Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-06-06
MARION CLARK IS FOUND |
She is Discovered at a Farmhouse
Near New York.
GIRL AT HOME.
Scene of Joy at the Clark Home When
Child Returns-Crowds
About the House.


to her mothers arms last night, alive and
well. The hysterical JOY that trans
formed the mother from an agOniZcd
woman to the happiest person in all the
world was all but eclipsed by the delight
of the thousands who had massed them
selves outside the Clark home and had
stood waiting for hours to welcome home
the fair-headed child for WHOM nalf the
continent had gone hunting. When the
father, clasping the child in his arms,
appeared in sight, surrounded by detec-
tiveS, cheer after cheer broke from the
crowd; women sobbed for JOY and men
shook each other By the hand to express
their gladneSs. There was q stampede
to get closer to the interesting bit Of hui
inanity which has been more talked
about than anyone else in all the city for
ten days. All the police reserves of two
precincts had been called out to keep the
crowd in bounds, and the platoons of
bluecoats had their abilities taxed to
keep back the sympathetic fathers and
mothers, and the curious ones as well.
A Noisy Welcome.
The disappearance of father and child
within the home caused no diminution in
the noisy welcome accorded to the child
or the popular attempt to congratulate
the parents. Cheer after cheer followed
and the voices became hOarse in the eff
fort, yet there was no lull. Time after
time the baby was brought to the win
dow of the house and held up where all
could see her, and after Il time the noise
of the crowd became Subdued, but far in
to the night the street about the Clark
home was black with persons determined
TO see the little one or cheer the parents.
The baby was found in the mountains
near St. John, Rockland county, n. Y.
forty miles from this city and two miles
hn Il
station. dispatch was received by the
chief of the New York detectives yester-
day morning from Stackburg, near Gar
nersville. 1t said:
Send a man here to identify lost child.
Detective Herilhy was hurried to that
place, and at 400 Chief McClusky re-
ceiyed this dispatch from him:
Pretty certain we have Clark baby here
at Gainesville. Send Mr.. Clark to identify
child ut once
Identification Complete.
Almost Immediately second message
was received from the detective:
Marian Clark identification completed by
Mrs. A. Z. Carey.
This message referred to the finding of
a birthmark on the child and practically
completed the identification. a third
message said: Hats corresponds" and
the police department was almost posi-
tive the child was the missing one. To
clinch the matter at o'clock Mr.. Clark,
who had reached the child at that time,
telephoned Capt. McClusky: Baby iden-
titled. Accept congratulations. Then
the police department Officially announced
that the kidnapped child had been found.
The child was taken to St. Johns by
woman known as Ida McNally, who calls
herself Mrs. Jennie Wilson, a week ago
Tuesday, two days after the kidnapping.
She made arrangements to stay all sum
mer with Charles Yeomans' family at
farmhouse, but took the child with her
to get her mail, and in this way the iden-
tifcation was made. The woman was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Charleston
and at first denied having the child. but
later Marian was found The woman
will be brought to New York to face a
court. She had refused until a late hour
TO say more than that she had received
a large sum from q woman in New York
to take the child away for q few weeks
She refused TO give the name of this
woman. She admitted that the child was
Marian Clark, but declined to make any
further confession.
When the father ran to his child and
caught her up the little one, with q hap
Ply cry of recognition, kissed and fondled
his face, and the two were not separated
for a moment from that time until the
little one was surrendered to the en-
brace Of the mother. They came from
arrived in New York little after 10
o'clock last night. A few moments later
they were at the home, 159 East Sixty
fifth street, from which the child was
stolen Sunday, May 81.
The Police Indignant.
Capt. McClusky expressed Indignation
today at the action of the officials of
Sloatsburgh and Garnerville in refusing
to give up the alleged kidnaper of Marion
Clark, Jennie Wilson, or as she is said
to be really named, Addie Wilson and
her husband, who called himself James
McNally. Both are in jail in New York
city and Capt McClusky said that the
refusal to deliver them up to the New
York detectives was an Outrageous
piece of work. He said that the coun-
ty officials had absolutely no charge to
make against them, and were holding
them only on suspicion The crime of
abduction was committed in New York
city and the prisoners should have been
brought here at once.
The captain says he will appeal to
Gov. Roosevelt if the prisoners are not
Immediately given up to him.
Capt McClusky said Carrie Jones, the
nursemaid. left a collar at Mrs. Clark
house which is the same make and size
and has the same laundry mark as one
left by the woman at Mrs. Cosgroff' S
Brooklyn house.
about what he considered the motive for
the abduction Of the children.
Arthur w. Clark, the father of Marion
Clark, today secured a warrant for the
arrest of James and Jennie Wilson and
Carrie Jones.
A crowd began to assemble at the
Clark home early today. School chill
dren predominated, but there were many
grown people who joined in the shouts
for a sight of the baby. Finally, Ms.
Clark went to a window, raised one of
the sashes and held Marion up. The
crowd cheered and yelled to its hearts
content and the mother and child laughed
for sheer happiness. The cheers kept up
for some minutes and the child kissed
her hand to her admirers.
Mr.. Clark is determined to prosecute
everyone who has been in any way CON
nected with the abduction of the child
The man known as Wilson is said to
be George Beauregard Barrow, a news
paper reporter. He is also said to be a
son of Judge John G. Barrow of Little
Rock, Ark.
CAPT. HENRY HORN DEAD.