EXTRAORDINARY PLOT TO AB, DUCT A CHILD.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3915, 16 July 1881, Page 2

EXTRAORDINARY PLOT TO AB, DUCT A CHILD.

An attempt to abduct a child i» »■ ' means of extorting money is causing much excitement in New York.' The family' o£ * Mr Louis Strasburger, a wealthy jeweller, ,' received during several weeks .letter* threatening to abduct his daughter Rosa, - aged eleven, if eO.OOQjdols/, weep no^ paid v . An attempt was made to abduct her, but failed; and the case was placed in ■ the hands of the detective force.. The "conspirators, proposed that tb« governess should appear in a certain'streef, Walking over a specified route, 'with the'money in an envelope, dropping it when a pistol was fired.; This was done several times, bttttZJ^ no pistol was fired. Finally, oh Thurs^ " day, a letter came ordering this, ta.be done T again immediately. Tkegovernrts aiart«l, ■, b with an envelope containing a btafrirtpaper^ 7>■ r and walking, as insfcrjnpted^afeni^Sixty.' first §treet towards-^hT^WMiiU^ro^ deteotive by a circuitous .route entered Madison A*enuif,'nea*Bis;tyi.a rst r 1 .s| reo j i^ 7: . n as the governess cam*MlMi|»TiiA pistol shot wa3 fired, the governess dropped the envelope, and a man picked it: up. -TW^A f detective rushed after him, and »' aouffl»^ ensued, durißgwhrtn the dete6tite's-piitc4V>:^ went off,'as he a?ers, accidentally. ..Th* 5:'f("n ball entered the man's eye, instantlytkilling him. The accomplice who fired the signal; shot was■afterwards rcaptured* Other arrests have now been made. inoulpated" pirtieV are all ■(&&*&?■*&»''-£¥• came from Europe in id the «teamec ;withe Mr Strasbnrjjer's; family; :rit.f.-' wh|n the plot was. formed. "Full disi* closures have been made, and-the apart* ment wbere the child Was tbhaire'liefeii W^ hidden has been discovered, as also has the that- passages rt6 Blarope iprtn^' '>&■€... ■chief parties-had; rbeen:i»Bga^eair;!';: 'r' <: ''^"P l ~ ■