New-York tribune., 1902-06-15

ITALIAN MARQUIS" SAYS ENEMIES
LEFT HIM TO DIE
ITALIAN
DECLARES THEY KIDNAPPED HIM KEPT
HIM PRISONER AND GAVE HIM POISON

DECLARES THEY KIDNAPPED HIM. KEPT
HIM PRISONER AND GAVE HIM POISON
carlo CattapanI. an artist who calls himself the
MARQUIS de .Cordova. and says he Is an lta4aIl
nonIernan and has been engaged for several years
in search for papers to prove his right 10 an eS
tate in Spain. found bound hand ana 1901 ana
tied 10 the track OF the Hudson River Railroad al
-ffteenth-st. early yesterday morn
ing He was removed 10 the J. Hood Wright Hos
pftaI where he told startling story of kidnappins
He had been missing q week from Mrs Mitcheil :
boarding house No. IS East Elghty-sixth-st- "heie
he had told other tales OF attempts TO hdnap him
When he is able to leave the hospital ne VIII ne
taken to a police court and arraigned as Z SdS-
picious person
It about q. m yesterday when "llIIall
Staff. the caretaker OF the Columbia college ooal-
house was awakened by mans cries and looked
out Of his bedroom window 20 see the Italian lying
on the railroad track. He told the man 10 get OF
the track o. freight train might run over " MIN
The man said he tied fast Staff went out Wltc
a lantern and found that the man was ueo 70 t,'e
track so that his neck lay one OF the ralis
He liberated the man and called Policeman sun
van who helped TO carry the man into the boat
house When they untytng the ropes llaI
bound his hands and feet the ltahan shouted
Z refuse 10 sign the papers
Then he appeared TO become insensine. ana re-
nained in that state until he had been removed TO
the hospital When he was il bed he opened MS
eyes and made signs to indicate that ne coulu h'.
sneak. but wanted to write something. on PAD
he the following:
7 have been kept prisoner since Saturday night
Send for my secretary J-tlio Cajo. care OF . eele
No go West One-hundred-and-twent
vas kept without food since Saturday. lheF eave
q kind Of Spanish narcotic Ihey Nallleo .i IS -
sign some papers and make look like a sulcide
not been Starved for Week but that he seemed 70
be suffering from the effects OF some poison H
in the day he able to talk. and ne sag tIat ne
the Marquis de Cordova: ana mao L DTsL IN u,
Fifth-ave. He said he went with his secreta3rEE 3E
10 Fort George 10 get valuable paper, Ioi W. W.
he paid $l09 on the evening OF ILa$' -Ie - -,
and got back his boarding house alone cary on
the following morning In the EesaoqIe o. tS Jts
sandbag bound and gagged him, carried hlrn @ inLo
cab and took him 70 some place far away y: y s
they fed him on Spanish poison 1Ill
him sign away his rights 70 the Spanish estate
The men were SpaniaTds ne said ana wore mas I -,
They kept him in dark cellar Qrtll Jlley looh -
the place where he was tied to the FaiIFoao
The marquis had silk handkerchief a gold
cigarette case and a gold paper cutter IN ms ms
pockets. but no money CaJo' ms seSre,f & ~ 73 ~ =
away from the house No 80 West eG-
and-tw y-foUrtt-st.. yesterday, but William
Hogan ooaroer mere salq ne ~elT ".o ~ ~
marquis Cajo. and a man called Casa--e 10 or
George on the night before the MARQUIS NlSap-
named Smith telling him TO place SIo IN an eIN -
lope. carry il down the hill from the last house al
have marked WITH chalk on il Fifteen min,
later. the letter said he might return anc nd
QUis carried an envelope down the hi!. ana leler
returned with Of Pueblo. Col. with marx
containing the papers Tor the estate II! opett,
Hogan said that the marquis went on later with
At Mrs. MitcheIrs boarding house the marquis
found in great disorder after his dtsap-
ened early that Saturday morning by queer
noises in the room The marquis was recovering
the police said he probably would BE- arraignec in
the Harlem police court this morning