The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-25
MRS. VOLCKWEIN,
SICK CAPTIVE, HAD
$4,000 WITH HER
Wealthy Woman of so Kid
mapped, Granddaughter Says.
Said to Be Held Prisoner.
RICHES HIDDEN IN DRESS
WHEN SPIRITED AWAY
Abductors Took Her from South
AmbOy to Small Town in
Northern New York.
Especial to the Evening start


SOUTH AMBOY, June 25.-Mrs. Ell
nora Volclwein, the octogenarian, al
legged to have been kidnapped eight
weeks ago, had on her person at the
time, it developed today, 100000 In
cash.
Another startling feature of the mys-
terious case came to light today when
Mrs. Anna Render, her granddaughter.
from whose home, at 130 Augusta
street. Mrs. Volckwein disappeared, de-
clared that a New York lawyer had
agreed to disclose the aged woman's
whereabouts for the payment of $4,000
in cash.
DR.. f. E. Haines physician and
counselor to Mrs. Render, verified Mrs.
Renders statement declaring that the
New York lawyer had made four sep
arate propositions to reveal the place
where Mrs. Volckwein is being held on
the payment of $4,000. He said he
had seen the lawyer himself and that
the lawyer had repeated the PROPOSE
tion to him.
While Prosecutor Berdine's detec-
tives were working on the case today
Volckwein was being held a prisoner,
attended by two physicians and a
nurse, in small town in Northern
New York. The name of this town
was not revealed.
DR.. Haines said that Mrs. Render
has assured him that Mrs. Volckwein,
because of trouble with relatives, had
withdrawn all of her cash, amounting
g. 1aHr haf
she was abducted and that she had the
cash, in large bills, sewed in her gar
ments when four men in a big black
automobile had picked her up on the
Matawan bridge, to Old Bridge. and
had whisked her away.
Mrs. Render has told Prosecutor Ber-
dine that eight weeks ago her grand
mother, who had been living with her,
eft her home to visit another grand
daughter, and that when she was down
the road half mile. and on the bridge,
she saw a big, black automobile stop.
Two of the four men in it leaped out
and seized Mrs: Volckwein, who was
feeble with age, and lifted her into the
machine and sped away according to
Mrs Render.
For some reason Mrs. Render never
informed the South Amboy police of
the incident, and it was not until two
days ago that she called the attention
of Prosecutor Berdine to the matter.
Another strange feature of the case is
that Mrs. Render did not see fit to in
form her husband, Philip Render, of the
alleged abduction of her rich grand
mother.
Aged woman's Property Income $4,000.
Mrs. Render, who yesterday visited a
lawyer in New York. who had been
attorney in real estate matters for Mrs.
Volckwein, said today that her grand
mothers property, besides the 100000
in cash. consisted of real estate in
South Amboy and on Staten Island. and
that from her property she enjoyed an
income of about $4,000 year
Patrolman Gleason, of the South
Amboy police force, told an EVENING
STAR reporter that about 3 o'clock on
the morning of the day when Mrs. Rem
der says she saw a big, black automo-
bile l1dnap Mrs. Volckwein, he noticed
a machine like the one Mrs. Render
describes, also carrying four men, GO
ing through the streets of South Am
boy.
When the autoists saw the officer
they quickly shot their machine into
side street, he says. Gleason then be-
came suspicious and followed it. He
said that it stopped in front of Mrs.
Renders home and that two of the men
went into the house. Gleason said they
were apparently expected at that un-
usual hour, because there was a light
in the place and the door was opened
for them before they could announce
their presence. When he returned,
half an hour later, the automobile was
gone and the Render home was dark