Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-08-27
Detective After Mr..
de FeStetiCS
Yesterday.
NOT RECOGNIZED.
Local Party to See the Governor
Today in Effort TO Induce Him
Not 10 Sign Petition
Being Literally
Signed.

Detective Edmund Leigh, of New
York detective bureau, came TO this
I city yesterday afternoon and demand
ed the surrender of Gyuala de Fes-
tetics, who was recently arrested in
this city on charge of Kidnapping
/ his nine-year-old son, Arthur.
The papers demanding Mr.. Festet-
les surrender were signed with rub
Der stamp signature of Governor Ed
ward C. Stokes. Mr.. Leigh and Mr.
de Festetics went to Lawyer Joseph
E. Stricker's Office where the matter
was thoroughly discussed. Mr.. Strick-
er told the detective that the surren-
der could not be obtained with\a rub
Der stamp signature. The detective
stated that the secretary of staten had
signed the papers with the govern6r's q
signature. George H. Tice, who hap
pened to be present at the time, said
that that was impossible, and the de-
tective finally admitted that the sig
nature was merely obtained from the
office of the secretary of state.
Detective Leigh then went before
Recorder Pickersgill but the latter
refused to grant the surrender with
such a signature as authority. Ar
rangements were then made to ar
que the case before Governor Stokes
at the latter's convenience. Mr.. Leigh
seemed satisfied with the arrange
ment and returned to New York.
City Attorney c. c. Hommann had
an interview yesterday morning with
M. H. Grossman, Mr. de Festetics'
New York lawyer. Mr.. de Festetics
refused to make known the result Of
the interview. He says, however, that
the legal points involved in the case
were thoroughly threshed out and he
finds his position a strongAone
City Attorney Hommann -
George H. Tfce are in Trenton t07 4
for the purpose of interviewing Co..
! ernor Stokes in the matter.
Many names have already been OBJ
tanned for the petition which Mr. de
Festetics will send to the governor.
Among the names are: Rev. J. L.
Lancaster, S. ]. Mason, j. E. Stricken.
Mayor Bollschweiler, DR.. and Mrs.
Stafford, George H. Tice, Samuel Do
yer and other prominent citizens.
The petition in full is as follows:l
| Perth Amboy, N j.
- His Excellency Edward c. Stokes,
I Governor of the State of New Jer-
sey:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens,
mothers and children of the city of
Perth Amboy, petition you to deny
the extradition of Mr. Gyula de Fes-
/ tetics, who is charged with the kid
mapping of his own child Since the
/ first appearance of the child in our
city, on January Z last, when his
physical condition appeared SO hope
| less that it was necessary for the
father to carry him in his arms be-
cause the little crippled sufferer
could not even be comfortably seated
in child's wagon, we have observed
the strong bond of affection existing
between the father and the child,
and the tireless devotion and care
expended upon the little cripple in
redeeming him from his unfortunate
condition. The efforts of the father
have been so far rewarded that the
child can now walk by himself un-
aided and begin to participate in the
enjoyments and happy pleasures
which are the heritance of a child's
life, and we believe that the inter
ruption of his present progress and
surrender of the child to Christian
Science treatment, and even the tenn
porary separation OF the child from
his father, would break the slender
thread of strength which has been
painfully built up in eight months OF
labor and care. Our sympathy foI
the sunny, bright and brave little suf-
ferer, and his need of protection, urge
us to appeal to you in his own consid-
/. GRAFTON"
Several copies have been made OF
the petition and one will be kept at
the Packer house permanently so that
any one desiring to sign can do so by
calling there.
There is also need of two or three
young men to volunteer their services
in assisting to circulate the petition.
1t is desired to get it around as much
as possible, and if some who are in
terested in the case will offer to take
a petition out among their friends
they can be of great assistance to
Mr.. de Festetics. Joseph E. Stricken,
one of the attorneys for Mr.. de Fes-
tetics, will be glad to supply the PEI
titions.
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