New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-21
Kidnapped Baby
Coughlin May
Be i'm New York
New Clews Indicate That
August Pasquale Spent
Time Here Immediately
After Child Was Stolen
City Addresses Found
Fallon Brings Suit to Re-
cover Money Paid to ''The
Crank to Return Som
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


PHILADELPHIA, Aug 20-Detec-
tives to-day became convinced that
Blakely Coughin, the fifteen months
old baby kidnapped from Norristown.
Pa, more than two months ago, is in
New York City.
Several detectives whose identity is
being kept secret by Philadelphia and
YOUNGSTOWN police this afte rnoon made
trip to New York City and will run
down the clews in their possession.
A combination of circumstances, cul-
mlnatlng with an inadvertent remark
by Augusta Pasquale, alleged Crank"
that he owned property on Long Island.
LED to the belief of the. searchers that
biSkely was taken directly to New
York after the kidnapping.
The Crank never has accounted sat
istactorlly for two weeks of his time
immediately following the kidna, ing.
During this time police are satish,f
he was IN New York. He had confeder-
ates thero-women, the police think
who had arranged TO take the baby to
some obscure lodging house in the
poorer quarter of the city, where the
presence OF friendless baby would
excite no comment There Blakelv was
left, and there. if he is yet alive, he
may be found, the police officials think
Clews Lead to New York
Clews which satisfy tie police "the
Crank" went directly from the scene of
the kidnapping to New York were sub
stantiated by the investigation of
George Gibson, detective, of this
city.
The day before Pasquale was taken
TO Norrlstown he asked the police to
get pair OF trousers at shack he
owned in New Gretna, n. J.
Gibson went to the place and found
the trousers. Remembering how Cap
tain Alfred Souder had discovered a
$4,000 check under the armpit OF "the
crank's" coat, Gibson took the trousers
to woman of Egg Harhnr, w,o taal,
the garment apart ct the seams. In
front of the trousers, sewn between
two folds of lining, a memorandum was
found containing such entries as rs
and p Gal BW" and 1921 W Az"
Investigation proved these to be New
York addresses. At 5 and 7 Park Place
OF bonds. AT Gal Broadway he had
bought $4,000 worth of stock. At 221
West Forty-second Street he had pur-
chased watch. With these addresses
the police became convinced "The
Crank" had spent all his time after the
kidnapping in the central part of New,
York City. Later "the crank asked
permission to 60 with the police to his
farm on Long Island
This time the police did not take
"the crank" with them.
George II. Coughlin, father of the
kidnapped baby. began a Supreme Court
proceeding yesterday to recover S12 900
which hs paid Pasquale- for promised
information that would lead to the re-
covery of the stolen child. Mr.. Cough
lin obtained from Justice Burr war
rant of attachment against all bank &C
counts or any other property Pasquale
might have in New York.
Disbelieves Pasquale
Mr.. Coughlin said his son had not
yet been located, and the state
ments of Pasquale that he knew the
whereabouts of the kidnapped child, who
IN fact. vas in his custody or that of
his agents, were false. Believing the
representations that his infant son
would be returned to him at specified
time he paid the $4,000 to Pasouale
After receiving the money it is alleged
Pasquale, without making good his
promise to restore the missing child to
his parents, left the State of Pennsyl-
vania and, so far as Mr.. 'Coughlin
knows, has not been there since. Mr.
Coughlin traced the man who he al
leges swindled him to New York, where
he opened several bank accounts under
fictitious names. The purpose of this
move by Pasquale, said Mr.. Coughlin,
was to defraud his creditors. One of
the accounts was opened in the Broad
way Savings Institute under the name
of John Pierre Pons, and another
under the name of AUGUST paSnuplo