Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-19


With the return of Freddie Muth. the
boy Who was kidnapped. TO his parents,
m Philadolphia, yesterday afternoon,
comes information that leads To- the belief
that John Joseph hoan, who is charged
with Kidnapping the boy. had "a female
confederate and that she was in Whining
ton, at least during part of the time the
boy was held captive, for "a letter. appar-
emily written by a woman, which was
malled IN Wilmington, Was received by
Mr. Muth, the father Of The boy the day
after the kidnapping 10 was preceded
10y tho following letter postmarScd pl1la-
delphia, 1880 p. No., the day the boy dis
Appeared.
Mr. Muih-Nour little boy will be
placed IN your hands tomorrow morning
There will be no need or any good in cN-
citing your neighhors or the police Hold
yourself in check until then.
This letter was written on q piece of
brown wrapping paper and was received
by the Muths by special delivery mail 90
ll20 O'Clock the night d was mailed.
Muih who was working with the police,
turned this letter over TO Detective Dom
nghy The next day brought him an
other letter, IN the same handwriting,
dated Wilmington. 10 read
"Charles Nuth, Esq.
Dear Sir: Your offer Of 81 600 accepted.
Now the first move you make To- expose
this information YOU will regret. To
show your honesty fold twenty $40 OF
| $50 In a newspaper and address this TO on
deliver 10 5S North Front street, fhila-
| delphia II this is done In good faith
remember every move you make IL
watched-in forty hours you will get Che
boy home. This is your chance 90 holl
your silence. remember The $500 vii
be demanded in ten hours after you re
ceive this letter and then Il viii be all over
/ Now. remember, we know everything
YOU DO or move you make Capt Don
aghy is very much again short This d
only your warning. Address paper te
A. Adams. Boy is we'll
The fact that the second letter was
mailed in Wilmington and that kear
did not leave Philadelphia indicates that
the man had a confederate. The polio,
believe it was a woman. These letters
were carefully compared. The writing
on these letters correspond to q dot viii
the handwriting on the note delivered e
Miss Ring, the principal OF the schoo
from which Freddie was taken. Ihougl
the writing looks like that Of a woman
it is not unlike kean's, which leads The
authorities 20 believe that the latter may
have written both OF them and got some
body TO mail one in Wilmington, or, j
there was a woman in the case, she may
have come here and remained for time
A ruse. which indicated that the police
had been called off the case, proved sue
cessful for Yesterday afternoon the polio,
found the boy IN a vacant house at ,lN., no
l27 North Sixty-second street. Will
him, as his alleged captor, was join
Joseph kean, once a prosperous rca
estate broker, who was arrested Tor thi
kidnapping, after a brisk pistol hight;
81 was passing Mrs. Muth's lewclI!
store one day and saw the boy sitting IL
the window. / heard some one say
Now don't you 20 away, Freddie. i
occurred TO me how much would thel
give 10 get the boy back If lac did g
away" kean Is alleged TO have confessed
He Is believed to have been at his wits
end for money, and took the chance.
The unraveing of the mystery wa
born of a slight incident A man sup
posed 10 be kean, with the boy, late OF
the night of the kidnapping, happened 4
stop for an instant at q restaurant nea
Sixtv-hrst and Havenord streets. Whci
the police threw a net over the entire cit.
and dragged It's highways and hyway
the fact came 10 light; and the detective
got the right scent.
In the first place the police had a iai
description Of the kidnapper TO work on
The messenger who took the note e
Principal Ring recalled in detail what Oh
man looked like. The first real clue cam
in dispatch al l.30 Wednesday monin
from the Twenty-ninth district. II read
Substitute patrolman Ray J. Levy q
the Twentv-ninth district, while maxim
inquiries at the bakery store Of JOSEPH
Saeer. Sixtieth and Haveriord avenue
was informed by Mr. Sager that q ma
answering the description of kean, tn
supposed abductor, was seen going int
Rhodes oyster saloon, 60l3 Haverton
avenue who Immediately communicate
with his station and the message wa
forwarded 10 Capt. Donaghy at Nlty iiail.
A vigorous search concentrated m TN
neighb0rhood and this developed the rae
| that the description lhllltu NlilA tt'N
John Joseph Kean of 4l5 North horto
street a small block between sixty-hr
and Sixtv-second streets. Inquiries wei
o casually made at the house. Il was ioun
0 that Kean had been acting as sub-ager
for Thomas ]. Cooke, real estate maj
and that he handled vacant property
that neighborhood
The officers were informed that kea
hod not been home since Tuesday aitc
noon. With this clue they worked unit
thev located the man. the successful term
nation coming yesterday afternoon as
5 was about to leave the SiXty-second sire
, house.
unkempt' When the police entered 4
4 house they found the boy lying. on q
e floor with his head on his school book
which he had with him the day he VI
taken from school He seemed TO q
police to have been doped. The poll
I lost no time in returning the boy to
/ parents.
/, The report that the kidnapping mig
lconunued on second pagel