The times., 1899-05-25
NO cLEW TO THE KIDNApERs.
\ Suspicion That Marion CInrk Sns
Stolen for yellow Journal.

New York. May 24.-The abdgctors of
little Marion Clark have 20 far succeeded
in battling Captain McClusky and all his
men After running down a dozen fruit
less clews the detective chief was back
at the beginning OF the mystery this
morning. An hour after the nurse and
baby Marion left the house of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Clark, the parents of the
kidnapped child. last Sunday morning all
trace OF them was lost They we're last
seen in Central Park By Matron Madden.
Il have nothing to say about the case"
said Captain McCiusky this morning. 'Al
my men are at work on it, and descrip-
lions of the nurse and the stolen child
have been furnished TO every poll eman
in New York. AS to my theory OF the cas-
| prefer TO say nothing. / thought yezter-
day that we were on the right track, but
the clews we had turned out TO be false
ones. Chief Penny, of the police force o.
Deposit, n. Y. which place Carrie Jones.
the nurse girl, claimed as her home, came
to New York to help us on the case. He
is an intelligent and Jealous officer. ami
gave us a great deal of Information. Dur
ing the day and last night we found every
girl from Deposit living in New York.
and two others, whose names | would
rather not mention. They are honest
working girls. and are free from sus-
picion.
The motive for the kidnapping is what
puzzles me. l take no stock in the revenge
theory. and the fact that the Clarks are
not rich discourages belief in the theory
that the theft was committed for ransom.
It's hard TO say how many persons are
| mixed up in the abduction. Perhaps the
girl, Carrie Jones, was only used as a tool
by the real kidnapers. It's a mystery that
cannot be cleared up until We ind the
guilty ones"
Captain McClusky has not given up the
theory that the abduction was carried out
by certain yellow journal. He would
not discuss this theory this morning. but
it is said that he has a former empiQye
of u yellow journal under surveillance.
The theory is that the man in question
concocted the plot and had the child stolen
with view to arousing public interest to
a high pitch, when he would give an ''ex-
elusive tip" to the yellow sheet as to
| the whereabouts of the child and make
large sum Of money. When asked today
if he had such a man under surveillance
Captain McClusky replied: Il don't
know anything about it."
To give some idea OF the extent of the
search for the stolen child Captain Nc
! Cluskyz said today that written descrip-
ton OF the child and the nurse had been
furnished to every one of the 300 detec-
tives in the department, and that learly
every one OF these men was working or
{ had worked directly on some branch of the
case. Descriptions had also been read to
I every policeman in New York. Every sus-
picious circumstance that might be con-
nected with the case is promptly reported.
Detectives are still keeping close watch
on the Clark house. They scrutinize every
caller and hear what every visitor has to
say. A constant stream of persons goes
in and out of the house. Mr.. Clark, care
worn and pale. remains there but little.
He had little to say this morning, except
that the search was as unpromising as it
was yesterday. He has given up his bust
ness for the time being, and devotes his
time to following up any little clew that
may come to his notice.
! The stream of callers at the house is sc
| great that a member of the family remains
( at the door constantly. The visits of tn.
| postman are waited for with eagerness
! but this mornings mail brought the family
no letters.