New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-25
LEGAL TRAPS SET
TO CATCH EARLE
Attorneys Ready to Make
Capture in Kidnapping
Plot To-day.
WATCH SHIP HERE
AND ONE IN BOSTON
Father, Child and Miss Hermann
Sought by Frantic Mothers
Command.

A series OF legal traps was prepared
Yesterday for the apprehension of Ferdi-
nand Pinney Earle. Of affinity fame
when he arrives in this country to-day
with his eight-year-old son. Harold. The
child is said 10 have been kidnapped by
his father aud Miss Charlotte Hermann
of Rutherford. y. j., from school in
Paris.
Earle. the child and Miss Hermann
sailed from Antwerp either on the steam
er Marquette OF the Red star Line, bound
for Boston. on November 10, or on the
steamer Finland. belonging to the same
company. two days later. Both vessels
are expected TO dock to-day.
In Part II of the Supreme Court yester-
day Justice Seabury granted a writ or
habeas corpus directing Earle and Miss
Hermann TO produce the child In cour2.
Henry Wellington Wack, an attorney at
No. - Broadway. made the application
having been retained by the mother OF
the boy. Nine. Fischbacher. Earle's first
wife. II Earle and Miss Hermann are
On the Finland. the writ will be served
when the vessel touches her pier at this
port.
An examination OF the passenger lists
OF both the Finland and the Marquette
disclosed that IL Earle and his associates
were on board they were travelling under
assumed names. To provide against their
entering the country urmolested BY way
OF Boston, Mr.. Wack, accompanied by
Paul Hermann, foster-father of Charlotte
Hermann, and Hamilton Squier, an at
torney at No. 20G Broadway. left for Bcs-
ton last night Papers similar to those
filed In New York yesterday Will De
drawn MP and an application for a writ
against the child will be filed this morn
ing.
IL was Mr.. Hormann's belief yesterday
that Earle was on the Marquette, as that
vessel was the first to sail from Antwerp
after the boy. according to reports. was
kidnapped bv Miss Hermann, who was
known I'm Paris as Mrs. Evans. There Is
but little crederce placed in the report
that Earle had taken one steamer ana
Miss Hermann the other.
Il is probable that request for the
arrest and extradition Of Earle and MISS
Hermann will be made by the French
government As yet no such request has
been made II Earle brings his son mere
he will also he liable to a severe penalty
under the laws of New York for bringing
a kidnapped child here.
I'm the petition for the writ OF haoeas
corpus the cscapades OF Earle, matn-
monlallv and otherwise, were set forth
at length His various marriages ard
divorces were mentioned, and 1t was
stated that when Mime. Marie Emma
Emile Fischbacher secured divorce
from Earle the French tribunal gave her
the custody OF her child, Harold
The document brought into the case sor
the first time the name or another yer
son the mother OF Ferdinand Pinney
Earle. A cablegram from the frantic
Mrs F!schbacher directed her attorneys
to watch Mrs. Earle.
Earle seems bound for No. 23b Broad
way" (Mrs. Earle's home) the message
declared Watch Mother Earle. Letters
show her completely"
Another cablegram from Paris, fled In
the application for the writ, was as FOL
lows:
Paris. Nov. l6-Earle and woman kid
napped Harold. Take necessary meas
ures Watch all steamships at American
and Canadian harbors after 18th Track
him"
The petition stated further that Earle
had wasted his estate and would ne I'M
able TO care for his son.