Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-31

y long distance message from y
y Las Vegas asking for the aid y
y of the mounted police in the ef- y
y fort to find the kidnaper of y
y Weldo Rogers in Las Vegas. =
y Captain Fred Fornoff who was =
y in Socorro, was Immediately y
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THE three year old grandson of
Judge H. L. Waldo was kidnapped at
Las Vegas and ransomed for $4,000 -
Such were the sensational tidings
that reached Santa Fe this morning
AS soon as this news was posted on
the New Mexican's bulletin board, at
an early hour, it spread over the city
like wild fire and created widespread
indignation that would have been ON
inous for the kidnapper had he been
arrested here, for crime of that kind
is regarded as one against an entire
community, and against which faith
ers and mothers are helpless to de-
fend themselves. Men otherwise, ad-
vocates of the strictest law observ
ance, were wrought up to the point
that they would have made a sieve
of the villains body using Winches-
ters to do it with. And who could
blame them?
Mother Pleaded
The story reads like an episode out
of a dime novel. Night before last
two masked strangers entered the
house of Attorney A. T. Rogers,
Jr., at Las Vegas, the SON
in-law of Judge H. L. Waldo
Mr. Rogers was away at Ration attend
ing the session of the district court.
The intruders invaded the room of a
brother. William Rogers, and COM
PEELED him to give up revolver. They
then forced their way into the apart
ment of Mrs. Rogers and demanded
Waldo, her son. Mrs. Rogers
was helplasa. she n'laded and inn
plored. She offered all her jewels, all
her money, all her property, but one
of the villains replied:
"a Want the kid!"
"To hell with your jewels, want
the kid"
Despairing Mrs. Rogers begged for
permission to clothe the child warm
ly and comfortably. This was grant
ed, while the robber cody waited. The
mother hugged and kissed her darling
in frantic farewell until the criminal
tore the boy out of her arms,
mounted horse and was off
in the dark, leaving let
ter of instructions. in which a demand
was made for $4,000 in cash. Who
can describe the agony of that moth
er? Her despair? Mr.. Rogers was
reached as soon as possible and he
came home yesterday morning on the
flyer. No time was lost in securing
the money and setting in motion ev-
cry agency possible to recover the
child. The letter of instructions
had directed:
Red Light in the Window.
"If you are ready to deliver the
money, set a red light in a certain
window at 10 o'clock in the evening"
1t then directed that the money should
be taken to certain spot in road
IL miles from Las Vegas that same
night These instructions were fol
lowed Mr.. Rogers in his automobile
made the trip to the lonely spot and
there met his man. He delivered the
money but the child was not there.
THE child is in Kearny's Gap" he
was informed. Two horses were
standing in the road and two men gal
loped away. Will Rogers speeded to
Kearny's Gap. There the child was
found in the road. 1t was wrapped
in a blanket.
Had Nothing to Eat.
rs that you, Uncle Will?" the
youngster chirped. 81 am awful hun
cry. I had nothing to eat all day."
What family reunion there was last
night when the boy was returned to
his mothers arms.
Meadow City Aroused.
This morning Las Vegas is aroused
as it has not been before in it's his
tory. Sheriff Secundino Romero and
posses are securing the surrounding
country. Men and women are out
eager to lay their hands on the kid
nappers. Nothing will be left undone
to bring them to justice. There is
current belief that one of the culprits
was Dennis Hart. who escaped from
Albuquerque Jail with nine others last
week. Hart lived formerly at Las
Vegas, he knew the Rogers family
well, knew the house and the move
ments of its occupants. He has had
bad record, he has performed dar-
ing robberies. But that is mere
supposition and for the sake of the
good name of the commonwealth and
to deter others from trying the same
kind of a dastardly deed, the offend
ers must be captured, must be given
the extreme penalty of the law, and
the next legislature should make it a
capital offense punishable by death.
Associated Press Account.
Las Vegas, ~ M, March 31.-Two
masked men forced an entrance in the
home of A. T. Rogers, prominent law.
yer at eleven O'Clock nieht