The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-19

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ffum the ktInhplpr Now h. said,
want you hrvs tn get together un n yarn
tn the effect that Muth has horn fuuling
the police aud that W. have thrown NJ tho
case In diagu-t huth will stand for any.
thing yuu say Bting In the places Ncw
brunswick and Bruuklyn Ia your story,
80 tho man. when hc so'- the paper, will
know MIth got his letter
Every morning paper to-day printed q
story 10 the effect that Muth had broken
down aud had confrssrd hat the boy had
never been kidnapped at all.
Muth woke M In the morning 10 find
himself an object Of scorn and riiicule
Neighhors refused to speak t. him. Othe r.
openly threatened him, In general he
was gwen TO undo rstHnd that he had out
lived his nse fnlncss in the neighborhood.
Muth stood II like u stole. How his HI roism
was rc waried shortly after ? o'clock is told
else where. The fake served it, purpose +.
The kidnaprPr, getting the morning paper,
was thrown OF his guard. He eered from
his hole. The trap closed and the mystery
was mystery no longer.
Police Inspector Mclaughlin, in charge Of
lhe Detective Bureau here, got the follow
ing telegram yesterday from Philadelphia;
We have arrested John kean for kidnapping
and have recovered Freddy Muth. Thank
you. JAMES r, DuNAUHY.
Captain of bet teeth YES.
Later Philadelphia asked the police
here to look up Kean's record. The files
in the Detective Bureau show that John
Joseph Kean was up to May, 1894, the
bookkeeper of the now defunct Harlem
River Bank and that he disappeared after
embez2ling a sum Of money estimated
at between $50 900 and $50, 900. A warrant
was issued for his arrest, but all trace of
the man was lost. Detective, now Inspector,
George Titus was on the case at the time
and he reported that Kean had lived on
West Eleventh street but also maintained
a home on East Tenth street. His wife
disappeared with him. The officials of
the bank and Kean's associates didn't
know he was married until after he had
disappeared.
According to the records here Kean Is
IS years old. about s feet II inches In height
and when last seen wore a brown vaudyke
beard which was streaked with gray. His
mother and several brot hers live at se7
Park avenue. When the Philadelphia
police notified Inspector Mclaughlin several
days ago that they wanted Kean. detectives
were sent to the Park avenue address.
Mrs. Kean told them that her son had not
been home in twelve years. She said that
In the event of his arrest she would do all
she could to aid him because he was her
son.
The police have kept a close watch on
the Park avenue house in the hope that Kean
might show up there, Detective Sergeant
Barry lives in the house. Detective Ser
geant Finn next door and Sergt. McCafferty
n-l I-r,Aot@r Nil n,,rhlt, t,,.t ,-~,,-l H.
corner.
The mother-in-law Of Kean, Mrs. Isabel
Giroux, lives at $40 East l38th street, The
Bronx. She is a French Canadian about 10
years old. She had this to say last night
about Kean:
He married my daughter Emma about
years ago. At that time he was
bookkeeper in the old Harlem Rive Bank,
which went under because of the irregu-
~larities Of officials. Kean had to leave
town then to avoid trouble and he never
returned to New York. Except for an
occasional letter from my daughter we
heard very little about the man since
he has been in Philadelphia. l don't even
know what business he followed there.
When he lived here he traded in stocks and
l suppose he stuck to the same business.
Last Tuesday | got a letter from Mrs.
Kean. She said that her husband had de-
serted her and that she had no money and
was in deep trouble. They have three chill
dren, the oldest being a boy 10 years old.
My youngest daughter Louise went to Phil
adelphia to see what the trouble was. We
haven't heard from her yet.
Undoubtedly Kean is unbalanced mem
tally. He was always a nervous, irritable
man, quick to take offence and very quick
of speech. When he lived here he was a
model Of good behavior, the sort of man
who is held up as a fine example. He wasa
regular c~hurchgoer and Sunday school
worker, didn't smoke, drink or swear, so
far as we know, and was of altogether ex-
emplary habits. My daughter has told us
that she was afraid of him, sometimes
fearing he would do her harm.
"He has two brothers, Eugene, who was
once a clerk in the Fifth Avenue Bank and /,
who lives in Park avenue, and William,
who is about to be ordained a Catholic
priest and is a Jesuit. William Kean lives
in the TOW Of Frederick. Md"
LOngwOrths Back In london.
Special cable Despatch 10 THE Sun.
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