Arizona republican., 1910-12-22

Charging Kidnapping. a warrant was
 issued last evening for the arrest Of
 Frank Lapham. who in company with
 his brother he is supposed to be
 spiriting away from Phoenix against
 his will. left on the Santa Fe. Pres
 colt X Phoenix train at 6:50 o'clock
 last evening for Chicago. Photographic
 orders were 'sent to Prescott. direct
 ing the apprehension of Frank Lap
 ham and the holding of Anson J.
 Lapham. the brother.
 It is understood that Anson has represented that the kidnapIng was
 planned for the purpose of getting him away from his mother and tO secure his incarceration in a sanita- rum or other private institution, in order to deprive him, in the event of his mothers death. of his share of her estate.
 Call up this attorney by telephone, please. and tell him that I have been Kidnapped and for the police to watch the trains"
 This message. written on the back of a business card of w. Maxwell Burke. was dropped by Anson J. Lapham shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon as he came from the Pastime Pool Hall which he had entered a few minutes previously evil dently for the purpose of securing the opportunity to indite the communica- ton. Besides dropping the card in a manner bound to attract attention. Lapham employed a boy to carry a letter to Attorney Burke in which his alleged predicament was set forth at considerably more length and in which he begged that the efforts to take him from Phoenix and place him in an institution be frustrated
 An employe of the Pastime Alley called up the police immediately upon reading the card and Officer Long reached the establishment a few min utes later. He was able to trail Lap ham to the Valley lodging house where he encountered two boys who stated that a man had given them fifty cents each to promise that they would wait outside for half an hour ing in that time would notify the po- lice that he had been kidnapped.
 Inquiry by the officer revealed the fact that Lapham was then inside and that Mrs. Bessie Thoman. the of the establishment. had already seen that a ticket for Chicago had been purchased for Lapham and that he was properly outfitted as to clothing. for the trip. Mrs. Thoman is said to have explained to the of ficer that Lapham's mother. Mrs. Emma M. Lapham, was seriously i'll at the NOrdrach and that in her con- dition. the presence of the son was to the mother.
 Up to that time no official action had been taken in the matter and the police and the sherifrs office were powerless to act So it was that the brothers boarded the evening train and were able to leave the city Mrs. Thoman was at the i depot at the time the train was leav- ing and engaged in earnest conversa- tion with Anson. assuring him that | all was for the best and that it was for his mothers sake that he was | being asked to go to Chicago.
 q wouldn't go to Chicago at this | time for thousand dollar check" l stated Anson in his letter to Attor- | ney Burke. He said that he was sure | 1t would kill him to go into the cold | climate of Chicago and then express ed the fear that it was planned to | place him in some institution.
 Word of the alleged attempt at kid | naping did not reach Attorney Burke | until few minutes after the train i had left and for the next two hours | he was the busiest man in Phoenix ! He appealed to the sherifrs office | for assistance in apprehending the 1 brothers and was told that an arrest | would be made if a warrant was is sued. Attorney Burke, before a local l