Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1920-06-16
IIIFGED EIDNAPPER NOW
SECURE IN JAIL At DOVER
.ocS IA CROIX, ALIAS YALEN-
TINE BROUGHT TO KENT
- IabeIIe and His Little Five
Var old Boy Who Was Taken
Away Return to Smyrna

,tiDe the alleged kidnapper of Ed
.,I the 5-year-Old son of Mr.. anc
n, Edward Labelle, of Smyrna, OF
Monday, May 81, while the little fel.
Er was playing in front of the La
p.Ile home, was taken to Dover al
,,,p Friday by State Detective Whar-
!, from Buffalo, N. Y, where La
r,ox had been confined since his ar
rst here.
'nstective Wharton states that he
lad no trouble with LaCrOiX, although
no latters counsel endeavOred to keep
Kim in Buffalo, because the requisci-
fan papers of New York had not been
signed BY the Governor but by the act
mo Governor On taking the case be-
4 fare Judge Brown, of the Supreme
n cmt. the Judge ordered the turning
Il # LaCpix over to the Delaware de-
bstive without any further question
Or argument.
LaCrOix, after being taken to the
county jail, was interviewed as to the
Monday, was interviewed as to the
as and made positive statements
that he is not guilty of kidnapping.
Re says he took the Labelle child to
Buffalo at the request of the mother,
and that the mother was to follow
hter But she remained in Smyrna.
Not until late in the afternoon or
Esning of May 81, did the mother
notify the police of the disappearance
d the boy.
hCrOix was sergeant in the
Sixteenth Battalion and was drafted
hS Louis. Later he left with other
United States troops from Rochester.
N.Y. his former home. He is % |
Fas Of age and is unmarried. La
pile came back to Smyrna Thursday |
'snng with the child and is with his |
lie and other members of the family
smyrna. 1t is expected that if the
q comes to trial some interesting
as will be brought out.
= CrOix Held for Court Without Bail
koss La CrOix, alias Jean Valentine.
alleged hdnapper of Edwin Schriener
Aoele, Of Smyrna, five-year-old son
= M and Mrs. Edwin Schriener La
Nle' was held without bail for trial
q the July term of the Court of Over
nd lerminer following a hearing be-
laR Magistrate E. F. Wood at Dover
Monday Testimony adduced develop
g NE discovery that Labelle is only
: wage name assumed by the parents
Y me boy during their acrobatic ca
i'.i On the vaudeville stage. The le-
g name Of the Labelles is Schriener
SENSATIONAL disclosures promised fail
. materalze, though the defense
''1ay maintained that La Crooks act
- :. me result of an understanding '
'ln the lads mother.
!. attorney COtter created a stir, when {
/ asked Mrs. Schreiner-LaBelle the I
..''1on; DO you remember when 7
- old me you were the wife of La
4. l.A' Acknowledgement Satterfeld l
''''eO and ordered the witness not
answer the question, which she re- ]
49, 80 rom doing. Attorney Cotter
~ .-'pa'ed a telegram supposed to
a. OSen sent by La Croix to Mrs. d
~ asner-La Belle, the purpose of c
~, -. was to show that there was no o
n ' GO. % detain or conceal the child. ]
4. S'uielner--LoBelle admitted that {
.I. ai1te La Criox five weeks AGO, k
!, 81 lln to stay away and that this n
81 said '' 81 Time she had written him. h
4, Il sai@ she never gave her consent h
4. :, ~ Oroix to take her boy awav. f
si.'I ls' denied ! having planned the v
i si' u. Schreiner, when asked if he ..
4. VET y met La Croix recalled bnt Re
n ne 1e said, about two seconds one el
hns 'I ! La Croix came to their h,
NJ mourning Z for relative of his al
I'd ! c. de- also denied giving consent t
j.. ''0'' to take the child away. HI
''' Plea Was No Kidnapping 81 e.
"a , .Da... Attoney-eGneraI satter- Fl f.
tf,Ds spsared for the State and the "
} cottas was represented by James o'ss i y
a,ta. !, Of :, Buffalo, S. Y. former ,,, 70 70
Ct, a q the company of which iCbT Ter 10 10
asjr I ], sergeant at Camp Dix, and nd IN
H., 'S c P. LeFevre Of Dover vr e. e,
lt,.,' 'o'ter and Lefevre laid spec- HI
ne zst y 'ne language of the Della Nc
ens l 4 :. relating to kidnapping, :
'all nslei,, specifying whoever
NJ lead =, forcibly or fraud
'qrspti,s.' axe or carry away or de- Sc
3 Of ff,s.s "ay any child under the va
y conceal sa' with intent to detain co
IL ,s such child" They con- to to
lc '"'o was not enticed, de- Vi
outlined II