The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-30
EYRE'S CAP
But NO BODY.
Searchers Are Now Crap
pling the Silver Bot
tom For the Miss
ing Man.

I
Russell adheres to the sfafeinent
madison the impulse OF the moment
! when Arsf she learned that the pro-
longed absence Of George b. Eyre
was causing the terrible anxiety to
his friends, she could testify that
on the morning of Thursday, De-
cember 21, George q. Eyre, in
company with another man, passed
her home, on East Second street,
going in direction toward the
Alpha Boat House.
Frequent talks with cross-exam-
iners, however, coupled with the
statement of another, VINO also is
said to have seen Eyre going to the
boat house at the alleged time she
did has caused an element of un-
certainty to arise in her mind.
'sIt may have been Tuesday morn
ing she says, "but / am positive
that on either Tuesday or Thurs
day morning I saw Mr.. Eyre and a
man cut across the street in front
of my home going in a. direction
which would lead them to the boat
house. l have known Mr.. Eyre
since we were children" she con-
tinued, ''and, having lived in this
vicinity for a number of years. l
have seen the boys from the boat
house pass daily and learned to
know them all. Furthermore Mrs.
Eyre and myself were brought to-
gethef-SrecGpie ofyeurs ago, when
through his influence, my nephew,
Will Rumford, secured aposition in
the yacht of DR.. Henry Beates, OF
Fifteenth and Walnut streets.
"On the morning l saw Mr.. Eyre
with the other man l was sweeping
the pavement in front of the house.
1t Was between 8 and 90 o'clock. The
dense fog had not lifted and heavy
mist hung over the river. Suddenly
l heard some one say, "Good morn
ing, Mr.. Eyre "Good morning,
Dan, l heard Mr.. Eyre reply, and,
on looking to the speaker recognize
ed Dan Rothwell coming towards
me from Market street, and Mr..
Eyre, with another man, going in
the opposite direction toward the
boat house.
s.Ifclt sure at the time the mystery
was talked about that twas Thurs
dav morning l saw Mr.. Eyre. But
Dan says it was not and insisted it
was Tuesday. Then, again, Jim
Pierce told me he was with Mr..
Eyre on Tuesday. / was not sure
it was Pierce with him until then.
All this trouble has mixed me up, l
won't say it was Thursday. nor |
won't say it was not Tuesday that
saw Mr.. Eyre, and another man
|. pn by the house. s,l,-s..,.- s..4
Il On the Vseer hand, Saphronia
TJytle who, With her stepmother de-
clared the other day that Eyre
! and another man passed their home
on the way to the boat house, de-
clared Just as seriously tonight
that beyond doubt two men pass
ed on Thursday morning after
breakfast, one of whom was MIR.
Eyre.
All Chester is ringing with excite
ment. The discovery Of Eyre's pad
die, and the mysterious oar with
its undecfpherable initials has rails
ed a perfect storm OF coniecture-a
flood Of theories. The locality where
they were found, the sighting of the
half-submerged cunning sklff by
Senator Brady on Sunday at this
same point the oar found not nile
away two days before-all these
facts point to the stretch of river be-
tween Quarry Wharves and Holly
Oak as a fruitful field for furth er
search.
Numbers of friends of the missing
Chester man identified the paddle
to-day as that carried by Eyre on
his cunning trip. The oar remains
unidentified; its markings still hold
their secret. The Inquirer's enter
prise is being generally commented
upon.
Captain Charles e. Hill at the
lower end of Washington Park
has probably found the hunting
cap worn by George B. Eyre when
he left Chester Thursday of last
week on a ducking expedition. He
found it floating in the water. 1t is
of corduroy, like the one worn when
he was last seen.
Lewes, Del, Dec. 29.-Caleb c.
Eyre, a cousin of George B. Eyre,
the missing Chester man, was asked
to-day if his relative had been at
his home recently.
Caleb replied that George had not
visited him recently, that he know
nothing whatever about him and
had never met him in his life.
Caleb lives the year round on an
island in Rehoboth Bay, and friend