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THE AKGUt. SATUltDAT. MAKCH. 21. 1891. BRIGANDS ABROAD: Joseph Perrien, of Detroit, De luded and Kidnaped. THE VILLAINS DEMAND A RANSOM. And Falling to Oct What They Want Convey Their Prisoner Nearly Homo and Release Him Thirty Thousand Dollars Demaudcd and the Victim Forced to Write the Recjnlsition Mr. Torrien's Arconnt orthe Affair Details r a Bold bat 1'onaccessful Stroke tor Big Sam. DSTROIT. Mich., March 21. Detroit has a sensation ivhkh promises to be a nine day wonder. One of her richest and best known citns has apparently been kid aaped and held for a ransom. It was no small sum which the supposed abductors demanded for his release, but the respecta ble amount of $&J,000. The victim of the outrage which is liberally sprinkled with mystery is Joseph Perrien, a well-known and prominent miller of this city whose for tune has never been doubted to be less than $500,000. Mr. Perrien is a bachelor whose home on the outskirts of the city is ele gantly and expensively furnished. His private life, so far as anybody knows, has always been exemplary, and although he has no family he spent all of his evenings at home. How the Plot was Worked. Mr. Perrien was sitting in his library Thursday night reading by the aid of ;i soft drop-light wbea a loud ring at the doorbell startled him. Going to the front door he saw before him a young man whose Fedora hat was pulled well dovn over his eyes. 'Dots Mr. Ferrieri live here?"' lie in quired. He does," answered the millionaire. "I am Mr. Berrien. What is wanted "I have a note for you from Dr. Spranger," said the visitor, handing him a paper. Dr. Spranger is Mr. Perrien's physicsn and intimate friend. The miller turned to the hall light to scan the mis sive, (t read: Joe: Ooire at on.-e. Era?st has met with a had accident. SpaxoER. Ernest Perrien is Mr. Perrien's nephew, and thrusting the note in his pocket the millionaire hastily donned his overcoat and s-ilk hat mid inquired: -Is he at Spranger's office ?'' Had the Cab at Hand. uSo,n replied his caller; ''lie is Iv.n a the hospital." " " Mr. Perrien thought this was some what stranue.biit iu the hurry he attached no great importance to it. He said, how ever: .A "Then wo ought to take a Carriage." "I have n cab at the door," was the re sponse. In the meanwhile Mr Perrien's man servant had come up. and it was from hint that the police gleaned the dia logue which passed between Mr. Perrien and his visitor, "Lockup Dan." said Mr. Perrien. "1 have my night kev. I can't tell what time I'll get hack." "All right, sir," said th:j man-servant, and Mr. Perrien entered the cab, the young man with the Fedora hat slammed the door and jumped on the driver's box, and the vehicle whisked away. Next Step in the Conspiracy. That was the last seen of Millionaire Perrien. He did not return. John C. Hasselberger, an intimate friend, lives in the same house with the miller. Here turned home about 11 o'clock. Dan. the man-servant, had not yet retired. 'Where is Mr. Perrien?" asked Mr. Hasselberger. "Gone out," was the reply. '-Dr. spranger sent word that young Mr. Perrien had hurt himself." Mr. Hassel lie rirer went to re 1. It was about 1 o'clock in the morn ing when Mr. Hasselhergar was awakened from a sound sleep by the furious jingling of the doorbell. The bell continued to be violently rung while Mr. Hasselberger threw on his wrapper, went down, and lit the hall gas. He opened the door but no one was there. The Demand for Ransom. His eye alighted on a small package of badly mussed papers, which fell in as the door was opened and which he picked up and opened. One was a note from Mr. Perrien. It read: HAKsr.i.BKRCiER; I have leen kidnaped, but am not permitted to tell yon where I am. Thirty thousand dollars ransom demanded. In closed Is a promissory note for SLUM) on which raise that sum at once. A.lao a check for 51."), (XM, which have cashed and send money to Here follows the designation of the place to which the money was to be sent, but the police declined to give the location