Show IN AN KIDNAPER THE LATEST FORM threatening letter got chater A byle into tromble HI no doubt grew out of operation utica N Y letter the criminal folly 0 a boy who ought to have known better and whose threats would probably never have been carried out has recently agitated several utica families engaged the time and skill of police and detectives and resulted in hio being placed in jail with the probability of a term ol 01 am staring him in the face the boy is chester arthur lyie 17 years of age son 0 an honest indus arious and intelligent widow he was arrested on the charge of using the united states mails for blackmailing purposes and is now held under 2 ball to await the action of the grand jury his offense no doubt grew out of reading accounts of cases so numerous throughout the country recently it consisted of writing five letters at various times to the families of ex mayor charles A doolittle and william and thomas F baker of the saturday globe demanding that sums of money be deposited at besig bated places on washington street neur the boy s home and where watch ing from his bedroom window he could see if his demands were complied with in the event of the parties tall ing to do this there were threats that julia daughter of mr doolittle would have vitriol thrown into her face his son ebenezer would be and killed children of the baker brothers were to be burned it the police were communicated with concerning the matter death was to be the portion of the recipients of the letters nevertheless the matter was placed in the hands of the police and coming to the knowledge ot the government pinkerton detectives were sent here to investigate the mall was watched for handwriting similar to that of the threatening letters and in this manner CHESTER ARTHUR the identity 0 the writer was ascer talked his arrest was then easily ac upon being taken into custody he promptly confessed at first he said others were implicated but finally admitted that he alone did th writing without suggestion from anyone he is liable to a term of ten years for each letter he wrote his punishment will undoubtedly have a deterrent effect on dime novel reading youths the united states govern ment is especially severe on all persons who use the mails for illegal purposes |