The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-01
THOMAS KRIS DREAM.

A story, equal to any fairy tale ever told by Grimm or Anderson, was relat- ed yesterday to the police at the Northeastern police station by Thomas Kris, 15-year-old Bohemian boy, who resides at 1920 Ashland avenue. Kris claims to have been kidnapped on Sun day, April 27, and his adventures from that time until yesterday, when he again found his way to Baltimore, are 1 enough to fill book.
 Lured into a wagon by a strange man, a days drive through the country to a park where oranges and lemons grew and where a gang of men hold secret meetings, a house three stories above and three below the ground, and a most miraculous escape, these all go to make up aweird story which is be- lieved by the police to be the product of an inventive mind.
 The lad walked into the station alone in the afternoon and announced to Lieutenant Wellener, who was on duty, | that he had returned home. When his disappearance was noted the police were asked to locate him, if possible. ] The youth spoke in his native tongue, and before head or tail could be made of his yarn it was found necessary to secure an interpreter. A MT. Casper, who lives near the station, volunteered to act in this capacity. | Kris claimed to have left his home on Sunday in April to visit Patterson Park, but in some manner wandered to Light street wharf. There he met a man who asked in the ,Slavish dialect | if he wanted to buy a book The man was in a wagon, in which he professed to have collection of valuable works. l The young Bohemian claimed to have offered to buy and that he was asked to get inside the wagon, the driver de- | claring that as it was Sunday he would be arrested if the books were shown outside According to his state ment he had scarcely gotten into the vehicle when the man began driving | down the street. He began to cry, but | to no avail
 I've drove for long time" said Kris through his interpreter, when l was taken out and given into the charge of two other men and put in another wagon. They drove for a day until we l arrived at beautiful park. Here I | was offered something to eat.
 "The entrance to this park was through a large gate over which were the letters $. l. in gold, There was a large gray stone house inside. The 1 building was three stories above and three below the ground and had a roof garden. I found nineteen other boys there, and each was known by num- ber. Mine was No. 1S.
 "The place was visited by number of men, but there were no women on 1 the premises except an old colored wo- man. The boys were compelled to look after 100 horses and twenty-five cows. A great many carriages and hacks wis., ited the park, and they were always given in charge of the boys while the men went up stairs to meetings. While | I was there three of these were held. 1T was given plenty to eat, and ] found oranges and lemons growing on the grounds. There was a big tin disk on a pole in front of the gate, which was painted green on one side and vel low on the other. At one time in the day the green side would be toward the house and at another the yellow. The park was inclosed by high iron fence. A large number of men came last Sat urday, and when they began to leave on Sunday I made my escape by hang T ing on the springs of an open barouche." $>. T Kris claimed to have made his escape about 8 o'clock at night. and said he rode on the carriage springs until o'clock the next afternoon. when they arrived at al title town. He had $14 1T his pocket, which he professed to have saved from tips at the park. With hali of this bought new clothes, and or Tuesday night took the other $7 an6 , bought a ticket to Baltimore, arriving yesterday.
 The boy, when questioned by the po-