to the press, making public only the part of the note quoted. The letter was evi dently written in a great hurry and in great fear and ended, "I am entirely in the power of my captors." Put the Police on the Cane. Instead of doing as he was bid Mr. Has selberger donned his clothes and routed the chief of police out of bed. To him he told the story and gave the letters. The chief lost no time iu sending out his en tire staff of detectives on the case. They very soon found themselves entirely ut sea, and working almost without a clew. It was soon hinted that there was a wom an in the case, but exactly in what way was not stated. This Mr. Hasselberger indignantly denied. Perrien's check at the bank would be honored for $2.V),000, but the check sent Hasselberger was made payable to the latter's order, the miller's captors evidently being afraid to sash it. THE GAME DIDN'T WORK. Failing to iet Their 30,000 the Kid nupern Set Their Victim Free. LATER Mr. Perrien retured home last, night safe and sound. He says that upon entering the coupe Thursday night, his suspicious were not aroused until he noticed the vehicle turn in the opposite direction to his friend's house. He then threw open the door and attempted to Jump out. He was met by two masked men who held revolvers to his head and forced hi ji back into tiie cab, they follow ing. They then hound, gagged and blind folded him, the cab keeping on what seemed it's intermiuablecour.se the while, under which circumstances Mr. Perrien was unable to keep any idea of the local ity in his mind. The Cash Was Not Forthcoming. He was finally removed from the cab to a room where his captors released him from his bonds, and, covering him with revolvers forced him to write the check, promissory note, and letters. The letters were dictated from type-writteu copies in the bands of his captors, who remained masked and disguised. Late yesterday afternoon bis captors informed him that their game was up, but that they would "get him next time." He was then re bound, gagged and blindfolded, and con ducted from the room. Their course seemed to lay over a ploughed field, after passing which they entered a cab and another long, roundabout drive was commenced. A Free Man Once More. At last Mr. Perrien was unloosed and thrust from the cab in a dazed condition, and before he recovered himself the cab had disappeared. He finally located him self at the corner of Myrtle and Thirteenth street, and boarding a street car reached his home at 8:30 p. m. His captors did not harm him iu any way, nor touch his valuables. He was furnished with good food and treated with consideration dur ing his captivity. His story is accepted as absolutely true, and the police are mak ing every effort to locate the perpetrators of the outrage. DEATH OF LAWRENCE BARRETT. The Eminent Tragedian Dies Snddenly at "ew York, of Pneumonia. NEW York, March 21. Lawrence Barrett, the actor, died last night at 10:45 o'clock at the Windsor Hotel. The death was due to heart failure, and was quite sud den. His wife and his physician were w ith him when he died. Mr. Barrett's illness dates from Wednesday night, when he was com pelled to leave the theatre where he was eneaared. It was said at the 'i.'M fha lima t h a f Kia Lawrence Barrett, was merely suffer ing Irom a severe cold, and would be out in a few days. Even yesterday the reports of his condition were very favorable. Late last evening, however, his physician, Dr, Chambers, was .summoned. Heart failure, superinduced by pneumonia, was the di rect cause of the great tragedian's death. Dr. Chambers says that pneumonia set iu Thursday morning. Mrs. Barrett, who was in Boston, was sent for, and arrived Thursday ejenina. A Rapid Change for the Wore. Dr. J. P. Oliver, of Boston, Mr. Bar rett's family physician, was also summoned and came on at o:ice. A consultation was held and it was d-chled that Mr. Barrett's case was serious, b,:t that if uo ot her com plications appeared tiie sick man might pull through. Between 5 and P o'clock last evening there was a rapid change for