Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-07-24
IT'S NOTHING. but gyEE. Z
WIN. LAUsTERER, OF WAlHALLA, LAUGHS
AT THE REPORTED KIDNAPPING. n
A REVISION y. NS0F An cold Story 0lI|'|'.
Practically the Same Story asWas Siatses
# 89 Several Months Ago. s., & Il 4.

lS& q oeVefal MonthS ago. ~ ~, "a
eWo dip thefollowing story from the
New York Worldof July II. ut purports
to DO an Interview regarding a kidnap.
ping somo twonty-fivo years ago:
"Albert w. Lausterer, according to ia
statemeut he made last night to o World
reporter, is the victim of a kidnappina
plot which has boon successfully con.
cealed for twenty-five years and which
is inmany respects rs asmystorious as the
Charley Ross case. He has just called
upon tho philadelphia police to unravol
the puzzlo. M
"Laustorer, who Is about twenty. eight
years old, belioyos that his true name is
Christian Rohle, and chat hs was kid.
mapped whom alittle more than three.
He has no idea as to tho plaoe from
which he was stolen, but believes it was
Philadelphia or some nearby point.
"Laustoror is employed in Malley's res
taurant ut No. SIT, Sixth avenue, and
explained last night his reasons for ask
ing tho Philadelphia police to tako up
the matter tnH solt. .
SEEKS HIS REAL PARENTS.
hayo boon convinced for good
many years., ho said, that my supposed
father and mothor woro not my real
parents. My first suspicious woro aroused
ten years ago, when my supposed mother,
as l was leaving home, handed mo q
picture of a boy, probably about thrco
al Il
take good caro- of that; it may come in
handy somo time They hvod in Louis
villo at that time, at No. 1881, West
Market street.
I thought that was an odd thing for
her to say. I had believed from my
treatment that they could not be my
real parents. Another thing which made
mo suspicious at that time was that she
showed mo birth Certificate of Chris
tian Rohlo.' There were a lot Of altera-
tions and orasuros in it, and she said he
had been godfather to mo. 1 noticed
that tho dato of tho birth would about
correspond with my supposed ago.
"'Aftor left homo l boarded for
somo timo with Mrs. Bollo Schurl, who
lived at Seventeenth and Dumosnil
streets, in Louisville. said something
one day about believing l had not boon
with my real parents and Mrs. Schurl
told about kidnapping case of which
sho knew about 1875. Sho said some
thing about tho Charley Ross case and
then told of another casc shc remembered
reading about at tho time.
SUPPOSED KIDNAppER SHOT.
"'Shc told of boy whose father had
como from Frankfort on Main, Germany,
who was kidnapped whom she was n
littlo girl. Detectives woro sent on the
case, and thoy fiually came up to man
They suspected of boing in the plot. lilo
was shot whilo trying to escape. Whom
tho detectives got to him thoy ordorod
him to toll who had tho stolen boy. He
began to spoil 'L-a-u-'-and then fell
over dead.
'Aftcr Mrs. Schurl had finished tho
story began to think ii strange that
tho fathor of that boy should have come
from Germany and that my supposed
parents should have taken mo to Cor
many twice when / was small. Another
thing that l thought about good doal
was that Mrs Schurl, i'll trying to toll
mo the namc of tho boy who was kid
mapped, said it was Rowe or Rolllc.
"'I determined, about year and a
half ago, to SEQ if l couldn't settlo the
matter. went back to my homo, and
while thcro was looking through pho
tograph album. In tho album found q
photograph of a woman whom resem-
blcd in many respects. In the back
ground of the picture was stand and q
vase or something was on it.
SURE II WAS MOTHERS poRTRAIT.
"I remembered that when l was
about three years old | won't with my
mother to photograph gallery and that
had my hand slapped for taking some.
thing of the table. AS | looked at this
picture l became certain that tho vase or
the table was tho one had touched.
now believe that that was photograph
Of my mother, and that was stolen from
her not long aftorward.
Tho name of tho photographer,
William ii. Rau, whose studio is at No.
32S Camac street, Philadelphia, was
printed on tho picture and that is what
makes mo believe was stolen from that
city.
Another incident that have often
wondered about was that my supposed
mother said to mo ono day that after she
was dead thoro would bc ono of the
greatest sensations over heard of. Only
ono thing like it has ever happened be-
FORE she said to mo- 4"
"Laustcror is of medium hoight, pale.
faced, with blue eyes and light hair.
"Lausteror says that his supposed
fathor and mother have moved from
Louisville to Walhalla, S. c., and tha
Mrs. Schurl has moved to Memphis.
"I,austorcr wrote several months age
to tho Louisville police, and his story
was discrcditcd in that city,
1t is Simply Stuff.
When scon Tuesday morning Mr.. Laus
torcr smilingly replied to question
Eyes, have son Abort and ono name(
| Rudolph" lie was shown tho clipping
from the Void. His wife read it ant
said there was nothing in it.
Last wintor Mr.. Laustcror was handed
similar statement from a Knoxville pa
per, and tho clipping was somewhat O.
an ''oid song" to him. He said ho die
not understand why tho report was boint