The sun., 1903-11-17

lantern Of the kind used at excavations.
The leader said that must be killed. The
others told him that the room would be
filed with his blood II he killed me. They
fight and then they began to drink.
Il saw them giving the one who wanted
to kill me lot OF drink, and finally he was
left asleep like q pig in the cellar. Then
they came up to me with the handkerchief
again, and KNEW nothing for while When
opened my eyes | WAS in the same wagon.
l was sick and vomited, as had done before,
from the chloroform
when they saw me awake they put
handkerchief over my eyes and told me
to keep still, as they were going to save
me- There were two men in the wagon,
and they stopped at the end Of the street
where you can see the river and the rocks.
They put me out and staggered around.
l could hardly see. Finally, i saw the
p9hlioemIap, ? hs,,I,a, and asked him to take me to
Father Cirringione, as he told the story,
appeared to be excited, but perfectly sane.
The points Of his story up to the time he
disappeared agreed with the facts brought
out in the investi CATION OF his movements
made by the police. He answered every
He said that the police had been cruel in
trying to make out that he was worried
over financial matters and had written the
letters himself.
Why should | want to give, myself
70 DR.. Feranti, the Archbishop's secretary,
about the letters flfte days ago. which
DR.. Feranti has corroborated:
II had been in any trouble over fnain-
cial matters would have gone to the Arch
bishop.' he said He HI had J., promised ani rts to
police had no right. either, to say l WAS
probably suicide
The young priest seemed to be terribly
in earnest as he said this. He pointed, tc
the condition Of his clothing as showing
demented, as the police had suggest ed;
His shoes, which were Of patent leather. did
not have a speck Of mud on them, although
It had rained during the night.
Doesn't that look, he said, as though !
Aad not been out until I met the policeman
soiled. He had not been shaved for three
days. He begged his captors for a rnzer,
he said vest erday, but they refused to give
it to him for fear that he would kill himself
Father Cirringione exhibited his gold
cross taken of his watch chain. He also
showed the mark Of slight abrasion on his
left wrist, caused, he said, by the rope with
which his hands had been bound
HOW THE PRIEST WAS FOUND.
Policeman Cooke OF the East Fffty-frst
street station found the priest at s45 O'Clock
vest erday morning He said that he watched
the priest from behind a wagon believing
that he might be going to kill himself. Then
he recognized the man as the missing priest
and took him to the station house. There
Cirringione recognized Sergt. Mulcahy,
who used to live at Bedford Park.
When Sergt. Mulcahy asked the priest
where he had been, the sergeant says he
mumbled something about having been
confused. the sergeant said, A doctor
came from Flower hospital and agnosed
his case as mild hysterta. The doctor
and the police said there was not the slight
est sign that he had been drinking.
firmed this diagnosis, DR.. O'Rourke, the
house physician said be believed the priest g
story, and declared that his mind WAS all
right, although he was in very weakened
condition.
confinement food was offered to him, but
he had refused to touch 1t, thinking that
Under the influence Of bromides the
priests condition quickly improved at the
hospital. and late yesterday afternoon
policeman had encountered in the morning
The doctors said that it would be some
time, however, before he recovered from the
shock his nerves had Enthusiastically had,
Capt. Foody and two of his detectives
and Detectives Petrosini and Benoiel Of
priest from O'Clock last night. To them
he told the same story he afterward re-
peated to the newspaper reporters. He
gave them the best description he
This mans beard, the priest said, was a
false one, and he afterward took il off.
The priest could not remember the num-
ber Of his watch, but gave the name of a
pawnbroker with whom he pawned it seven
months ago, and in this way the police hope
~ 1CNly fn he
watch a. a possible clue to the kidnappers.
Father Cirringione said that he was
positive that he could pick every one OF his
oaptors out should he ever see them.
POLICE TRYING TO FIND BOY.
Capt. Foody said.
"The case is a very strange one. We have
canvassed the neighborhood thoroughly
but have been unable to find any one who
saw the priest leave the house. One boy,
we were told, did see a wagon on Fourth
avenue, but that boy afterward denied it
to u.s."
Last night detectives set to work trying
to find the boy the, priest had mentioned
as seeing him and looking for the wagon
which the priest described.
MORE "A. b. c." LETTERS
To add to the mystery Yesterday two
letters signed A. B. c., the signature
OF the letters to the priest, were received
by l.. A. Jaslow, clerk at Branch Post
ONCE j. and A. j. Gulotta, the partner OF
Max Keve, Father Cirringione's lawyer
at 2Oe Broadway. Jaslow's name ap-
peared In Saturdays papers as having
told q detective where the priests letters
were mailed. His name was incorrectly
spelled and was so spelled on the letter
he got yesterday. 1t was mailed at the
Mulberry branch Office and read
-Give no more information If you want
to live. A. b. c." The letters of this
note had been out one by one from news
paper. ~
in red ink. 1t bore special delivery stamp
and was addressed to "Mr. Gulotta, Room
lS, 2O8 Broadway Inside, on paper SINH
lar to that on which the letters to the priest
were written, was this:
"Mr. Gulotta. You shall stop interfering
with the Rev. Cirringione investigation
about his disappearance. Certainly your
death will follow A. B. G."
Gulotta had been engaged by the priests
father to assist in the search.
Father Hughes said last night:
Father Cirringione says he knows one
OF the men who kidnapped him and he
expects he will be able to find the others
through him. 1 am inclined to believe
his story
Father McMackin said
AT the station house the priest told the
story word for word as he did to the police
and reporters. believe his story"
1t was stated authoritatively yesterday