Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-19
BOY kIDNAPE
A Sensation in Las Vegas Train No,
in a Wreck.
ELECTRIC STREET CAR LINE.


Las Vegas y. NJ. July 1G There
was considerable music in the ..r over
un Jackson avenue about o'clocb
last night \ boy had been kidnapped.
James Cropsoy and wife. together with
their year old son have been dwell
ing in peace at Romoroyille. where
the husband has farming interests.
About two weeks ago. Mrs Cropscy
took tho son and came MP To Las Vegas
for a visit staying with Mrs. Booth
down on railroad avenue. II seems
there has been some trouble between
the husband and wife and he claims
she took The chiid away from him and
would not even let him see the hoy,
even keeping him locked mp 10 keep
the father from getting possession of
the child Yesterday evening about
Z 30 the father who had come up from
Romoroville. secrctcd himself In the
Chinese laundry next 90 Mrs. Booth r
and lay IN wait for the boy 10 come
out The boy came over near the out
side fence and the father vaultcd the
fence. seized the child and made away
with him TO his quarters on Jackson
avenue The father in kidnapping the
Mid H. sand 10 have acted on legal al.
vice. as possession counts for consid
cradle. The mother saw the hoy taken
and started 10 yell. accompanied by
Mrs Booth and crowd that the rum.
pus soon raised she went over 20 the
house on Jackson avenue and tried 10
get In. meanwhile having sent for all
the police in the ct,y and was looking
for a constable and Judge Wooster In
III. bargain She tried To batter in the
door. and In general raised old Ned.
a., "a IN
stairs with a six shooter and vowed
ne would make corpse OF anyone
that entered No one entered. After
seeing she could not get possession Of
the child. she gave up the row and
sworc out "A warrant against her has
band on thu charge Of abandonment
and other things and the hearing was
set for O'Clock this afternoon. II Is
hard to tell Just who is in the right.
Some think The father H. moro prop
er custodian for the boy; some think
otherwise The boy seems 10 prefer
the father. Anyway, the neighhurhood
had excitement while the fun lasted.
At the time for the appearance at
the court this afternoon il had been
decided by the prosecution TO post
pone the case un- ! next Wednesday
afternoon. and the chances are that
the case will not even come mp again.
The reason is that the wife seems To
have done the abandoning instead OF
the husband. whom she had arrested
on that complaint. The husband says
that she left him. and despite his en-
treaties and his sending a carriage af-
ter her TO bring her home she would
mo- come. and he cannot see how she
can accuse ann of abandonment.
-. Il lfsgns al Ia
at 1880 and is under $500 appearance
bonds. The husband las the child still
and intends To keep him. he says. The
couple seem to be separated for keeps,
and there is hardly a possibility of
their resuming joint ownership of
the disputed lad, at least not anyways
soon. The wife and her sister. Mrs.
Boone. are very bitter against the
husband aud there may be yet some
thing more 10 chronicle before the end
has come. 1t was a circus for the
neighbors.
Ex-Governor Prince was here yester-
day. returning N the evening TO santa
Fe He came up TO see Hon. Charles
a. Spiess on some legal matters.
Mrs. r. G.. Austen is quite sick at
her home.
Hon. }. $. Clark lei, yesterday even
ing for Albuquerque To see few
friends and talk politics
Adjutant General Whitcman passed
through here On route TO see his Wife
who is quite sick.
Mrs. Gene Moyes came in from RI
bera yesterday with a sick child She
is staying at her mothers, Mrs. Morri
sons, The child grew worse after she
arrived here and the husband was tele
graphed for.
Train No. / had little mix up yes
terday soon after leaving here and
while running between here and Ojita
and Sulzbacher. The track was in bad
condition and out Of line and the for
ward trucks of the engine jumped the
tracks and cut up about COO ties, be
sides delaying the train nearly two
hours NJ particular damage was done
iurthel than tearing up the ties.
A number Of Spanish-American resi-
dents viii have a social hop AT Rosen
thai hall tongAt.
The Oh wei az Ration is now dowr
over 500 feet and going toward LninG
as fast as the power can carry tn,
driil. The company operating the wei
think they have a sure thing In II, anC
indications certainly DO point that way
as rock is brought up that Is strongly
impregnated with OIL in fact the OF
viii ooze out Of the rock In sufficient
quantities tu saturate paper so that Il
can be burned. Trinidad. Colo, ais,
mas some fine prospects near theil
city. and there bids fair 20 he a regu
lar oil boom throughout this part o
the country in the near future.
Some OF our imaginative friends II
town say they saw Tracey, the outlaw
meantering around here. They faile,
to explain how he could get down from
Washington TO this place in so shor
a time We viii put this story In th'
album with the sea serpent tales.
Hugh Wilson Of Clayton. evidently
is a hard loser. He likes 10 fiirt viii
the roulette wheel and indulge In th'
seductive three card monte games, bu
as he lost 81 $50 in the latter game
while playing with John F, Wolford IL