New-York tribune., 1899-06-15
STORY OF THE KIDNAPPING
BELLA ANDERSON TELLS OF THE STEAL
ING OF MARION CLARK.

Tho trial Of George Beauregard Barrow charseu
with kidnapping Marion Clark, the twenty months
old daughter OF Arthur w. clark, ana ""o VIC"
found at New City. Rocklan, County. was oesu'
Yesterday before Justice Fursman. In the oli''",
Tern, OF the Supreme Court. There are three ue
fendants-Barrow, his wife, Aodie anu N =,
Jones whose right name s Bella Anderson Al
three are indicted Tor kidnapping. The ba'io"S
were arrested IN New City, and the Jo"es -,
in Summit ~ J. The Grand Jury OF NV 80 80
County Immediately indicted all concerheo' or
for two days there was conflict between ,no
..,.,. ., NeuYork and Rockland counties
IN tho mean time the cases were transferred i'oii'
tho Court of General Sessions to the ouPes
Court where bench warrants were ssueu 49, a.
raneement was finally made between Dis'. 80,
,orney Gardiner and the District-Attorney OF hooA
land County whereby the prisoners "e'
over 10 the New-York police
Or their arraignment plea of not guilty was en-
,ar.d and the cases we're set down peremptorhy
for yesterday. --,o rores
Mr. Levy asked that his client carrie 'o
be called to the bar. She at once came 'i'.o -,
courtroom and entered a plea OF guil'y ny ''
vice of Mr. Levy and Vernon NJ DaHs' WI" 40,
been assigned to look after her "'e'e'''.
Tevv said that this action was taken ai'er a
thorough examination Of the facts OF the case ~,
the request OF Mr. Levy the woman was fe'"a"u -
for sentence This done. she pe'Is a -
hack TO the Tombs She will be called as "i'"e''
against her codefendants , tIouo
When the first talesman was calico MI nv"
,,ada a legal challenge TO the entire pahei VI
Jurors on the ground that It had not been propeiI
drawn and that the defendants interests Wou'"
be teopardized II the jury to try Barro" "a'
from the panel The challenge was ove,iuieu e, n,s
Assistant District-Attorney lie baroieI .,,
opening address for the prosecution at zfV eiooN M
Will h v,os addressing the jury Distrlct-At'or-
nov Gardiner Assistant Dis;rict-Attorney Mclh'ie
and nearly all the members Of the Distric'-A'0'
ney's STAFF occupied seats at the ra'lnh, c,arx
The first witness called was AT AIthpa lie described
the father of the child Marion clark iie,nstances ne
the kidnapping Of Marion and tne cH ciind and
surrounding IT, Mrs. Clark was tne'i '""'''
Ss Tbepe P was much interest manifested when SaIre
Jones was called She gave her name Tr1snd G in ISL
in County Mayo She to this GGqa9II ya9 Ig short
nine years old with her mother ana NV n.y. moved TO
Summit n j. She came to this city yd,e IN IaRSi Whiie
1898 and went to work IN now she IN May 1885 They
WeTe vnsTe Sot both empoyed Mills h0e S6tbs Thfg IN
Uemsi she left the Mills Hotel and went TO hnr
AZ the Puritan Hotel. Then she VEN isea and
% N n work M anG at fSe"I the Nils Hotel the sseUnS
time She left there in the ia1Ies She was sick
snd Mrs. Barrow took her home With h her sn sTe she
NAMED with the garr1Ts T f0r on' the Mck carRs
When she had lived with the BarroTfb ,b lUr bsr alone
in in his mind TO make money. She did not ASK hi
what the scheme was Later MI Brrow talked
TO her and within three days MI baIiiGS%d iSsd about
- her about the scheme again. lie 'aiheu ir
10 tos,ne child He said they should advertise M ID
the newspapers and get place as Nurse s"' 'O
her. ,.A ,ho C,larks he told
her she should take the chlid 10 o1n room which
where they would remove her TO a Loo'i hs NJ ras e
they would hire other city Ihen s9e vtS
to leave the corntry until he had ,'ebt he
Narrow would take all the blame. A.. ,o,
oa 10 10y met her in the PARK the hrst ga!
IN tooE The two Clark children there. Mrs BaI
row told that she would be ere eye st the ea rst
nnnortnnity On the Saturday preceding tne sun,
day when the child was Kidnapped t,rn MrS; pa' ON
,oid her she had hired room IN BrooKi!m. On
sunday Nav Y she the witness. took BABY MaIr1n 1
70 the Park Then Marion was kidnapped Ing
case will be continued this morning