the worse n ad at the latter hour Mr. Bar rett was hi a semi-conscious condition. About fifteen minutes before the end came Mr. Barrett was entirely uncon scious and so he remained until he died. The funeral will probably take place iu Boston. Edwin iJoth was deeply moved when he received the uoiieeof Mr. Bar rett's death. New Naval College. Washington' City, March Cl. Uuk-r authority of a sectiou of the naval appro priation bill, the bureau of navigation of the navy department has begun the pre paration of plans for the re-establishment of the naval war college. The prepara tions are being advanced rapidly and within a few months the college will prob ably be in operation. The appropriation bill provided for the construction of new buildings, and the navy department in tends to erect suitable lecture rooms and to purchase all necessary apparatus. Coast ers Island, off Newport, will be tti? site of the college, and this selection is con sidered particularly advantageous be cause the nearuess of the sea will allow practical demonstrations to ba made of naval warfare theories. Will Explore " Death Valley." Kansas City, March 21. J. Clory, of the signal service, stationed at this place, started Thursday evening for California under orders from headquarters, lie is directed to proceed to 'Death Valley," in the southwestern part of the California desert, and to there make a minute study of the atmospheric conditions aud phe nomena. The signal service has long been endeavoring to collect statistics regard ing Death Valley," but on account of the danger of residenca there has never or dered any one to make the investigation. Mr. Clory volunteered and his services were accepted. The Utopia Catastrophe. Gibraltar, March 21. Twenty-eight adults and three children, victims of the Utopia disaster, were interred in a trench dug for the purpose yesterday. The divers recovered ten bodies, some of them so firmly clasped together in the la3t struggle for life tiiat it was impossible to separate them. Captain McKeague, of the Utopia, has been arraigned before a magistrate, and remanded on bail. Falling off in Eevenne. Washington CiTr, March 21. The re ceipts from internal revenue sources for the month of February show a falling off of 44,716 from the month of January. Col lections of internal revenue for the first seven months of the fiscal year show an increase of $7, 152,695 over the correspond ing months of List fiscal year, the as;a;re gate receipts being 9for 1 SSI. $'$!,,3l4.4.rj9 aud for 1S9D, W.WT.l.Vl. A Characteristic Texas Item. Dallas, Tex., March 21. Ike Allen cut Jim Weatherford's throat Thursday night during a quarrel at a dance at Mos quito, this county. Bud Weatherford, brother of the murdered man, then opened fire upon Allen aud shot him dead. Bud is in jail. Newfoundland May Rebel. London, March 21. The Pall Mall Gazette says: "Unless something is done quickly to bring about a rapprochement between the colonies aud the colonial office we may fiud the Newtouudlaud kettle of fish go the way of the Boston packet of tea." Vavitt to Jiu:; Against Parnell. Duulix, March 21. The Freeman's Journal says that a rumor prevails that Michael Davitt will appear us a coudidate in opposition to Parnell at the nest election iu the northern divisiou of Cork, which the latter now represents. Death of a Wcll-Kuown Mason. BoSTOX, March 2 . Alfred F. Chap man, proprietor of the Liberal Free Masou, diod yesterday in the Glendon hotel. He was years of age aud was widely known in Masouic circles through out the country. ti-Cnv. Itobinson Will Iie. ELMIRA, N. Y., March 21. Ex-Governor Robinson was stronger yesterday. There Is no hope, however, that he will recover, and death may ensue at any monent. DIAMOND JO'S WILL. A Document Drafted on His Death Bed. SIGNED WITH A. DYING SCHAWL. Determined to Show His Appreciation of Faithful Service He Iimists on One of the Keneficlaries Drawing Up the Fapor and Will Take No Denial Laige Iteq tests to His Trusted Kmployes ai d alloys Training School Provided fcr His WUhes to Be