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Adolphus "Buppie" Orthwein, 13, was held for 20 hours and released after the kidnappers mortified father intervened.

Charles Abernathy was tracked down in Kansas City by Harry T. Brundidge, a reporter for the St. Louis Star. Brundidge won renown seven years before for helping to crack the Egan’s Rats, a criminal gang. This time, he scored a full confession from Charles Abernathy. The Star filled its front page with the scoop. Buppie, meanwhile, already had met with reporters shortly after he was washed and fed. He said the kidnapper gave him poorly cooked scrambled eggs but added, “He treated me pre...