Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-31
RECEIVERS HER son
Stolen Child Found in a Hair
Dresser's Shop.
THRILLING STORY TOLD
Court Had Issued Writ Of Habeas
Corpus.
FATHER OF CHILD 1MpLIcATED
Charge That He kidnapped the Child
Divorce Case Back of
the Trouble.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 31.-Almost as
weird as was the story Of the kidnapping
| OF Darcy, the twice-stolen four-year-old
son of Guy C. Van Alstyne, the broker,
/ from his mothers rooms in the Gilsey
House at O'Clock Friday morning, is the
story of his recovery Saturday night by his
mother and her lawyer, Maurice Meyer, in
a hairdressing parlor on 9th avenue. The
discovery OF the boy was made after JUS
tice Davis had issued q writ of habeas
corpus yesterday ordering the boys father
| to produce him in court tomorrow morning.
| Mr. Meyers thrilling story of d,Arcy's
recovery begins at 4:S0 o'clock Friday
| afternoon, when he says a woman friend of
his called up his house at rs West 18th
street, and told her that a child answering
| to the description of the Van Alstyne boy
might be found at Kuyppert's hairdressing
parior, on the second floor of 995 9Th ave-
nue.
# sent word to Mrs. Van Alstyne right
away, and we arranged to meet at Rector S
to plan the capture of the boy. said the
lawyer, who called the reporters to Ham
Imersteins Victoria Theater to tell about
1.-the recovery of the child.
| II then gave my clerk, Arthur Kauhn,
the writ of habeas corpus given me earlier
| in the day by, Justice Davis and told him
| to go to the hairdressing parlor and watch
it to see that the boy was not taken away
before we got there.
Mrs. Van Alstyne and / went oversto the
| 9Th avenue place in cab and met Kauhn
/ STAYED downstairs and sent Mrs. Van
Alstyne into the hairdressing place with my
clerk. They found no one in the place but
fifteen-year-old girl and smaller girl.
Heard Mothers Voice.
Mrs. Van Alstyne said she Manted to get
her hair dressed. The older girl replied
that Mr.. Kuyppert was out and that she
could not have anything done. Then Mrs.
Van Aistyne say Christmas tree stand
ing in the room, and, speaking to the
younger child, said
What a pretty tree that is. Was it all
for you? Is there any other child in your
family"
1.-The Christmas tree was mine, but a lit
tie boy came here yesterday to board and
I'm going to share it with him.
The lawyer said that by this time Mrs
Van Alstyne's voice, which is quite pierre
ing, had penetrated one of the inner rooms,
and childs voice heard saying:
rs that you, mamma? OH. Mamma, FIN
so happy that you've come after me. /
want you to take me right home.
Before Mrs Van Alstyne could lind out
where the voice came FROM" said the law
yer, I'd Arcy toddled into the room wearing
only an undershirt. Mrs. Van Alstyne
grabbed him into her arms, kissed him hys-
tercaliy and began to cry. The girl in the
place seemed relieved when the boy came
out and said:
'.I'm glad you're going to take him home
Maybe he'll be satisfied now"
Mrs. Van Alstyne wrapped her son warmly
in her fur cloak, and without waiting to
get any more eff his clothing went back to
Rectors' After she had satisfied herself
that darcy was safe and sound Mrs. Van
Alstyne called a carriage and took him
home to her apartments in the Radcliffe,
at 4 West SD street.
Boy Relates Experiences.
when we asked the boy about his
periences" Meyer went on, she said he
was taken to the home OF Mrs. Catherine
Newman, the correspondent in the divorce
case at 1912 Ditmas street, F1atbush, by
his father, after he had been kidnapped Fri
day morning. I also learned that the boy
was put in the hairdressing parlor to board
by Mrs Newman and Mrs. Trinky Avant,
one of the witnesses at the divorce trial.
while Mrs. Van Alstyne was taking the
boy home he kept asking her continually:
why did poppy hit you and knock you
down and carry me away with him? He
was a naughty pepper, wasn't he?
Van Alstyne kidnapped his boy first in
New Jersey last summer. AS to the Gilsey
house kidnapping Mrs. Van Alstyne's story
points to rather elaborate plot. She says
that she became acquainted with a Mrs. A.
Walker, who roomed at the Gilsey house,
and accepted an invitation to dine with her
on christmas dItefHOOn Inc boy went, 100,
and they stayed at the hotel that night, oc
cupyng a room next to Mrs. Walker.
The visit was prolonged until Thursday
and Mrs Van Alstyne and her new ac-
quaintance sat up late Thursday night in
the latter's room. 1t was after midnight
according to her statements, when Mrs
Van Aistyne went to her own room, where
darcy was already asleep.
Meanwhile the room adjoining Mrs. Van
Alstyne's had been taken for the night only
by two men who signed as "A. Sampson"
and &c r. HILL
Knock at the Door.
About o'clock in the morning Mrs. Van
Alstyne heard knock at her doof. Be
lieving it might be Mrs. Walker she opened
the door and was confronted by two men,
one of whom, she says. was her husband
and the other a lawyer who had been active
in his legal affairs
Her husband, she says, dashed past her
into the room. Then she noticed that at
least two other men were behind Van AL
styne and the lawyer. There may have
been five altogether, she thinks.
1t took but a moment. according to her
story, for Van Alstyne to seize the sleep
ing boy, wrap him in blanket and dash
out of the room.
Frederick Kupatt the hairdresser, said
last night that he had known Guy Van
Alstyne two years. Van Alstyne went there
Friday afternoon with the boy and cry
ing, Kupatt said. He asked Kupatt to
board the boy for a week until he could
make other arrangements. Kupatt con-
scented after consulting his wife.
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