Grace Budd
Grace Budd (1918-1928)
On May 25, 1928, Edward Budd put a classified ad in the Sunday edition of the
New York World that read: "Young man, 18, wishes position in country. Edward Budd, 406 West 15th Street." On May 28, 1928, Fish, then 58 years old, visited the Budd family in
Manhattan,
New York City under the pretense of hiring Edward. He introduced himself as Frank Howard, a farmer from
Farmingdale, New York. When he arrived, Fish met Budd's younger sister, 10-year-old Grace. Fish promised to hire Budd and said he would send for him in a few days. On his second visit he agreed to hire Budd, then convinced the parents, Delia Flanagan and Albert Budd I, to let Grace accompany him to a birthday party that evening at his sister's home. The elder Albert Budd was a
porter for the
Equitable Life Assurance Society. Grace had a sister, Beatrice; and two other brothers, Albert Budd II; and George Budd. Grace left with Fish that day, but never came back.
[10]
The police arrested Charles Edward Pope on September 5, 1930 as a suspect in the kidnapping. He was a 66-year-old apartment house superintendent, and was accused by his estranged wife.
[11] He spent 108 days in jail between his arrest and trial on December 22, 1930.
[12] He was found not guilty.
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Aww, She was only 10.
