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Show WORK OF KIDNAPER STARTLES PARENTS, e. . Brigham City, May 39. Roports that a kidnaper is working- In Uje. south portion of the city have, reached the police hero. Threj case of kidnaping kid-naping have occurred In that part ot town, and In each instance the kidnaped kid-naped child has been returned to within u short distance of Its home within three or four hours aftor disappearance. dis-appearance. The man was seen at one time running south on Main street, but the children taken away have heen too small to give any description of the culprit or their experiences while with the stranger. The most recent case reported was Saturday afternoon, when tho little daughter of Mrs. C. C, Valentine, First West and Sixth South street, was taken tak-en away and not 'returned until after dark, when she was left within a (block of her homo It appears that tho man is endeavoring to get tho child of a wealthier family, when he will probably make a demand for ransom ran-som should ho be successful In getting get-ting away with the child as ho has been In the past. Some are of the opinion that the stranger has a mania for carrying children away and do not look at tho matter as very alarming. The children chil-dren thus far taken away.have been returned unhurL The police are investigating in-vestigating the matter. |