Observed. Cp.fcAGO, March 21. An inventory of the estate of "Diamond Jo" Reynolds, who died a short time ago in a tent on one of his mining claims in Arizona, is being prepared iu this city and is about completed. The inventory shows the estate to exceed tS.OOO.OOO and to reach almost to $10,030,000. "Diamond Jo" died before be had time to sign his will, but his wife will carry out his dying wish. He leaves 50.000 apiece to six or seven of his trusted employes, and a large sum to found a magnificent training school for boys. A Goofl Man to Work For. Before going went west Mr. Reynolds had indicated some points around which a will was to be drawn. He was solicitous particularly that the men whom he had especially trusted the half dozen men he regarded as his confidential lieutenants Hichnrdson, for instance, of the Green line; Pi-'rce. in charge of his mining prop erties Dickey, manager of nuances, and a few oth.-rs, should be remembered hand somely. 1 l.tn lie contemplated a magnifi cent tra iniug school. When he was over taken w ith I. is f;.tal sickness in his tent at the miie. apprehensive of the rapid fate which overtook him, the messenger who was hu ried oil for a physician was also instructed to bring a lawyer. Neither doctor tor lawyer reached tiie old man in time, lie had Lsen dead thirty hours wheu they arrived. Did the Heot He Could. As the hours passed during that lot g wait and as his strength waned belts came more impatient. Finally feeling that he had but little strength or time 1 -It, he determined to wait no louger. He then ma le an effort to draft a wiii. It was too late. The strength was wanting. He direc ed one of his meu to write one of the meu to whom he was most at tached a:id whom he w ished especially re-intmb.-rtd. The man refus-.'d to take so equivocal a part. "Diamond Jo" in sisted. .V w ill was then drawn as the dying m.-.n desired. Ho seized the pen to sign it, but lie was too weak. Tiie name was noih ug more than a scrawl. Will Carry Out His Wihi. Then hi called out to tlioso around him that the document was his last testament. The widow proposes to carry out "Dia mond Jo's" dying as well as living sug gestions. Mrs. Reynolds, the widow, is a delicate old lady, who lives in Aurora. She is (IS years of age, and as unlearned in worldly ways as a child. Iu stating her wishes to her advisors she has told how her sole desire now is to carry out the plans which her husband use 1 to discuss, but which, overestimating his vigor, he left unformed. To each of the meu nam-d by her husband tdie will give .jC.Oik). Entirely Free from Debt. The '-Diamond Jo" estate comprises real estate, steam packets, grain elevators, the railroad from Malvern to Hot Springs, Ark., and some of the best mining prop erty in the country, distributed over Colorado, Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, Kan sas and Illiuois. Although "Diamond Jo" died miles away from the center of his activity, with no means of preparation on his part for his end, the estate was found to owe not a single dollar. THE GIRL LACKED NERVE. She Goes luto a Meat Kobbcry Scheme but I,atr Makes a Confession. Beaveu Falls. Pa., March. 21. Last Wedesday during the absence of Mrs. Bradley from her house on College Hill, Miss BertLa Bork, a neighbor, who was left in charge was found on Mrs. Brad ley's arrival home in the evening iu the cellar, bound hand and foot, and the house robbed of mouey, jewelry and other articles. The girl when untied said a tramp entered the house, stole the goods mentioned and then ate his dinner and left. Yesterday Miss Bork, who is but 16 years of agi, made a confession. The Bobber Promptly Arrested. She said that t!.e alleged tramp was J. H. Withers poon, a superintendent in the employ of the Pleasant Valley Street rail road of Allegheny City, who entered the house disgLised as a tramp. Miss Bork and Witherspoon planned the robbery, ate dinner in the house aud, to give credence to the tramp story, Witherspoon, on leav ing tied the girl. Witherspoon, who has a wife and si: children, was arrested in