KIDNAPPED BABY ECHO

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 425, 17 November 1930, Page 8

KIDNAPPED BABY ECHO

MR AND MRS PITHER. Owing to the wide interest aroused recently by a case of supposed baby stealing, Mrs Violet. Pither, the central figure in the affair, is planning to leave England for Canada next year with her husband and child. Mrs Pither w'as released from prison after a fine of £5O, which had been imposed upon her for the. false registration of a child’s birth, had been paid by Mr Frank Vosper, the actor.

Mrs Pither’s husband has finished his duties as a temporary railway porter, but hopes to get a job to last through the winter, and then he intends to emigrate. “We cannot live down our notoriety.” he stated, “and we want to get away. I have spent to-day looking for new lodgings, but it’s as bad as looking for a job—and looking for the two together is awful.” Mr and Mrs Pither expressed a desire personally to thank Mr Vosper for his action in paying the fine. “My wife has not seen Mr Vosper?’ remarked Mr Pither,” “and I have only seen him once. That was outside Holloway Prison, when he handed me the money. At first T thought it was a joke, and I did not thank him adequately for his kindness. I have forwarded a letter to him, but we would like to sec him and tell him how thankful we are for his helping hanfl.”