The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-16
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED.


Charles Thorn, the alleged murderer Of
George D. Farra has not yet been captured.
The State detectives and police depart
ment are making every effort to locate the
man. Detective Witsel and McVoy re.
turned homo from their "trip along the
Delaware and Maryland divisions Of the
p. w. & B. railroad. All ths cities an d
towns along both lines are watching for
Thorn.
About 73O o'clock this a. m. man an
swering Thorn's description stopped at
Stanton store and secured some crackers.
After he had gone a number of the in
habitnnts were Of tho opinion that he was
the alleged murderer. A posse was formed
and the chase outrivalled "a fox hunt. Tho
man was overtaken and brought back. A
telephone message was scnt to Chief Dolan
and he detailed Captain Robert w. Cham
bers on the case.
Accompanied by Mabel Farra the Cap
tain drove to Stanton, The State detect
ives also went to Stanton. Tho suspect
was not the man :although lii several par
ticulars he resembled Thorn.
Soon after tho message was received
from Stanton another was received from
Smyrna. 1t was to the effect thai II tho
description given by the police was cor
rna. Chief Dolan detailed Sergeant Evans
to go to the Kent county town. He left
this city on the .01 train accompanied by
Farra's little son Willard and Detective
McVey
The report published that Thorn was a
minister and had worked with Farra last
summer is not so Two weeks ago to.
day he appeared at the farm and was hired
by the murdered man. Ee was fond OF
reading and one night he read the bible
when he could get no other book.
He told Mable that he was II native of
Virginia, but had been employed in Phila-
delpha MS Il footman. He rambled away
and wanted to earn enough money to buy
clothes to go back there again.
He stated to Willard that he had been
in Wilmington year ago and had been
employed in flour and feed store.
Thorn was with Farra last week when
he vouched for his pension. He heard
Earra say when he would get it and knew
Farra came to Wilmington on Tuesday to
get the 800.
Mrs, Edward Murphy who lives on. the
adjoining farm to the one where the muir.
der was committed, heard noise on Wed.
nesday night about 10 30 o'clock. She
thought that some one was breaking into
the house. She was in the kitchen ut the
time and picking up her child ran upstairs
to where her husband was in bed. He dis
credited her fears and ~ssaid that probab-
ly she heard the bowling storm. Thorn
perhaps slept in oneof Murphy's 6uthouses
that night until it stopped raining.
Mabel Farra will go to Philadelphia and
will be with her sister, Mrs. Harry Now
land. Willard will be taken care of by
his brother john d. Farra
For tho present the farm will be looked
after by Mrs Farra and her brother. She
came to Wilmington today and engaged
coun ell to look after her interests. The
pension check which had been at tho Mcr-
rift House has been returned to Washing
ton MS no one had right to open tho letter
or receive the check
Farras funeral will lake place on Sum
day afternoon from tho residence of his
daughter, Mrs. William Day, No, POI East
Sixth Street. Tho services will be conducts
ed by Rev. Ezra Tinker and Rev j. d. c.
Hanna. The funeral will be private
Chief Dolan has asked the Governor
through Deputy States Attorney Cooper
to Offer areward of 800 for Information
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