Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-26
KIDNAPPED BOY
AT JAMESBURG
Leon Ely of Cranbury Took
His Own Child from
Door Yard.
SEPARATED FROM WIFE
Second Time He Has Taken
tha Boy--Wifs Alleges He
Deserted Her.
SEPARATED FROM WIFE
Special to the EVENING NEWS.


Jamesburg, June 26.-This borough
is greatly excited over the kidnapping
of Raymond Ely, seven years old, by
his father Leon Ely, of Cranbury' Sat
urday afternoon. The child has been
living with his mother who is suing
her husband in the courts. Mr.. Ely,
accompanied by his brother Charles,
drove up in an automobile, rushed into
the yard where the boy was playing
and had him in the automobile and was
off before anyone could interfere, al
though Mrs. Ely rushed out to her son s
aid and gave the father quite tus-
tie. The mother, when the automobile
with the boy finally disappeared became
hysterical. AS they drove away the
two Elys called back at the gazing
crowd: "Rubber, Rubber"
Mrs. Ely has made her home with
her father, Guther Bayles, for about
six weeks, following what she alleges
was the elopement of her husband with
an unknown woman residing near
Hightstown. All the trouble of the
Elys, it is said, came about over the
sale of property decided to Leon Ely
by his father, Stephen Ely, wealthy
and eccentric resident of Cranbury.
The latter is alleged to have tried to
repurchase the property from his son
to secure the signature of Mrs. Ely
she refused. This, she says, so angered
her father-in-law that he unknown to
her, offered his son the price of the
house, $500, if he would desert his
wife,
Living With Her Father.
Leon Ely is declared to have agreed
to the plan and, accordingly, laid a
plan that completely fooled his wife.
He told her, according to the story,
that he had secured a position in New
York city and she agreed to go to that
city with him. A public sale of the
household effects was held and Mrs.
Ely. it is stated, was told to go to
her father at Jamesburg until her hus-
band became settled in New York,
when he would send for her.
Learned Husband Deceived Her.
Mrs. Ely came to JamesOurg but
soon learned that her husband had
never gone to New York city, but, it
was declared, was cutting pretty fast
pace in company with another woman.
Before she could investigate Leon
Ely, her husband, arrived at James
burg one morning and went to Princi-
pal Curtiss A. Deveny, of the James
burg public school and said he wanted
to see his son Raymond and take him
for a ride in his automobile. The boy
once in his possession, Ely, who was
accompanied by strange woman COM
pletely disappeared.
Got Warrant For Arrest.
Mrs. Ely obtained a. warrant for his
arrest on the charge of desertion, with
the intention of suing for support. The
warrant was placed in the hands of the
authorities at Camden and about two
weeks ago, the officer, seeing an auto
mobile broken down in front of his
house went to investigate and the
owner, proved to be Ely returning to
town. Ely was placed under arrest and
at hearing at New Brunswick his
father gave bonds to the amount of
$500 for his appearance at trial.
In what Mrs. Ely claims was an at
tempt to get her to relent, her hus-
band returned the 10y to Eer at James
burg, where he has been until Satur-
day, when still unable to get her to
sign her share of the property away or
to relent in her determination to prose
cute him, Ely planned the abduction of
the boy from his mother.
Mrs. Ely has placed the case in the
hands of, lawyer and further devel-
opments are anxiously awaited.