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

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Air Nu,h'a store during The week previous
~ my taking Freddie away was luuhine
In tho window ~ Mr. Nuih's inwelry stnrr
and Freddie was sitting on 'hr step
'Sumo one called ont. Freddie, do not
no way. whan II occurred to m" how much
would they give 10 get him back n he did
go away
IL occurred Ia me on the following Mon
day before the abduction that II ! got Fred
dle AWAY I would get n r"ward for h- return
and pay some Of NY debts, went around
Muth'- house Monday. the mn, but Freddie
was not about. | thought II | would give
him some candy that he would walk away
with me. | went from there to Eighth and
Vine 81 rcets. to SEQ IL I could get hold Of any
one who would take Freddie away, then |
would go to Mr.. Muth and get some money
for taking him home again. On Tuesday
morning, about o A. NJ. ! left the house and
went down Market street in a car, but found
Iwould have to get the boy away myself. |
went to the post Office at Ninth and Market
streets, and wrote the note which | sent to
the teacher by the messenger boy, whom |
met while riding his wheel at Broad and
Master streets.
Il gave the messenger boy the note and
told him to take it to Miss King, the principal
OF the school at seventeenth and Master
streets. I had learned who the principal
of the school was by phoning to the school
at Eighteenth and Oxford streets. The
messenger boy delivered the message to
the principal of the school, and | waited at
Fifteenth and Master streets until the mes
senger boy brought Freddie to me. | had
previously learned from a boy named Hagen,
whom had met at Fifteenth and Columbia
avenue, that the boys name was Freddie
Muth, and that he was in the lowest grade
In school. I knew that his name was
Freddie Muth, but l asked the boy Hagen
90 that l would be sure.
t"When | met Freddie Muth at Fifteenth
and Master streets l took him on the Fiji
tenth street car and we rod to the Pann-
e~ylvania Railroad station at Fifteenth and
Market streets. I took him into the station
and bought him some picture books. We
set in the station about half an hour and
then went to Keith's Theatre, stayed there
until the performance was over, about
1890 P. NJ.
while we we're in the theatre I called
up Mr.. Muth's home on the phone, told
him Freddie was in the neighborhood;
would be back in an hour or 80. Mrs. Muth
answered the phone. called out to her
husband, saying, Here's the man that
has Freddie / then became frightened
and dropped the phone. This / think was
about 5 p. NJ. After the show was out
we went to the Automat Restaurant on
Chestnut street below Ninth where | got
him something to eat.
After leaving the restaurant we rode
on different cars, until finally we got to
Sixty-second street and Girard avenue.
We went into an oyster house at Sixtieth
street and Haverford avenue. | called for
oyster stews. Freddie did not want any
oysters. so | changed the order to coffee.
After drinking the coffee we went out OF
the oyster house. Freddie said he was
cold and | put my hat and coat on him.
We then got a Girard avenue car and rode
around Gunners Run and back again to
Sixty-second street and Girard avenue,
where we got on.
81 then went 10 my own home, leaving
Freddie sitting ON the steps opposite. My
wife did not know that was in the house.
| took from my home a pillow, some clothes,
an old cushion from a chair. went into
the vacant house at 42S Horton street. |
had keys for all the houses in this square
that were vacant, as l had been acting as an
agent to rent them.
Il left the house, 42s Horton street, the
came morning before daylight, as | realized
the fact that the houses on each side Of me
being occupied it might attract attention.
After lea wing 1928 Horton street | went into
the corner house.
This house was not locked and I was
afraid to stay there. l then took Freddie
into the third house. Hearing the police
men searching the closets and different
places next door. we went out of the third
house into the second one by way of the
back roof. | quietcd Freddie by telling him
that the agent was coming and would arrest
us for being in his house.
" stayed in this house until we were dis
covered by the officers and | was arrested.
l went out of the house while Freddie was
asleep to get food, and stole milk and bread
from doo-steps in the neiRhborhood. Dur
ing the period that we were in the house l
gave Freddie two bottles of beer, a little at
a time, as we had no water, and Freddie
said he was used to getting beer at home.
AT one time, about two weeks ago, l
sent a boy to Sixty-third and Haverford
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