Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — Boy Is Kidnaped by Thieves. [ARTICLE]

Boy Is Kidnaped by Thieves.

At State Road, Ohio, on the Pittsburg & Fairport railroad, four armed men kidnaped Melvin Croker, a 14-year-old boy who lives with his grandfather, Thomas Croker, the motive evidently being to rob Croker, a wealthy farmer. The boy says he was hound, gagged and blindfolded, and when released found himself in Warren at 10 o’clock at night. He hunted up an uncle, H. C. Stroup, who, after talking with the police, telephoned Croker to look out for the robbers. Citizens watched the Croker house, but the gang had apparently .been warned, as they did not appear.