Al legheny Cit v last night. They Har.ed the Wrong Man. New Haves. Conn., March 21. Several Yale sophor tores speut Wednesday even ing in conviviality at one of the clubs aud closed the n ght's jollity with the descent upon what t hey supposed to be the rooms of uu iuoflelisive freshman in Yale's "Old Brick Row.' Their plan was carried out, but instead of beholding a struggling freshman ariuse from sleep they waked a well-know a tutor. They dragged him out of led and iuto the hallway aud be gau to haze him vigorously before the tableau came. Wheu tbey heard his sten torian voice they fled before the tutor could ideutity his assailants. Al Johnson and the League. Cleveland, March 21. At a meeting yesterday betweeti the League committee aud Al John sou a perfectly amicable un derstanding was arrived at, and there will be no war ncr trouble. The draft which Johnson holtis against the League will not be protested. On the contrary John S.'U will get his money, but will give a bond protpc.iug the League from any trouble. Kpiscopal Church Burned. St. Louis. March 21. SU George's Episcopal, church, situated at the corner of Beaumont aud Chestnut streets, was completely destroyed by fire last night. The church was one of the finest in the city, and va built at a cost of $115,000. It was iusurei for $00,000. Held the Uallroad Responsible. IKDIANAPOLIS, March 2L The coroner in his verdict on tha people killed in the railroad wreck on the Panhandle road at Hagerstown, hays that the train was run at an uusafe r te of speed at curves, and therefore holds the road responsible for the deaths cat.sed. jEw Arrivals. We have jast received the first shipment of oar new stock of FOR THE EARLY- Spring season of 1891. JgT'VVe invito everyl y t. call an ! xamiii there ROBT. KRAUSE, The Pioneer Clothier and Hatter, 115 and 117 West-Second Street, DAVENPORT. IA. PR1NQ CaOODS ARRIVING NOW. - We are opening tae most comp'.eto line of Hardwire specialties ever oS.toI in Fork Island beide our riraUr s-oeitof stap'.e and builders liar J wire an J Mechanics' tools. . Pocket, Table Kitchen Cutlery, Nails, Steel Goods. Tinware Stoves, Etc SPECIALTIES Climax Cooks and Bange. -Florid" and Wllbrr Dot Wst.-r Dealer. Florida Stesm Bailers, Psateur Germ Proof Filters, Ecocomy Pornice. Tin snd Sheet Iron work. Plomtinj. Copprrwuithinr scd item P.tUog. BAKER & HOUSMAN, 1823 Second avenue, Kock Island PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J. M. BEAKDSLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office with J. T Ken worthy. 17 Secood A venae. JACKSON & HCKST. TTORKET8 AT LAW. Office In Rock Island XtNstiupfcl Bank Bailding. Kork Inisnd. 111. S. D. SWTtKIT. 0. L. WALEIB. SWEENEY & WALKER, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW O'Bce in Bengston'slock. Rrek island, ni. McENIRr & XcESlBY, ATTORNEY'S AT LAW Loan money on eood security, make collection. Reference, Mitch ell & Lrnde. bankers. Offioe In Postofflc block. n MISCELLANEOUS. THE DAILY ABUU8. R SALE EVERY EVENING at CramDUm's ews Stand. Five cent per copy. DRS. RUTHERFORD & BUTLER, GRADUATES OF THE ONTARIO VETERNA t y college, Veternary Physicians and Surgeons. Office! TindaH's Livery stable; Residence: Over Asters Bakery, market square . WM. 0. KULP, D. D. S. OFFICE REMOVED TO MASONIC TEMPLE, Rooms 86, J7, 88 and s!t. Take Elevator. DAVENPORT, IA. CARPETS, VeatherSfrips, iW are the Manufacturers. Do not fail to pet an Es!;mate Before Contracting, J.DUHFEE&COnP'Y. 104100 Franklin-S., Chicago. WOO 3 ROLLIN RUICK, Sacot8or r Adamson & Ruick. PRACTICAL HIST, Hock Island. Ill Shop Nineteenth St., bet. First and Second Ayhdu-, General Jobbing and Repairing promptly done. tSF8econd Hand Machinery bought, sold and repair"i NL. E. IVTURRIN , Dealer In Choice Family Groceries Cor. Third Tenue ud Tweotj-flret St., Rock I:iin A llrsKlass stock of Groceries that will be sold at loweet Uvlrf price. A stare of J ' patronage solicited. A. SEABURG. House and Sign Painter. Flnt-elaat Graining and Paper Hanflng. P. O. Box 672 Shop FoartA A, kei. t'.st and tid ROCK ISLAND