Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1909 — TWO CHILDREN ARE KIDNAPED [ARTICLE]

TWO CHILDREN ARE KIDNAPED

Pair Held by Captor* and Ransom of $25,000 Demanded. St. Louis, Aug. 3. —Two children were abducted here and are being held for $25,000 ransom. The missing youngsters are Grace Viviano, five years old, and Thomas Vlvlano, two and one-half years old. The fathers of the children, Pietro Viviano in each case, are cousins and their families occupy the same apartments. The men are manufacturers of spaghetti. Both have half a dozen factories in various parts of St. Louis. Five suspects are in jail.