New-York tribune., 1911-12-04
K|DNAPS F|ANCEE'S CHILD
Touching Story Develops When
Boy Is Stolen in Brooklyn.
ACCESSORY HELD IN $4,000
Man Who Carried Seven Year
Old Off Showed Police
mans Shield.

strange romance came TO light yester- r
day when Frederick Meyer. thirty years
old, driver. living at No $50 18th street
Brooklyn, was arraigned in the Fifth Ave-
me Police Court. Brooklyn, on charge
Of kidnapping Bernard Dolan, the seven
year-old grandson OF Mrs. Margaret Doei-
ing, OF No. 572 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn.
The case was adjourned until this morn
ing. and Meyer was released in 5000 ball
furnished by his father. August Meyer.
wholesale produce dealer, of Manhattan.
Mrs. Doering was shopping late Saturday
night when Meyer and another man came
W 10 her AZ the corner OF Fifth avenue
and 9th street, BROOKLYN
That's the child" said Meyer 20 the
stranger. who picked up the boy and
started away with him. Mrs. Doering' $
screams attracted Patrolman James Nc
Carthy, Of the Fifth avenue station, but
the stranger said TO Mccarthy.
IT'S all right. officer. I'm a policeman
myself" and flashed some sort of a shield.
He went away with the child, but Mrs.
Doering managed to tell her story before
Meyer left her. and the policeman took
him TO the station house.
William Doering. q photographer and
grandfather of the child, does not live
with his wife, but instead resides with
Frederick Meyer who is his nephew. lie
told strange story Of the affair last
night
The child belongs to my daughter
Maud" he said. 1T was born seven years
ago in Lancaster. Penn. where We we're
we'll known and respected. My daughter
was not married when the child was born.
and the notoriety Of it finally drove her
from the village. She went TO Charles
ton, 6. c.. where she was a teacher in an
Industrial school for three years. Then
she came 10 New York as a waitress In
restaurant, at the same time studying
stenography and typewriting at night.
She was making a hard fight, poor sirl.
Finally. after numerous little jobs, she
got work with a big insurance company
ard was doing well.
I'm the mean time" he continued, my
to Brooklyn from Lancaster. bringing the
child with us. though We did not know
where Maud was in New York. My wife
had grown 10 hate Maud. and when she
found out where she worked she sent Irene
To tell Mauds employers the whole story.
They fred Maud at once This happened
several times and l tried 10 stop 1t. I
stuck by Maud, and finally things got so
bad that left my wife and Irene and went
to live with Frederick Meyer.
Maud went 70 Blackwell's Island and
studied nursing. graduating a year or two
ago at the head OF her class. Then she
went TO Swinburne Island as a nurse, hop
ing to keep out Of sight Of her mother
Lately she came TO Manhattan, where she
is now nurse in a big hospital A man
named James Kelly loves her. He told her
he was a police sergeant. When he wanted
10 marry her she told him her story. He
wanted TO marry her, anyway. He loved
her. lie was the man who took the child
away from Mrs Deering. Maud had heard
It was being badly treated, and as she had
saved a little money she wanted II with her.
That's all"
Meyer mentioned in court yesterday
morning that the child was with its moth
er. and this Deering confirmed Detectives
went 10 the Madison avenue station, Man
haitian, last night, 10 look for a police SER
geant named Kelly, but said they could
find no policeman OF any rank OF that
name. Mrs. Doering laughed at the stories
OF bad treatment OF the child.