Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-19
is WILLING TO PAY MONEY
MIR. MCCORMICK OFFERS $1,000 FOR
RETURN OF NEPHEW.
What He Says Respecting Note Re-
ceived From This City-Other
Letters Received.


noon from New York, where he went about
ten days ago for the purpose of assisting
in securing the return of his ten-year -oid
nephew, who was kidnapped from his home
In Highbridge. a suburb Of New York city,
about 7:35 pm. March q. While in New
York yesterday Mr.. Mccormick received a
letter, dated Washington, D. c., April II,
signed "a. E. c." of which the following
is literal copy. 1t will be noticed that
both spelling and punctuation are very
faulty, but the handwriting appears to
indicate that the person who wrote the
communication was possessed of at least
average learning and intelligence:
Mr.: Michea Mccormick, Hoffman House,
| New York, N. Y:
Sir: Your reward is to large Can you
pay it or rather will you we have plenty
OF time at present can furnish proof suffi-
cient that we hold the boy.
What good of farther Serch. You have
failed so far but look on then we will SUBJ
NIT our terms If. YOU have any further in
formation or wish any further put In
World-Personal Sunday 81.
Yours, &c, A. E. c."
What Mr.. Mccormick Says.
In conversation with a Star reporter this
afternoon Mir. Mccormick said: while
have very little faith that the missing boy
is here 1 am anxious to follow up any clue
in the case no matter how small. and If
this article shall be read by those who say
they have my nephew, will meet them at
any time and place that they may select.
If they have the boy with them l will give
them 5000.
While realizing that this is compound
ing felony, l am, as uncle of the boy
willing to take my chance with the Ameri-
can people and the citizens of the District
of Columbia, OF which have been a citizen
for more than twenty-Seven years.
Mr.. Mccormick referred to the fact that
in the letter above mentioned, he was re-
quested to open negotiations through the
personal column Of the New York World
next Sunday, and said: Il will do this. 1
want to have some evidence that the writer
really holds the boy or knows where he is
After 1 have gained that information |
Sheedy Is holding the $1,000 reward and Is
prepared to treat with the kidnapers.
will return to New York or go anywhere
Pat Sheedy asks me to go to bring about
the safe return Of Willie to his parents"
Confidence in Sheedy.
Continuing, Mr.. Mccormick stated that
he had every confidence in the integrity of
Pat Sheedy, who is termed "the honest
gambler of New York. who has consented
to act as a go-between in the case, and
who has already received several clues that
may lead to the delivery of Willie McCor-
mick to his parents.
Mr.. Mccormick quoted Sheedy as saying
yesterday:
I'VE are now getting down to business,
and 1 am fully prepared to deal with the
kidnaperS on business basis.
Il want to say this, however, that let
tiers don't count with me- l will not deal
with kidnaper by mail. l want to see
him face. to face.
81 have given my word that shall deal
on a strictly confidential basis. In accepting
the commission to pay the $1,000 reward Tor
the safe return of Willie Mccormick did
SO with the understanding and upon the
strict condition that no person shall be
harmed. My word goes in a matter of this
kind
THE kidnapers Of Willie Mccormick
will never be exposed by me. They can
come direct to me and tell me everything
about their game and it will be as secret as
if they We're talking among themselves.
The one condition is that they must come
in person.
Received Several Letters.
Mr. Mccormick further said Sheedy re-
ceived several letters yesterday bearing
upon the Mccormick case. One of them
was from person who asked that he place
81, 500 under a certain pier last night, the
remaining s., 500 Of the reward to be de-
livered today as condition for the return
Of the Mccormick boy. He paid no atten-
ton to it.
There were no letters received at the
Mccormick house, in Highbridge yester-
day that threw any further light on the
mystery of the lost boy. Capt. Titus OF
the detective bureau sent out several addi-
tional detectives on the Mccormick case
yesterday. They were working on the clue
furnished by the family and by the play
mates Of Willie Mccormick that one of the
Italian laborers at work in front of the
Mccormick home the day Willie disap-
peared had chased the lad around several
blocks because of some petty spite.
The letter received by Michael G. Nc
Cormick, signed "a. E. c." was said by
a handwriting expert to have been written
h1, yo1pp narSop proha hlv man