The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-10
GAVE HIM BACK
3A5Boy E,dpspp>a a=d HsId I've asn'bs
4. Returned 10 His Parents.
A VERY STRANGE Case

A VERY STRANGE Case
The Father Of the Lad Says He Was
q Restored at Brooklyn Bridse-The
Boy Says He Was weHl Treated by
His Captors, Who Had Four Other
Children.
lAi,After being held prisoner for
more than two months by band or
/ Gkidnappers, Peter. the six-year-old.
son of Charles Cirincion. Is again
ut his home, No. 414 Hsckensack
Plank Road. Union Hill. N. J. He
Is sunintured and Is little stouter
and taller than when his captors
carried him away.
q The boy told a World reporter
that In the house to which he was
tzken, either on the east side OF New
York or e'se in BROOKLYN, there are
four ether children. He gives their
zames as Rose, WHO Is two years OIL;
Trecina, who Is five: Katie, four, and
s"Ncnna," 10y Of seven.
Peer eavs that the children re-
ferred to the woman who cared for
them as Mamma bnt the rolice
believe them to be other children
held for reward. A determinel
effort will be made to locate the
horse where Peter vas kept and to
run down the gons o. l.'dn' 'npers.
Peter was returned to his father
as r.vster:cusly rs he disapDeare'.
Cirircicn was sitting In his carpet
store about 2 o'clock Monday aftsr
) noon, SO lie asserts, when the tel"-
FDt cne rang ard a mans vcire on the
other erd of the wire said that If he
world be ct. the Manhattan en1 CT
the :Byoctlvn Bride at 10 o'c'cck
that night his son would be restored
90 him. Il. hadn't mrch hove. as
during the J3et mrp,h he says he
received several similar messages
! without result.
The father declares he took up his
stand at the brilge at the hour ap-
ipoirted. and saws that from the crowd
z the l'tt'e fellow darted to him and in
minute was in his prns.
C:rincicn is unwilling to discuss
! the c'ss at length through fear that
the kldnsppers : will again mo'est
hiri He denies that he poid any
rarscr5 to REGAIN his boy, He SAYS
thst the men who tcok the little fel.
sov- away, when thew found that he
could net ray tto tribute demanded,
returned the child OF their own ac-
cord.
s"Petar went away or. Sept. rs"
said. Cirinc'on, and I had nearly
given I'D fhnre OF seeing him a,ain.
When Re went to school that morn
I Ing nan gave him penny. When
school let OFT the ran was waiting
s for him with another man. Both
were italians. The frGt man spoke
& to ny bov, calling him "Petie," and
asking him II. he didn't went sone
candy. Then they tcok> aim off with
them. I heard at the time that they
carried him away IN pony cart,
but it was in a strest car.
t.After t'is banrene1 I got tele-
phcre message. ard MN asked me
!. .tow much I wo"'d give to get my
Il 5bey back a-a'n. I tod him that /
hal no rorev and he rang OF.
I tried t. find crt where the message
cars from. bit could rot
"Ths mans took re awav on car
and then toc1-ed nc on two trains
said Petite 70 Tho World renrrter. and
be rc'rted in the erection Of the
Bulls Ferry cars. II IS believed tat
he tock !he cars and ths7 crossed
to New York frcra Jersey CITY By the
Hudson tube.
"Thev tco!yed me to house, a
J. big red house" he sail. The mars.
they called S7m. tcoted me. He
was a Young mans and he gave me
some candy so 7 went with him. And
whcn / got to the house they was
lady there. She was a young lady
an! she hal back hair and she giveI
me SINE coFe. It w7s fig cake and
'sore nice kind Of caie with some
thing good in the mi'dle.
"And there was other children at
the hovse. too. There was N0n7a.
He was a boy and we used to play
marbles. He used to beat me when
we rlaved ard then he'd give ne
TIE marbles back again and we'd plHy
all ever.
''They 1t ne rl7y II the back
yard. but ! never ruined awav. They
said my para would come for me.
Once the LAZY canched me under the
stove end she giver me the strap,
but it didn't hurt.
eve went to the moving picture
shows. saw some Indians and COW
bows fchting. Nav. the Indians
didn't beat the ccwbovs. Course not,
the cowboys beat the Indians.
.'At night slert with the fat
mans. There wn~a three other mans
in the house. They al used TO &c
8over t. another house, AMI scmc-
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