New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-25
COUPLE KIDNAPPED AGAIN
list Regiment Men Tease Mr..
Holland and His Bride.
THEN GIVE THEM DINNER
Last Adventure the Most Thrill
ing That Has Befallen Popu-
lar Soldier and His Wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Holland. whose adj
ventures in trying TO escape serenad"s
and kidnappngs since their marriage in
September would make melodrama
heroine green with envy, decided few
days ago that their prosecutors had be
come weary OF the game. Accordingly
they arranged, by way OF celebrating
their freedom, To give pinoche party
for a few friends at their new home, at
No. 5l3 18Th street Brooklyn, last evening.
little after o'clock. while Mrs. Hol-
land was putting the finishing touches 10
the apartment and her husband was
busly completing his toilet. there was a
sudden clatter and din Of automobiles
and carriages i'm the street below Before
Mrs. Holland could get to the window To-
see what was happening sounds which
indicated that the street door was being
struck with batteriHg ram came up
through the hallway, and at the same
time back window was thrown open.
Four men lcaped into the Holland apart
ment and ran downstairs. They Were
closely followed by the young bride. who
screamed loudly To her husband as she
ran.
Mrs. Holland reached the foot of the
stairs just IN time 10 see the door thrown
open and hfty-twO members OF the
list Regiment. under the command "f
Major Richard Davis. charge up IN, steps
and into the hallway. 4 well executed
deploy by which about half the valiau.
company took a position on the stai,-
way. enabled the regiments sunraEr't,
auxiliary. twenty-five women friends uI
the bride. To rush into IN, breach. E.-
fore the startled Mrs. Holland t~uld cole
lect her wits she had been hustled down
the stairway put into waiting cab AM
was beins driven rapidly away
Meanwhile Major Davis and his Wyu
had located Mr.. Holland In the bathroom.
They commanded him to come ont. aud
when he Tffused they threatened to break
in the door. Rather than have his new
apartment wrecked the master of the
house opened the door whereupOu siN
husky national guard members seized him.
wrapped him In a blanket ana started
downstairs for the stree;
Holland pleaded so hard for his clothes
that. although he continued his swift jour
ney to the waiting cab outside, one OF the
guardsmen brought the clothes along
afterward and threw them inside the cab.
and with the enraged Holland alternately
dressing and cursing his oaptors there
began a two hours ride about Brooklyn.
A fife and drum corps In full rcgi-
mentals had accompanied the stOrming
party. and while the bride and bride
groom were being Kidnapped the musicians
had played briskly. stopping their music
occasionally only to set of a new can OF
red fire. The uprOar had collected such
crowd in the street that Lieutenant
Arthur Carey. in response TO riot 'call
al the Fourth avenue police station, came
around hot foot with a squad Of reserves,
who broke mp the crowd aud tried to ar
rest somebody The merry nfers and
drummers, however, had disappeared.
For Two hours Holland. closely guard
ed was driven about the city All ques-
tons as 10 the fate Of his wife or his
own destiny were met with nothing more
cheering than loud laughs and jecrs.
lie was told that he would not see his
wife for sCme weeks and that regard
less OF his own lob or the police. II was
his fate to ride about in cab for week
at least.
At O'Clock, however the cab stopped
Holland was hauled forth. and. though
daZed. realized that ne was In front or
Nelson's Hall, at sd street and Firn
avenue. A half-dozen men seized him
and rushed him up the stairs into ~"
dining hall. where he bchcld his wife,
apparently well and happy, seated at tire
head OF table. about which more than
a hundred guests were gathered. The NE
and drum corps struck up a. Holland
half-dressed and thoroughly exhausted
was pushed into a vacant place ut the
foot Of the table. and the hundred guests
stood on their chairs and chcered long
and loud.
Holland was presented with a gold
watch. and Mrs. Holland received solid
silver service and some cut glass