The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-06-22
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weeks confinement in an untenanted
house, subsisting on bread and milk
diet and suffering from exposure, lit
tie Freddie Muth, the seven-year old
boy who was abducted last Sunday,
was returned to his home on Columbia
avenue this afternoon, Mayor Weaver
and number of city officials accom-
panying him to the door of cab
in waiting at the city hall, where they
withdrew. His abductor, John j.
Kean, is in the city Jail and his trial
is to be rushed by the local authori-
ties.
Her nerves giving way and the se-
we're strain and lack of sleep during
the week in which her boy was miss
ing Mrs. Muth collapsed when the
news of his recovery reached her. Her
hair in places has turned gray and
she was but shadow of her former
self. She was carried tenderly to her
bed by Mr. Muth and the attendants
in the Muth store and remained prac-
ticaily unconscious until a few min
utes before Freddie's arrival.
PEOPLE EXCITED.
Thousands of wildly excited people
had congregated about the house
awaiting the arrival of the police and
the boy and hearing their cheers as
the carriage drove up in front of her
home, Mrs, Muth attempted to de-
scend the stairs and succeeded after
great difficulty. 1t was ten minutes
after four o'clock when the carriage
containing Freddie and his attendant
dashed up to the door. Jumping down
hastily, the driver threw open the
door. The boy jumped out first, and
with his school books grasped in one
hand he ran to his mother who caught
him up in her arms, Rugged him and
kissed him and then went with him
inside. Mr.. Muth was close at the
heels of his son, and after he had
passed in the store, the doors were
bolted, the curtains down and the fam
lily steadfastly refused to answer the
repeated knocks and rings at the door
bell.
1t was an affecting scene, this meet
ing between mother and son, and al
though the crowd, among which were
many little schoolmates of Freddie,
caught only brief glance, it raised
their sympathy and-they cheered when
he was carried in by his mother
When Freddie was placed in a chair
in the living room, he seemed sur
prised at the demonstration outside.
"Oh mamma l wonder what they
did it for" he cried, referring to his
alleged abductor.
'They did not give me breakfast.
dinner or supper or anything to eat"
A neighbor who was in the house
leaned over and kissed him.
Il don't want to be kissed" said
he boy, Il don't know what all this
fuss is about, anyway"
Then over and over again he kept
that he had not been given
enough to eat
LAD TELLS EXPERIENCES.
After Mr.. Muth had taken Freddie |
o his home, the lad told his parents
If his experiences. He said:
After | had left school and had
net the man who said mamma was
sick, he took me on Fifteenth street
ar. Bear up he said, Your man.
ma is very ILL., At Girard avenue 1
got frightened and cried.
The man took me off the car, and |
We took one on Girard avenue. Then
we changed again. don't know
where, and finally got off. All the
line he was telling me that we would |
soon reach where mamma was. |
He took me to an empty
house and kept me there that night.
cried for l wanted papa and NAM
ma The man went out and brought
me some oysters and bread. 1t was
very dark. / slept on an old overcoat.
The man said: The cars are not
running, Wnen L asked him to take
me home.
Next day he went out. l went to
the window and saw people looking
up at me. tried to raise the window,
but could not The man brought me
more bread and oysters.
Then he took me to the house next
door, which also was empty. He kept
moving from one house to another, as
If people were after him. I cried, and
cried, and then the policeman came
and got me-"
Credit for the recovery of the boy,
who was brought from supposedly
empty house at 425 North Sixty-sec-
ond street. is given to Special Of
hcer Claire who has been working
night and day on the case. The boy
shows no i'll effects from his impris.
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