Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — Escape from Two Kidnapers. [ARTICLE]

Escape from Two Kidnapers.

A daring attempt was made to kidnap Edward McAvoy, aged 11 years, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Two men picked him up in the yard of his father’s house, carried him to a surrey, placed a handkerchief saturated with chloroform over his nose and drove away. The child became unconscious, and when he revived he found himself on the back seat of the vehicle, which was then jarring over the country road. Young McAvoy jumped from the carriage. One of the men ran after him, but the youngster’s cries attracted the attention of the occupants of another carriage, and the kidnapers whipped up their horses and disappeared.