The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-22
THE WYN0CKIE MYSTERY.
rUE LOsT CHILDREN SUPPOSED TO
HIDE BEEN MURDERED.


The story Of the Mothcr-The swnmps
aud the Pits-Tbc Rainy Night-rho
nrcI-Frnrtui suspicionr PoiEtinR To-
ward the Nybie-.
Three weeks have now passed since the three
,llr IA Of Joe wyble, the wynockie hoop-poc
,srer we're lost In the woods about their fathers
,.hn and though on an average i5O men have daily
An ENGAGED in the search for them on the noun.
his. not the slightest trace Of them has yet been
brnd The whole country around the place Is ex.
,,shnely rough, Wild and mountainous, the roads
,one % sud down steep hills aud the houses being
,,t,ered miles apart; but the house, OF rather hut,
,f wybe stands on q spot that is even unusually
l.o,ed and inaccessible. To reach It must foot
n nearly mile ny a narrow noun tain path Jumping
h-ooss crossing bogs and passing coal'pits and
rsr.bes In q little hollow at the end Of tits path
,lrls tie cabin .-
wYDLn's Hrr.
u ll..lr one and.ahalf story nisir built Of logs,
and ne crevces hled with clay. The interior is as
,rpron,png a. the exterior The log ceiling Is so
law batamon Of medium size must stoop painfully
,ouod trngug his head in contact with II.
vrs;eltd bed In one corner, few old CHAIRS, deal
sbl,. end stove, In which wood fire rosrs con-
,nuAy c,rrl tr thc OUTFIT Of the only room in tho
mt TERESA lon above in which the children
might ba,c slept, but which Is also 9 general store
room. How m " Of father, mother, grown up
,on Of seytntccn. and Eve children must have lived
IA such place tas. 1t is not dineult to imagine.
They mus; Ave teen terribly crowded. and this
het together with the poverty Of Wyble, which
rade II harl for him to provide food for so many
mouths. anoe er support for the general opinion OF
Aspeorlc ttat live in the neigiborhood. What tnis
opinion Is We will soon show.
TuE DisAPPEAnAScc or THE CHILDREN.
The cnildien were seen for the last time by the
pagter. on ,hc afternoon OF New Years day. At
,bop, ten minutes past o'clock en- that day, Mr..
yan Hout II, OF WynoeSic, arrived on the mountain
vhhs wagon to It load OF wood from wyble
Be then law the latter, and the eldest of the three
b., ctAdren,a boy some 10 years OF age. VINO
hsrti ti- ather in drawing cut TIE wood. He
t.sed where was Jake (Wyb.es eldest son BY
form vi AID was told that he had gore to bis
Uncle crscs house down In the village Bet"ccn
,ini &c vcl; that night, several men ~uo Lived vt
re foot ~ the mountain were called upon 10y
w,he and implored 10 aid In the search for hrs
,ndreu. VITO as his wife said had cone
ont tta' Gt' ruOon to gather hickory nuts His
tl w. adily answered, and though II was very
6ark 90 r. .lius hard, a number OF men started Mp
tie Iuu ANS With lanterns, and searched until the
Ieu no.H.n; between and o'clock, when the
Garm ~. -Uicti through the village, and not less
t.an hundred men Joined those already In the
roCr.Ains. From that day TO this large numbers
Of rr-ons have engaged In the search and not the
,lgh,es. 't.ce has yet been found OF the missing
or TIE TRAIL.
Taehckosy tree to which their mother said they
hal go.s B, a'.Uut half mile rom the cabin. To
tas richer, naturally ast turned til ir steps,
onl iognl a tur loot OF 1t ew smal neaps o kick-
o.! hs - apPs;tsed ed, TO o, have & 6ssa irsshy tax ak
tos'tp ~ he Some Of the searchers
knei they haI toupu marks on the edge OF one Of
NE coal ~. . t.e woods, US Il some one had sat
Their, and u,t"r, pointed out what rcsembled the
iuoseNs ~ Q nan, 4 enid. lni a dog near Rotten
Pond, .scl 'tll bog or marsh a mile 80 distant
3D. d .Il "a ItH LleF :
tls r" Out D - yc, touched treir bottom.
In eich ut these cases, huwever. Iurther search
brueA ui nj -ingle additional trace. Both the
Coal p.t .ud Rot n FOND, moreover, are far out OF
the dirc0i trick Of the children IN case they had
Nsled tu = turn lone, The night after their DIS.
