A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Erie http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1728 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=51355 Submitted by: barbara-dave Article Title: Evening Times Article Date: January 5 1901 Article Description: Corry, Pa. Page-2 Article Text: The Evening Times January 5, 1901 Corry, Pa. Page-2 HOTEL CLERK KIDNAPED. A Severe Cold the Only Serious Result of His Adventure. Corry, Pa., Jan. 5. - At Warren late Thursday night occcurred [sp.] a daring kidnapping [sp.] that rivals the recent Omaha case, John F. MASTERSON, the clerk at the Carver House, the leading hotel, was the victim. MASTERSON, after finishing his duties, left the hotel for his home, as usual. On a corner near his home he saw a bobsled in which were seated two men muffled up so that but little of their features were discernible. One of the men asked to be directed to the nearest road to Jamestown, N. Y. MASTERSON pointed out the road, and, saying "Good night," started on his way homeward, but no sooner had he turned his back than both men were upon him, and throwing him to the ground quickly tied his hands and feet and pushed a strong gag between his lips. MASTERSON was then thrown, none too gently, into the sled and hastily covered with robes, straw, etc. The men whipped up the horse and soon left the city far behind. When they had gone several miles they stopped the horse, and, pulling the covers from the clerk, who was nearly smothered, they cut the ropes which held him prisoner and stood him up. MASTERSON thought the men were after his money, and he told them that they were mistaken, as he carried none with him. At the moment he glanced up the road and saw a light. The men also saw it; they knocked him down, jumped into the rig, and lashed the horses, disappearing in the darkness. MASTERSON, dazed from his confinement and stiff from the ropes, tried to get his bearings, but in the inky blackness the light which had done such service having vanished, it was impossible. The young man wandered around in the cold all the night, and finally found his way home early this morning. He is suffering from the cold, both feet being badly frozen, but no serious results are looked for. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com