Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1901 — TO PREVENT KIDNAPING. [ARTICLE]

TO PREVENT KIDNAPING.

Several Rich Boys Are Kept Locked Up Like Prisoner*. The kidnaping of young Cudahy has attracted renewed attention to this peril of wealthy families. It is a form of crime kept constantly in mind by several residents of New York City, who take every precaution to guard themselves against such experience. This is particularly noticeable in the countryTbiises of two New York families. In one of these the youthful heir to many millions, on whose life depends much of the family’s wealth, is quartered in a wing of the house. Every window and door is barred as if the rooms funned a prison and not a nursery, and one man is always stationed about the house and the grounds with no other duty than to watch this child and keep hhu and his nurses constantly in view. To steal this child would require the efforts of a small and very well-equipped army, as all the employes of the establishment, whether they come directly into contact with the youngster or not, are impressed with the idea that nothing else is so important as his safety. Somewhat older are two boys who are some day likely to They are pro-rw-ted with almost equal thoroughness, and one of the interesting sights of their father's country house is the floor which they occupy. Every window is as strongly barred as if precautions were taken to keep desperate characters inside the house rather than to keep them out.