is
the last he remembers until the car reached
hundreds -and-twenty- -ninth-st.. this city.
There ne was aroused by the men who. dragging
him out OF the car. took him westward about
four blocks he says that he was locked in
small dingy room, without windows and with
no furniture. except a rickety chair and table.
He was IN the room from 800 10 o'clock at
night He Kicked the door and yelled 10 get
out HIS captors finally brought him in a glass
OF water. leg OF a turkey and piece Of bread.
While he was eating they tried to force him 10
tel where his father was. The boy refused 10
answer any OF the questions. He alleges that
one OF the men then asked him if ne didn't want
10 60 with his mother. i told him, No
sale the lad
The boy SAYS that after trying vainly for three
hours TO w-rest from him the address Of his father
the men finally decided 10 let him go and led
him 10 the door and put him out OF the house
home as quickly as possible. The boy says tnat
when ne reached his home he was weak from
hunger and the effects Of the drug
Dr. Alfred Iraband, an uncle OF the boy, said;
'Tf the boy was kidnapped I have but itue
doubt that my brothers divorced wife knows
sor,ething about IL She has done everything
n her power 10 annoy US"
Dr. Traband formerly in Sasiness at
Eudson, ~. Y, and IL was in that city SIX
-sa-s SEQ that he and his wife had their first
rroube She alleged that he was too attentive
70 certain women customers, ana SUED MN Lor
divorce. He afterward brought an achon TOT
divorce against her. .
Neither case has yet been settled, but the
courts have given him the custody OF the TWO
hove and her a verdict for anmony II is SAID
thet Mrs Traband has gone on the stage.