The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-02
MOTHER LEADS DASH.
TOK|DNAP HER. CHILD.
New York Brokers Wife Receivers
the Child He Took From Her.
THE NURSE KNOCKED DOWN
Wild Flight and Pursuit to New York
State Line Follows Struggle and
Strategy at an Indian
Harbor Hotel.
THE NURSE KNOCKED DOWN
greenwich. Conn, special says:

A greenwich, CONT., SpStl4i say
The usual quiet town of Greenwich
was stirred with excitement to-day by
kidnapping which possessed all the ele-
ments of a sensational melodrama. Inc
victim of the kidnapping was Alice Jen-
nison. the four-year-old daughter of
Frank E. Jennison, a member o. the
firm of Dunscomb and Jennison. brok-
ers at No . Wall Street, New York.
The child was Kidnapped by her mother.
Elizabeth Dudley Jennison. assisted by
three men and a woman.
The kidnapping occurred at the Held
House. at indian Harbor. where Mr..
Jennison had been stopping with the
child and was only accomplished when
tho child's nurse had been knocked down
by Mrs Jennison and Mr. Jennlson s
valet. James Gibbons. had been sa,s-
armed after a struggling, by one OF the
kidnappers.
The llidnappers had two carriages In
waiting for them, and as soon as they
had the child in their possession ana
frightened NIr. JennIson and his party
to such an extent that they were not
prepared to offer any effective resist
ance. they got into their vehicles and
started on a wild ride to Portchester,
which is just over the boundary hne
between Connecticut and New YORK,
their purpose being to put themselves
beyond the jurisdiction of the Connecu-
cut authorities as speedily as possible.
Pursuit was at once organized by MI.
Jennison. but the kidnappers reached
the State line two minutes before Con-
stable Medley. who lives near the boun-
dary. and who OH receiving a telephone
message from Prosecuting Attorney
Walsh Of Greenwich, informing him OF
what had occurred. and set out in hot
haste to intercept them.
The kidnapping Of the child. Alice. to-
dav makes the second time she has been
kidnapped within a week. The first Kid
mapping took place in New York City
a week 100, when her father secured
possession Of her by force from her
mother
The Jennisons were married on August
IS 1896 The wife was Eliza beth Dudley,
of Kentucky. She is a woman Of style
and beauty. Mr. Jennison is man of
means and after his marriage he and
his wife were domiciled in luxurious
apartments at No. . West Ninety-fourth
Street About year ago they separ-
ated Last December the wife sued for
a separa ton. alleging cruelty. She OBJ
tanned an order for $50 a week alinony.
In court she estimated her husband
income al So, 600 a year.
Since the institution of her suit she
has retained possession of the child,
lNllCe. allowing the 1alilSl 20 SEE ''ie ~
tie girl for a short time each week. Up
10 a month ago she lived at the St Lo-
reuz Hotel on Seventy-second Street and
Lexington Avenue. but since that time
she has been keeping her residence
secret the little girls nurse taking the
child 10 meet her father at the appoint-
ed time at some place designated by
mail
KIDNAPPED Ply FATHER
~ 9rlTi the child
met the father by appointment near
Grants Tomb He took them to lun
cheon at the Claremont- There he en-
dcavored to persuade the nurse to come
into his employ. and when she refused
he seized the child, placed her In 9. hack
which he had in waiting. and was driven
away.
He took her to the Buckingham Hotel,
at Fifticth Street and Fifth Avenue.
where they remained all night In the
morning they departed for parts IN
known Ii was not more than d couple
of DAYS however, before Mrs. Jennison
ascertained their whereabouts. and she
at once began to lay her plans for the
recovery OF her child. Her lawyers are
Blandey Mooney and Shipman, of NO.
Is Wall Street, and they directed her
plan of campaign
Mr. Jenison expected that the childs
mother would make determined effort
to get her back. and as a means Of check
mating her if she discovered his where
abouts he hired a naphtha launch, whlcn
he kept near the Held House. SO that he
could slip away with the child at snort
notice if occasion should arise. AS a pre-
caution against surprise, he never allowed
the nurse to take the child out unless
he went with her. and on the walks
which they took he was usually accom-
named also by his valet Gibbons. But
as events to-day proved. ne under est
mated the cleverness OF his wife
Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs. T. h.
Massey registered at the Held House
They lost no time in making the ac-
ouaintance Of the Jennison party. Mrs.
Massey developed a great fondness for
r=a little girl whom she petted and fed
vi7b candy. Mr. Jennison did not en-
terrain the slightest suspicion of Mr.. and
Mrs Massey. Mr. Massey is an assistant
in The office Of B;andy. Mooney and
Shpman
It seems that Tuesday morning. when
Mr. Mooney, arrived at his Office. in Wall
Street. h. found awaiting him q letter
from a gentleman who said he had read
about the case in the papers and knew
the wherea bouts of the child. He I'M
parted the information to Mrs. Jennlson
LAWYERS he said, because from what ne
had read of her marital difficulty his
svmnathies were entirely with her. AS
soon as she learned where the child was.
Mrs Jennison at once insisted on starting
fo,, Greenwich Mr. and Mrs Massey were
sent with her. Mr.. and Mrs Massey be-
ing unknown to Jennison. registered at
the Held House. where he was stopping
with the child. Mrs, Jennison went TO
the Silleck House, and kept close TO her