Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-07-26
WHOLE CAMP CLOSED
DOWN TO join HUNT
Reward of Two Hundred Dollars
by Distracted Fdther--M Miners
Visit Every Deserted Pros
peCt Shdftin Vdin-- Mother
Crdzed With Grief.

Cerrillos. n. NJ, July 26.-(Spec-
ial) the family of Joe Guileni,
the Italian miner being prosecuted by
members of the malta or secret Black
Hand society of Italy and is the child
for which several hundred men have
searched in vain for several days,
held by agents of these societies in
stead of being lost in the mountains
near the Madrid coal camp?
These are questions being asked by
the residents of this place and Of
Madrid. AS the hours pass and no
further trace of the child has been
found, the suspicion grows that the
babe was kidnapped and did not wan
der away
In fact kidnapping is being openly
talked here and among the Italian
miners at Madr!a.
Reward Increased.
The reward of fifty dollars offered
for the return of the child has been
increased to two hundred dollars.
If the malta is concerned, 1t is said,
a sum much larger than $500 will be
required to secure the child's release.
No one here believes that the little
tot could still be at large in the
mountains after the thorough search
that has been made and no one be-
lieves that the babe has perished or
want.
Either Dead or Kidnapped.
Either the child in its wanderings
has fallen to its death down some
old half concealed prospect hole or
else, in the opinion of most of the
people here, it has been kidnapped.
The finding of the other child, who
is too small to tell anything of its
wanderings, does not prove that the
other babe was not kidnapped and the
miners are of the opinion that the
smaller child was released because
the kidnapers found him too much
trouble.
Don't Think Child is Dead.
One thing which supports the kid
naping theory is that the child has
now been without food or water foT
seventy-two hours If it has been lost.
This, of course, would mean that
the child Is dead. The miners and
prospectors who know the mountains
like an open book have secured the
country for miles about, going even
farther than a man could walk with
out food or water, let aiJ'.e a child.
They have decided that had the
babe been lead, the body would as
suredly have been found.
Whole Camp Searching.
The whole mining camp of Madrid
has given over everything to search
for the lost child or its kidnapers.
The miners unanimously decided
not to handle a pick until the search
are temporarily closed down.
The men work in shifts, night and
day, crossing and recrossing the
mountains in every dire ction, calling
and shouting.
Every prospect hole known to the
men, has been visited and there does
not now seem much probability that
the child could have fallen into one
of them and its body remain undis-
covered.
Parents Overcome by Grief.
The father of the lost. child, Joe
Guileni, is almost a wreck He has
searched for the lost child until he
is exhausted.
The mother is pitiful in her grief
and her condition is serious. The
has wept constantly and the sghs OF
her grief has driven the miners TO
renew their efforts.
The distracted mother realizes that
If her child is really lost, it will most
likely be found dead if at aIl-per-
haps its body mutilated by the coy
otes.
Miners May Wreak Vengeance.
On the other hand, If it has fallen
into the hands OF agents of a secret
society, the poor mother with native
fear for these secret orders, trembles
to think of her lost babes fate.
She believes the child is dead and
only sits and awaits the possibility
of its body being recovered.
If the babe has been kidnapped and
its captOrs are caught, the miners 90
not hesitate to say what they will do
Sheriff Closson and other officer,
Of Santa Fe county are still aiding h
the search.