The evening world., 1907-05-01
Grady Tells Police He
viii Abandon His
Search.
DAUGHTER MAY BEDEAD
The Police Still Working on
Clues ana Hope to Locate
KidnapperS,

Andrew J Grady. whose fourteen
year-oid little girl. Elizabeth vanished
from ter homs at oue Hundred and
EIshty-Eevcnth street and Washington
avenue eleven days ago. cHiied on Capt.
Krueseher at the West one Hundred
and Ffsty-second street station to-day
and declared that he had abandoned all
hopc and would continue no longer his
despaiI1ng search.
My daughter has either hcen killed. %
he said ''or She IL ln the hands OF un-
srrupulouE kidnappors who have made
her a prisoner In such manner that
they viii never dare TO give her up
n such was not tho case i would have
some word OF my child By this time
And Elizabeth II only a chld. II she
we're more mature and had gone about
with older girls. then 1 might suppose
that shc had run away. a. way wand
girls sometimes do.
''But there was nothing OF mat sort
In her disposition She played with
young girls o; her own axe and at
eA-IdrenA games, She loved, dolls. and
1 feel sure that any Girl VINO retains
her love Of doils at the age Of fourteen
Is Sun a child in mind and would
never entertain any wAywurd thoughts.
kidnApper a F1end.
'ssSs has certainly been kidnapped by
some unscrupulous nend. and l would
not be at all surprised II the person
who has been writing letters to me and
the pohco signing himself a Fiond'
WAS the kldnappsr. This writer seems
TO take a truly nendish delight in rails
ing the hopes OF my wife and myself
and then being able TO chuokle at our
despair when We run down his false
clues.
Three times no has written saying
not to give up hope and then suggest
ing in a myste terious manner how We will
set trace OF our little gin. Hts letters
have been 80 circumstAntiAl that ]
have been miserably fooled by each one,
spending many hours In running down
the false leads he has suggested He
wrote again yesterday, telling me that
II | went TO a certain house In lnWood
1 would learn OF tho whereabouts OF
Elizabeth. ! went to this place and
made inquiry, only to learn that he had
again played his devllish joke on me
II you. Capt Kreuscher. and your de-
tectiyes will only run down this letter
writer and hold him for mel would
feel in some way rewarded for my
hopeless search In taking tho measure
OF my wrath out OF him"
Capt. Kruencher replied 10 the heart
broken father that ne should not give
up all hOpa 30 early In the search.
II am convinced said the captain,
that II you give us more time We VIII
ma your daughter for YOU u ms
been puEzlng case. hut my expert
ence with these Kidnapping teacleS
me never TO give up hope 40 cary
Crimes of this sort are. OF course
pretty bafflinK. but II Is ohly In rare
Instances that they are neNgr solved.
an this letter writing leads me 20 be-
lieye that some one Involved IN the
X kidnapping Will Inadvertently let some.
thing slip that will give uH direct
grin on the situation and lead TO the
discovery OF your daughter. As We
told vou--vesterday We have under sur
VeiilAnce nov a man from whom go
believe We will get something. We VIII
keep him under constant Watoh Tor I
some time vet and may land him az . 7
moment when there seems no hope OF 1
ever getting any clue"