tpgesraroc ram rel IN torrents, brooks that had
lu tee t moon been 50 shallow as to PLAINLY chow
ihepbe'' ta' ily N their beds. being .nec deep
h'ioi" LIi g. lhs ram ma, have N1shed out
their 'ou>l,l so that tie alsouoe of thtm is not
.wp'cou, Bl wAcn tue boIs ss4ried from home
ilty lad ,p loose, ila,uAz cas- and bDots two OF
then lad .orn shoes on their feet 10 which there
Nere no 'H.,'-,r.ns-, and wnlc one had bag iot
Ns nut, mother nd a ut.rall aud not .inslc
athct OF ruthing, not shred even. has O'en iound
Cor ,hv l-i bag. Now comes tic question,
WHAT HAS BLooAE OF TnEaf
The yoUuscsl child WIS six years old and coul
hs1 ha,e gone Gar away iron the hut with the faif
tourh- down heavily ~ the dpr"ness, aud over uh'
nncnituuus ground. 1t Is not ITolNe.e that thel
have waudertd 20 lar away that lie s,archers havt
not yet reached them, for The ground has beer
UItesyd repeatedly for four tr nN' miles around ant
fsfmtg- nave been pouiiug III nom every SIDE. no
one Of whom came aCruss any Ytstigc Of the los
bojs | D, possible at taey lave fallen into som,
deep rouI rivIne, or into the yer that runs BY tn
place uui m that cas- as vel as tiat oftAer having
Nanacrcd Out Of reach. why has no article o
ciothug been found that belonged to them Met
wuO are acquainted VITA every iuOt VI tue groun
ty II would have been impossible for tacm 70 lav
sp"nta nisht on that mountain, IN that weather
without having lost cap, or a -loN", or snck-some
thing. Al least that would have been mark OF thel
presence In the Cise OF three children, the youhges
iiy years 1l 1t ~ much more singular that No suc
II l. also possible that they have been Kidnapped
and In connection with this stories are told OF io
mcr wife Of tins Wybe, VITO Is sun living, VIII
eloDed froul him. and BY whom hc has his pr,
sent son Jake. This woman, II II said, when sh
lcft Joe Wyble some twelve years ago tried to tax
Jake with her, bot when JOs insisted on retdinin
tile child. she swore by oil that Was holy she woui
b. reven<cd on him; ana she now has returned
tne lci!hporhood OF WynOckie.
settlement OF negroes uJt lies not far fror
Ryno,kIe Is also suspected ol containing the kid
nuVptrs Of the children; but until Ihis mOmen
there las been no r.ason for supposink that tn
luys Wrrn sp,rlLed away IN this manner. They coul
BOT be turned to ADVANTAGE as Hyes, nor are the
ler- 10 vast cstNt,s that they should be put cut q
tterly, lhls tIeOTy " strained and unnaIura
cue,
rnB ONLY PROBABLE OPINION
- TO the manner Of their disappearance IS that hel
BY u"-, people OF the beIghUOrhDod Wybe's chat
t'Icr Is not good one. lie Eas lived with two o
thee women before and 10 this last one Is said no
to have he-n married. Mrs. Wyble as she calls her
D., ms a etaraoter thrt il still worse Begor
tasin1 up with her present Gusblhi, she ha'
smother wnie living with hun she was dehyere
ero".cr from h.s house, aud rae, who was then
IDuu ug l.-s, soon cOn'rved TO get into harnes
with VIII. This was some tw I've years ago. Tn
IlJriulat" c.ilI that occl stoned her eHpulsion wal
eoomci "a .4hcr for 1t, some SAY tuat Wybe swor'
~ Nuei have 40 mlA AtuTc In his iauly, but alagre
Nat tie Cti wds taken out into the woOda, tied u
utfe th-r sass and nights, and then taken into Ih
cabin, whore H. dicj 1t Vas buried quickly, au
though many ruWors concerning It were passe,
SCOUT iuIny, -lIgaUOn was made,
JAKE Nbblc Is = young fe low of II or ls years
lave! w wPfeIo'ses-ing eye and face. HIS ey
h ava 81 The ground. II eau never be made u
meet %. own, and when u" speaks II Is from on
tner "i Is tAn lips. lie Is son OF Mybe's BY
,l'le "'i'. lnd. Consequently only nalturother tC
~ lee u- cl ID. ca.
=, W en Ne rcnembr the scanty means Of W yble
tlt ltNt, r b. ar- to III wiie, the won't OF Toou
~ ~ hs CsLi. The probability Of more children, AM
e O4t tLa tc- ul lat. eg, wfc, and sons, is II I'm
l'ODa' r. G'I children nave b. en- Dut out OF tn
~ Ol W'nf NJ any rate, that - 1 o opinion gene
s4l| tn'tNur"l IN The ncigl borhOol, The father
s,3Ne No. L". l,s had moth NJ - 80 With tn mother
e ls' 'e' out on TIE search eye'y day nee Nv
eat au ai times LOOKS tOuoi 60, and shc Is tears
nu' in' "i' # We inny il her ~. ttkes the matte
FS|.N anu y iNc ems tp care very l.tle ABOUT II
f D.. il' nel-hDors who saw him slttirg IN til
SIWl vile q hu cd men were trayels!ng T.
,CEqs lH lIc search, I-kcd him way he sat tier
a1 ~, ha % joining t,e 9th r. 7 lie received !
~ ,bfl ne dIdhl ,ard { r III damned brat,
'1'! were only Lls halfbrotho r."
INEg Tng SUPPOSED MuRDERgR.
Ihe m1.h r 3. regarded a. conn.vin, a, the foul
kall W. ciie there has been an, but tnr Gctua