The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-08-19
Antonio Manino Found by Uncle
at 1890 This Morning.
THE UNCLE UNDER ARREST.
Is Believed BY Police 10 Be Go-hetwssn.
Boz All Right, but Doa't Know Where
Prison Was.

New York. Aug l9.-Antonio Mannino.
the Italian boy VINO was kidnapped on
Aus. Q from the house of his father, 62
Anity street. Brooklyn. was found early
this morning four blocks from his home
The finding of the bay was reported
10 the police Of the Amity street station
IA was SAID that Antonio was located AT
1a:so O'Clock by his uncle and taken home.
The police arrested the uncle. believing
him to be the go-between in the negotia-
tons with the kidnappers.
The boy was found at the corner OF
Columbia street and Atlantic avenue,
BROOKLYN. by his fathers cousin Salvador
sMannino. The boy was alone.
Aannino picked up the boy ana ran
xv14h him 20 tho home OF his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Manntno, who have been I'LL
nv ne disappearance OF their child. jump
ed out OF bed and kissed and hnggsd the
boy. and fnaIly dropped on their knees
and offered prayers OF thanks for ms safe
return
The police from across the street fiocked
into he house and insisted that Mr.. and
Mrs. Mamma, Salvatore Mannino and the
ltov mixant be tahen to the station where
they might question him
. Tho youngyter Is dressed exactly as
when he disappeared from his home:
He is bewildered and In unable TO tell
whore he has been kept prisoner, except
70 say that II was somewhere In New
york. The boy is pale. but appears to be
An rood health. He says his captors treat
ed him well, gave him enough 10 eat, out
he wanted To go home.
y On the day ne disappeared. he said
Cucoxxa promised TO buy him some lee
cream and took him to New York. where
-. nwsH n
ne took him 20 a big mouse. that looked
like a tenement where there was a man
with a little beard on his chin, woman
and a baby about a year old.
He slept with the man each night and
never left the house IN which he was
frst taken until at 10 o'clock last night,
when the man with the beard took him
out and walked with him part OF the
way on the street. Then they went up
stairs and took train. The boy thinks
he saw 106-perhaps the One Hundred
anc Sixth street station.
He does not know whether or not II
was THIRD or Second avenue. Accom-
panierC by the bearded man. the boy was
taken to the Brooklyn ferry. where the
man gave him money and asked II he
could find his way home.
Tho boy told him ne could. and says
he was on his way home when his uncle
found him.
After being questioned by the police
thu boy was taken home and put TO bed.
Manninc Gaid: 'I am not rich man.
! could not pay $50. 900 ransom. and even
II I could pay that much money. as
much as / want to see the boy alive
again. would not pay one single penny
to the men who stole him from US. I
would rather spend the money toward
the prosecution OF those who kidnapped
hbm."
This declaration was made last night
fy the boys father, previous to his re-
karD.
Msnn1no was a wreck. He was lying
aoruss the foot Of HIS bed when he is
sued his defiance to his boys kidnap-
perx HIS wife, with handkerchief tied
around her head. was lying near. She
had suffered q complete collapse.