[Indexed as: (Egbert case), “Father, Mother and Child, Actors in Kidnapping Sunday Evening,” The Chicago Daily Tribune (Il.), Sep. 25, 1900]

No trace had even been discovered at a late hour last evening of Dr. Jerome William Egbert and his stepbrother, Arthur C. Fort, or the 3-year daughter, Erica, of Dr. Egbert, who was kidnapped on Sunday evening by the two men from the home of Mrs. Egbert, 5467 Madison avenue. Neighbors of the child’s mother express much sympathy for her. Warrants have been issued for the arrest and battery, and the police are confident that they will be apprehended.

Mrs. Egbert, although an invalid an invalid since her return from India, and almost completely prostrated by the loss of her child, visited the Hyde Park Police Station during the day, and later visited many places in the vain hope of discovering some clew to the whereabouts of her husband or the child. Since her return from the country where Erica was born Mrs. Egbert has had four surgical operations as a result of illness contracted there. Mrs. Egbert asserts that for many months no remittances have been received from her husband, who has a large income from his profession of dentist at Madras, India. Though enfeebled by illness Mrs. Egbert says she has supported herself and Erica by writing for Chicago papers and the Eastern magazines. She was until recently editor of the Bachelor Book.

Dr. Egbert is the court dentist of many potentates and Princes of India, numbering among his patients the Nizam of Hyderahad, the Dewan of Travancore, the Rajah of Travancore, and the Jaghiredan of Arni. He receives princely fees, and has been the recipient of many presents and decorations from his patrons. He was offered an enormous fee and a cavalry escort through the Khyber Pass to visit the court of the Amer of Afghanistan recently, but declined the offer. He is 28 years of age, and 6 feet 3 inches tall. He was born in Minonk, Ill. His parents, who are wealthy, are residents of Minonk.