New-York tribune., 1919-05-10
Taxi Cave-Man
Kidnapped Her,
Widow Asserts
Brooklyn Woman Says Man
ufacturer Broke Through
Window While She Was
Attired in Night Clothes

Shatterng glass, a feminine call for
help, the. whlrring of motor-and
tlatbush had its first glimpse of
genuine cave man wooing, plus all
the trimmings that might be required
to make it fit into Brooklyn surround
ings.
1t is true that the suitor cowcd the
object of his affections with nothing
more dangerous than a surgical in
strument that bore a remarkable re-
semblance to a revolver.
And it cannot be denied that the
plunging charger usually associated
with cave man stuff of the movies was,
in this case, somewhat decrepit
taxicab, whose meter licked out the
cost of modern romance while
events were crowding one another.
Man Breaks in Window
According to the best information
obtainable after the sun rose yester-
day and the wreck of the Romance had
been cleared away by GLACIERS and
janitors, Mrs. Helen C. Waterman,
widow of twenty-five, was preparing
TO retire shortly before midnight
when something unusual occurred be-
fore the door of her home, at 234
Prospect Avenue.
Mrs. Waterman, all stories agree,
had reached the stage where her cos
nent and flowing hair, when there was
crash at the front window and the
form of man crashed through it and
would have alighted beside her on a
couch but for the fact that she took
to fight.
Mrs. Waterman reached a room oc-
cupied by her chum, Mrs. Marie GaF-
ney. A moment later the visitor did
likewise. The door was forced and
there was a brief conversation. AS re-
lated by the trembling Mrs. Waterman,
she was given her choice of going
willingly with her sutor orwell, Just
going.
At any rate. she soon found her
self in the waiting taxicab, having
been carried through the door instead
or the open window.
Chum Calls Police
While the machine still was speed
ing Mannattanward. Mrs. Gaffney called
upon the police at the Flathush station
and charged that her chum had been
kidnapped by John r. Carey, manu-
facturer of surgical instruments She
was unable to give them coherent
story of occurrences, however, and it
was not until morning that Detective
Patrick Mulvey. visiting the Carey
place of business at 327 Second Ave
nue., posed as a customer and obtained
ms home address, II Livingston Place.
short time later. Mulvev declares.
he found Mrs. Waterman, still clad in
the unnamed white garment, furiously
arguing with Carey in hiA, apartment.
Inc excited manufacturer was arrested
and taken TO the F'latbush Avenue
police station. where he was charged
with abduction, burglary and assault.
Tic was taken before Magistrate Fol
we later, where he was placed under
Sl,ooo bonds on the first, $1,000 on the
second and $1,000 on the third charge
Knew Him Since August
The woong that led up to the mid
nlgnt kidnaping was only limited at
curing the brief proceedings in court
Mrs Waterman said she had known
O"'cy eihce iast august, that she had
several letters from him in which he
called hor the most beautiful woman
IN thee world. Magistrate Folwell said
tnat he would hear further details Of
the story next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Mrs Waterman has bar
ricadcd herself in her apartment aud
male visitors get no further thnn thn
outer door. where Mrs. Cafrnoy
guards the entrance behind chain lock
Carey could not be found Mt his own
apartment last evening and nobody At
the building could say when he might
be expected to return.