The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-16
THE MURDER OF A CHILD.
A SHOCKING sPECTA IN THE
WOODS or LONG ISLAND.

"OODS Or LON" iSLhND'
Searching for Missing arr and Findina
her uuti,ated Uodv-rbe Vagrnut who 10
Suspcrtra of Committing the Crime
George Bauers, a poor but thrifty Ger
mas, u,.o ain, 49,, ,,,,,t, ,, . i,,,io f., ,,,,
,'""' ''es WV" n'7 'a"''.' o' .'.'o ,'''" 'oo"'
two miles from the station nc valley stream, on
the Southern Long Island Railroad. His daugh-
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ter Marsare'Va' VINO woulu nave peeh "'ne
years old in September, was n sprightly, helpfui
Girl Mr. Rauers has I'm hia employ n farm I,borcr
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"'"eu i,o"'"a''' va "onu" noII''"t hou
mans wife went out TO visit him Maggie took
her out to show her the field wbero her husband
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was az ""rN' INC woman rena'heu win nun
Tor some time, and then returned to the house.
The main road TO Valley Stream, where she was
g. a.. ....' $500, w 80 ~
w '"Nc t"e u"'h' was long anu uusy lhe peo-
plo of the house told her there was by-path
across the aeIds that ,vas shorter mil altar on
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'o'"',''"N "o' WV" '"e "e'hu' "osp't'"V'
sent Maggie with her about O'Clock to show
her the way The nfternoon waned In evening
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""' '"eH'o "'u wv rc'ur"' her aeeu erahu-
mother, who had been picking beans In a field
not far from tho by path by which Maggie h, I'd
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so"c' 'e'u'"eu "o.ne. o"o "'' "o' seeh N"Ve'e'
when 1t became dark the family we're alarmed
The father summoned two or three neirhbors
and ,sI.,n,, ,hc,r nar, I,n,orns ,hov sco,rad mo
by-path and the adjacent woods. The fathers
calls of :. N,s,cio, u,,,ia =" reached ,hrorch
the nights Stiffness nm Maggie did not answer
At "A late hotr uirv sought rest h,yIna mr..
ranged to resume H. search NJ da yhreak
Al 3 O'clock Yesterday morning John T.
Rhodes A ueighbor who had taken a dceo in.
ter 1t IN the search. struck once mpre across
inc fields 10 the left of the bvpeth II irgie md
tnken IN about n southpasterly direcfton from
hrr home "a n field Of corn. tall mt parrhoJ
and shriyrijed bv drought lust he ond H. M,
unnccuuied nrld, which with the corun H. il
sepatated by A rude fence from the nine woods
still rtther Ia thr left novvn In the vic,n,tv no
Niger Wood Mr Uhodes walkcd arnund rho
rnr'1gel1 AMI crnssed The fence W,thin thtt,,
vard. az thc fence t,,at NJ th. e 90 81 mi r,ri,
beneath "A ci.lmn ri the scrubnV mines ma, ran
yards from where her father and Rhodes h I'd
So ,rched with lanterns tho MINT hpfor. inv fhn
pitl's body Her face was partly covered nv her
sun bonnet ana uucDvering II he saw thnt her
eNea were nXed In de IN Her mouth waa
stuffed fun of dead leaves such as Law ali about
nor nd tnn end of nor ,ne ,v1a rramm.d I'm
nver them Hlood oo1inr from her lon car ind
stained her nhxen hair. Rhodes called the
p,rsn.- 49,, -. ,.,,,r N, III threw hersrlf IN 4,
sy~Nnn hv So sids 81 ,ne bciv
Cnr',ncr t,',.ss v,s nr,,,,,ni from + r R,,k,-
a.. ~, '''' n. N,'scn I'm, 6.s"n ro,,t Inc
~"s 49, IA MAI thev Hne,v ~ ma Oh. mon,
stances Dr. Auntch tes,'neu that confused
Wo"hu on Tue sis ,V oI nv, Nv heau u'p eE'uenlh
produced thc uletuln. irpul h'r CIV, pus sAe hau
becn strinRieh after Oyins OUTRAGED .,
Ihe Hunmels VINO llVeu cut on me bypath,
had seen Maggie part from Mrs. Hoffman after
showing her tue way, am hnd seen her set out
on her return. Mrs. lionnan told how she
parted from Maggie after Maggie had said to
alone, and how sue kissed thc girl At patting
and gave her ten cents. The money was not
found ON the body.
The suspicious OF parents and neighbors
singled out a. the probable murderer an ill-iouk-
Ing fellow, Michael Collins, who nr1 been seen
lurNing around there several tiin.s rec-ntl,.
pretending t. be huck yine. lie hat gone
To- tneir well. and hal tired 10 entice Maggie ia
to the bushes. lie Is a worthless. hard dttnking
fellow. about twenty lve wears Of nge. who ure-
fcrs to- go on the trtniu rat yer titan remain long
AT any useful occupations HIS mother l. said 10
be a respectable woman, who keeps a boarding
house IN Bruuklyn. L.. ID. tie had been working
recently for III ruDn CalnuIon. a farmer living
about midway between Valley stream anu tue
scene If the murder. Cannon denied tliat
Collins had been nt hts house on SUNDAY utglt
or VI may morning. and said that tie had gone
awa, hut the neignbors sJect him VI trying
to screen the murderer.
Collins arrested. but Justice Bennett OF
jamaica, who wltl the officers attached to his
onlcc was ~ work at the ct-e all daY has al
other theory. Collins he believes To be innocent,
ana aOls To prove all alb. lie still We rs the
same clothes that he had on on the day OF the