The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-20
.EWy0F THE RICH
GETS HIM IN JAIL
FOR EXT0RT|0N
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Threatened Manufacturer and
Family With Death Unless
He Got $4,000.
=: LED ON BY ANARCHY.
Detectives Nab Him at Street
Corner When Bogus Money
Package Is Turned Over.
LED ON BY ANARCHY.

FILLED with anarchistic notions mat
The poor have the right 10 prey upon
the rich, Frank Nuok, 4 taiior's Az
prentice. 10 in the East Etshty-4shth
street station charged with attempting
s1toPtion on Joseph n. Courtade. .
weakly piano boz Manufacture. OF No.
SOS East Eishty-sevsnAh street. Muck.
who lived with W. II. wAilaes at No.
1863 West Ninety-eishth street.. worked
for Henry Tasse. a tailor. whose home
Is at Ne. Is East EiShty-seventh street.
near the Courtads house.
II heard my boss taking all the tans
about how easy life was for CourtSds."
Muck told Detectives Tycho. Cousins
and Panezin to-day. and how well
nxed his I'VE grown children would
always be whether they worked or not.
1t made me angry that they should
have so much money and had 50
x,ittls. 50 I thought would take some
fof the money away and uss Il to pay for
visit to my mother ana sister 10 Nil.
lSwaukee ana TO buy presents for them"
FALLS INTO THE TRAP SET TOR
HIM.
The detectives say they believe Nuck's
story and are satisfied that he was aot
working in league With any other Ter-
con.
Mr.. Cortade called for the foliee
Wedne sday and showed them an anony.
nous lstter no had received. II was .
demand for $4,000 to Be paid to . mes-
ssnser who would call at the C0artade
home last night. There was threat
that Courtade and his sons and dsush.
tore would all be killed II the money
were not paid over and . nunaoef Of
nswspaDsr clippings regarding HaeR
Hand outrases were enclosed.
BY Amusement with tho detectives
one Of Mr.. Courtads's sons turned UP .
.lisnt In the second story front room
when the messenger appeared. Tycho.
Cousins and PAnszin fell IN behind him
a. he LETT the he use and saw him turn
aver q dummy package which had been
handed to him 70 Muck AZ Second ave.
sue and Elehty.nfth stree. They then
oGunced upon Muck and the messenger
. There were many persons on the street
and when some one shouted "Kidnap.
psrs!" the detectives were yearly over.
powered. All Of thsm were struck By
stones thrown by sysnpathisers OF the
sSDarsnt victims Of their assault.
MgeSENoeR BOY ONLY THE ~.
.. NocENr TOOL,
The elevsn.year-oh messenger. who
said he was Leopold West Of No. eN
East Eightyfifth street. said that he did
not know Muck except that the tailor
had approached him on tts street and
effsFsd him Q quarter Of dollar TO- %
20 the Courtads homo to get . package.
The boy was set free.
The detectives harmed tnAt the type.
written setter sent by Muck was writ.
ten at his homs on . machine owned by
Mr.. Wallace. with whom he boarded.
Mr.. Wallace said that no had never
sivsn Muck permission TO use the type
writer and did not know anything
about the letter.
When word reached the Courtade fan-
lly that tho writer OF the letter was
safely IN the hands OF the police they
fell on their knee and thanked God,
the detectives said, for thedr del'verancs.
Magistrate Barlow held Mock In 5000
bail for trial IN Yorkville court