The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-12-14
GAVE HIM BACK
4 Boy Kidnapped ard Hsld Two healts
Returned to H;s partnss.
4 VERY STRANGE CASE

The Father Of the Lad SAYS He VA
Hestosct, at Brooklyn Bsit!:e-Th
Roy Says He Was Well Treated b.
:iis Cspsors. Who Had Four Oti'e
Children
After being held prisoner 10
more than two months ny band o
S.Snaopers. Peter. the si1-year-o;t
.on os Charles c!rincioa. Is asais
1t his home. No. 4!4 Hackecsacs
Plank Road. Union Hin. y. J. HI
n rninia-ed and Is li:tle s:oute'
and taller than when his captos'
carried him away.
The boy told World TepoEte'
that h the house 10 which he was
taken. either On the cas-: side o. New
York or else In BROOKLYN. there ar
four other children. He gives shes'
names as Rose. who Is TWO years old;
Trec.na. who is Ave: Katie. four. ane
..Sonna , boy OF seven.
Peter says that the children re
serrea 70 the woman who cared so'
them as Mamma" but the police
believe them to BE other children
hold for q reward. A determined
eecrs will be made TO locate the
hovse where Peter was kept a.e 70
run down the gang OF a:dnappers
Peter was returned 70 his father
"A rtys.eriously as be disappeared.
csrsncion vas sitting IL ais carpet
store about o'clock Monday asee'
noon. SO , asssrts. when the te!e'
phone rang ] y mans voice OF RE
other end OF .ae wire said that II be
vou,d be at the Manhattan end OF
the Brooklyn Bridge a. 10 O'Clock
that nigh. Ills son would be restored
70 him. He hadn't much hope. az
during the las. month he says he
received several similar messages
without result
The father declares BE took up his
ssand at the bridge AZ the hour ep-
pointed. and says that from the crowd
the l.tt.e fellow darted to him and IN
a minute was n as arms
cs-incion Is unwilling TO discuss
tho case a. length through fear that
the k;dnappers will again mo'ess
hira He denies that be paid any
ransom to regain his boy. He says
hat the men who took the i:ttle fe!'
low away. when they found that de
could no, pay the tribute demanded.
returned the child o, their own &C
cord.
"Pe.er went away on Sept :6.
sate csrtnc:on. and I had nearly
Given up hope OF seeing him agasn-
When ns wen. to school that morn
lns msn gave him penny. When
aehool let ort i,he man was waiting
for him with another man Bon
we're italians. The first man spoke
% my boy. calling him Petite. and
asking him II he didn't want some
candy. Then they took him Oh With
them. heard st the ;:tne that they
carried him away n poay cart.
but It was IN a street car.
AFTER this happened ! got teie-
phone message, and man asked me
how much would give to get my
boy back ayain. / told him that
had no money and he rang o1.
u.ea to and out where the message
came from. out / could not
.The mans took NE away ca car
aad then looked me on two trains.
said petie to The World reporter. and
be pointed IN the direction OF the
sulI.s Ferry cars. Il Is believed taa'
he took the cars and then eccssed
10 New York from Jersey City by the
Eadson tnhe.
..They .ooked me 70 house. 9
big red house" be said. The mans
they called Sam. :coSed me- lie
vas a young mans and he gave ne
some candy 50 went with him. And
when 90. to the house they was a
lady there. She Was youns ia!s
and she had black hair and she s!veo
roe some cake. II WAS tg cake and
some alec kind OF cake with some
thing good IN the middle.
Ard there was other children al
the ..>-use. too. There was Sonaa
70 vas a boy and We used to pa!
marbles. He used 20 beat me waer
vs played and then he'd give TIE
the marbles back again and we'd plsi
all over.
They let me pley n the esct
yard. out never runnea away. They
said my papa would come for ne
Once the lady cauched me nnde: tn
stove and she g!ver ne the strap
hu. Il didn'. hurt.
I'VE wen. 20 the moving picture
shows. saw some Indians and COW
boYs Ssh,ins. Nav. the Indian
didn't beat the COWBOYS. Course noi
the COWBOYS Beat the Indians.
"a. night slept with tie "a
mans. There were three other ma2
h the house. They ali nsed 10 x
over to another house. and son=
times they sen. me 10 sc, Beer.
Last night they tod me 20 com
along with them. and went wiz
Sam and the other mans. We wake
long way ! was awsul!y ,.!ed
but then they brought ne hons
Nav. paoa didn't had me at tn
br.d-e. He's Just making that u7
Petite says trains went past IN
house whore he was kept .ad ~:
sou had to 90 unstairs 20 tie car
He saws there were lot OF !'3iiac
and Hebrews IN the neiSh5oraooc
His Srst request Yesterday vas fna
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