Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-17

rcr, his girl, himself and me into one car and Sam
Gnnls and the rest in the other, with instructions
them to put masks and creep up to all the Keet
niows and doors they saw u.s. in our car
We into the grounds Then we separated my party
ng direct to the Country Club which is about fifteen
mtes from the keet home. ! wanted to make sure
| Kects at the dance
looked in at the clubs ballroom windows and saw
h Mrs. and MIR, Keet dancing inside Then we drove
y, and TO the keet residence. We, too put masks
We neared the kect home Riley, Carter and went
the grass straight to the window Of the room in
| ch the baby slept. We intended to lift Riley in
ough the window, but looked into the
I'M we saw the babys crib had been left right inside
window sill. So we had only to lift it
When the second up with the Adams boys
the others, while | was waiting on the road after
kidnapping got in and returned with this party to
(m wanted to show myself in the city if possible so
|d prove alib if any crowd gave away.
the trip back into the city could not help thinking Of
mother, and how she would cry and scream when she
covered the baby gone. wanted to 60 direct to the
ct home and stand around in the shrlbbery and watch
elopments when the mother and father returned from
country club but the rest of the gang wouldn't let me.
that just manifestation, my part, of the
the Of his crime
learned afcrward what happened in the Kect home
I'm people who got their information direct from Mr..
n himself When Mr.. and Mrs. kcet returned Mrs.
first took off her wraps and then into the room.
ere the baby had been left Just see suppose if it
sleeping all right She cried out in alarm when she
.. the crib empty and that brought Mr.. Keet into the
They said at first they thought the baby had crawcd
of the crib.
They looked around the and then summoned the
Sc girl from upstairs When they realized the child
not in the house, Mr. Keet sure some friend had
we'd practical joke on him. They told me he tcIcphoncd
one of the newspapers and asked to put in want adj
semcnt asking any who had his baby to return it,
luess he coudn t believe it had been stolen.
spent the night around the town About 4 clock in
morning began to notice great deal of excitement
inning to show itself. There automobiles hurryng
and forth, and | realized that Kcct had given the
m to his friends. About daylight ! the sheriff OF
ad Joining county drive rapidly out toward the Kcet
&C. with two three bloodhounts in his car | knew
dogs wouldn't get any place because had used an
omobile walked out the residence and found the
IS had failed knew they would. They traiied the
t from the window sill the lawn to the road and
D lost it.
AS the grocery stores opened in the morning
ght some bologna sausage and crackers and bottle
milk. to take out to the where the baby was |
met at the edge of town by of the others in the
~ and cut the fields and through the woods.
', were mighty careful when got the cave,
ause already. I noticed, men coming down from
mountains with their guns, and knew there would be
big hue and cry as soon word Of the kidnapping
cad into the hills and the posses began
gather
The baby crying little when went into the
d girl was trying to get it to feed out of common
'lcne bottle in which she had put some thinned down