Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-19
CASE WAS RAlLROADED
From the Time Of geaH's Arrest Until
He Mas on BIS Way 10 The POlllHn-
tiaTy 10 Begin Sentence Less
Than "a Hours Had Elapsed.
HIS HEARING WAS VERY BRIEF
The Prisoner Seemed to Fear
Bodily Injury.
FREDDIE MuTH SMILED At AaDuOTOR
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Associated Press Dispatches by special wires
Philadelphia, Pa. June l0-"Had /
the disposition Of this ease, J would sumo
mon q large number az mothers here and
turn yuu over 10 their tender merccs.
but. as the law fixes the penalty for crimes
like yours, | can do nothing but commit
you without bail for the action Of the
grand jury on the charge of kidnapping
These words were delivered today by
/ Magistrate iliscnhfoWn 60 John Joseph
/ kcan, the ahductor 81 Freddie Muth, the
! 1-yoar-old son of Charles Muih, the
1 Columbia avenue iewcler, who, with his
captive, WIS discovered yesterday, after
a six-day search, III vacant house IN
/ West Philadelphia.
II Is the intention Of the Police Depart
ment 20 railroad the prisoner 20 the
penitontiay. Immediately after The hear
ing Captain of Detectives Donaghy went
before che grand jury with his witnesses
and asked for an Indictment. District
Attorney BELL says hc viii do everything
in his power TO facilitate the trial oi
kean
The magistrates Office WAS crowded
when the abductor was arraigned for a
hearing, many Of the spectators being
women, whose muttered threats could
be heard whom the prisoner was placed
In Tho dock
Freddie Muth was brought 70 the court
room hy bis father Tie was q different
boy from the child who was found dirty
and hungry in tho unncnupied house after
"a wcoks enforced absence from home.
lie was attirod in a neat hlue flannel
sailor suit and n pink rose was pinned on
20 his lapel Mr. Muth said the child was
none the worse for bis experience.
Ia strong contrast was the appearance
az The abductor. After q slecploss night
! IN tho cell DO wps haggard and wan. Ills
Z ewes shifted ncrvously, and his whole
4 frame tremhled visibly. He still seemed
3 to fear bodily injury and eyed the specta-
tors suspiciousiv. The police say he
paced the cell hoor All night sobhing and
I moaning, bis wife and children being
| uppeumost IN his mind.
When he was placed in the dock, kear
! nodded 20 Freddie MJth, who sat bosid,
z bis father, and the boy smiled. Pointing
TO kean, the little fellow said'
! "lhere he is, papa, see."
Kcan appeared 20 exert a strange IN
iluence over the child, who showed g
feeling akin 20 friendship for the man.
The hearing was brief Special Police
men Glare and Nale told OF the arrest
3 James "A. Lenahan, the messenger VIII,
delivered at the schoolhouse the mott
hy which Freddie was inveiglcd from hi
classroom, related tho circumstances O
& his ismeeting with Nean Joseph sqger, tn
baker testified to seeing the man and boy il
Elmer Rhoades' cnfc, and the latter yori
fed Sagers testimony. kean made
statement, which was q repetition Of tha
. made to Superintendent OF Police Iaylo
z last night. He denied that he had re
3 strained tho child in any way, but said
y on the contrary, that Freddie had oppoI
4 tunities 10 leave him several times. II
y said he had not ill-treated the boy, and i
Z this he was oorroborated by the Nut
y child.
q KEAN sENTrNrEp
3 Later-The grand jury found a tru
. bill against kean, and he was given a
Z immediate trial and convicted IN less tha
y an hour Judge Sulszbcfgcr sentence
. the prisoner 10 20 years.
- From the time Of kean's arrest unit
he was on his way 90 the peniteniiary
begin sentence less than "a hours ha
elapsed