The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20

eph kean, the NdnaDer OF Freddie
MHh, captured Monday
Within a short time after hi arrest
he was brought before a justic2 of the
peace, remanded to jail. indicted by
the grand jury, araigned before the
criminal court this morning and upon
his plea of guilty was given 20 years
in the penitentiary.
Philadelphia. June 19For six days
held prisoner on bread, milk and
beer in a vacant house In West Phil
adelpnia, within a stone's lh.ow of his
Observation-Disclosures own home, Frel
die Muth. the seven yearold son of
Jeweles Charles Muth, Of Columbia
avenue, was rescued Monday in a
most sensational manner
John Joseph Kean leader of the
most remarkable duaI lie ever record
a, was the abductcr Member Of a re.
pectable family and one time head
toolikaeper Of the Harlem bank. which
he robbed in 1894 he was aires ed al
the 20 mt Of a pistol only after he had
been tire1 upon and when he realized
tnat cap was impossible.
f ON the day Of The kidnaping until
the arrest this afternoon Kean had
kept the child in three vacan house,
in West Philadelphia. NJ Maantime tue
entire detective and police force Of
tlia~ety was conducting an nnremii
ting searh and the authorities of
other eli les had been furnished with
a description of tue boy and his cap
tor. with nstructicls 10 keep look-
out for the pair
The first Information that Kean and
his captive were in the vicinity ir
which the ares was eventually made
came from Joseph Saeerm. a baker Oh
Slxtieth and Haverford avenue, who
told a policeman last week Thai he had
seen man and boy answering The de
script'cn of the pair In an oyster sa-
loon shortly after midnight last We'd
nrsday
Threw Up His Hands,
Special Officer Glare and Vale IN
= uted a search of the vacant hous =.
md Monday Vale observed Fleidie
Nuth sanding on The rear shed Of No
l27 North Sixty second street He call
"a - him. saving: Hello, FroIdie.'
Freddie said. Hello and immedi
'tely began to cry, Vale leapef
through the win1ow ana stepped
aero the roof 10 the adjoining houe
4 wa iust in tine 10 ee Kcan hurry
ne down he s'a rs
Drawing his revolver he fired at the
1eeing man. but missed. He crawled
trough the window and followed |
,atching rp with Kean as the latter
vas making for tho 'front.' d or T1c
ltliccman again pointed his revolver
1t the biluano~. who ihr"v up hi |
iands ewing: Il Surrender"
Tho oh IA in the meaaino hai r''
owed he pair and reached The nrst |
loor the arrest wa made. The hid |
lapor and hi caDtvc We % fastened !
o the nearet police station and from
hcre taken in a paJrol wagon to the /
ity ball. where x IAN colf asse1
"The m ST remarkable part of .he
bductor'. confession Is that while he !
eld the Nuth boy captive H. tried /
wica TO kdnap another rhild whose I
mother was reputcl to ba wellhy."
The abducted child bore no evileneo
f IN treatment beyond lack of suf
lent nouri.hmenL Whp found he
.elI a couple Of crus' Of bread in his
ands tie cried when he saw hi
ather but said he was well and ue-
armed
Kesn's Criminal Career.
Kijnape- bank robber. embez2lor
city thief wifa dcserer. conf1eac
lan and probably uulaiar
This IS one ide of ihe charart r. of
osep1 Kean. who a. Ia faces life i'm
1isorment TO- kidnapping little Frei
b. Mutb
Inventor. author the9l gicll SUI
ert. ma cuaticiar cremi O. Tina is
- other ide of his csaractor. Tha g.
car = Keans life have been cr0x1- /
! with evc ting eDi 0des lie close1 /
s. career iu Now oh hv stealing S'1-i
la llum iha Has'em sank iu 1924 IT. 4
a since lived hrre-a lic ~ mvs-
sry even to bic faulr. according 90 ,
-ei- story and hiz capture Monday
+th ire tansDe1 by closed app7r- Z
1-lr the unilic career of n man DC
sriiei hF the police as me-f danger (
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Kran ta- stolen ere fortune. made {
b lrf75- and jest both cn tae raes r
ark ana in I1cE7 Hi- dasu rae
5u-er fH cs6uring the Mu.h uor wa ?
prevent his arr,z; for emhezz' ing s
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