Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-31
POLICE ARE BAFPLED.
Clews to Marion Clark's Disappear
anCe Prove Worthless.
MANY CIRCULARS SENT OUT,
Every Effort Still Being Made to
Solve the Great Kidnapping
Mystery of New
York City.

New York, May 31.-Ten days have
passed since little Marion Clark was kid.
mapped from her home at $40 East Sixty.
NTH street and still the police are bafiled
in their search for her. Many clews,
some of them which presaged good re-
suits and some of them whiAh were very
f1imsy, have been followed up, but all
availed nothing. The parents of the child
show the effects of the nervous strain to
which they have been subjected Mr..
CLARK. when seen at his house, was more
detected than ever before. He said that
his wifes condition was very serious.
The police have sent out $4,000 copies
Of circular which contained descriptions
Of Carrie Jones, the nurse who disnp-
peared at the time the child was abducted,
and of little Marion. \ picture of the
child was also printed on them. OF the
"clews" which have been followed up
none brought any tangible result. One
story which the police heard was to the
effect that two young men had been seen
talking with Carrie Jones in Central
park on the Sunday afternoon on which
the child was abducted. The men were
described as being we'll dressed and ath-
letic built
The nurse and two men were seen, ii
was said, by Miss Belts, Mrs. Clark's
sister. According to her story the two
men, after conversation with the nurse,
went to Il bench short distance away
and conversed with each other in a low
tone. Captain McClusky, when seen in
reference to this story, refused to say
how Ii uch importance he attached to it.
He had nothing to say about any otf er
phase of the case.
The Tipster Theory.
The appearance of the two young men
in the case lends some strength to the
theory that the whole scheme of the alb
duction was newspaper plant" or
plot laid that Il sensational story might
be furnished to a newspaper. Captain
McClnsky has refused to say how strong
his belief in this theory is. 1t is known
that he has kept under surveillance a
man who was formerly on the staff of a
New York paper. 1t is not generally be-
lieved that any man legitimately con-
nected with newspaper was the origin
ator of the plot. 1t is thought, rather,
that the work was that of some "tipster'
who make it a business to supply news.
A new feature in the case was made
public when it was learned that a search
of the records of the health board failed
to show that the birth of Marion Clark
had been recorded there. The search
of the vital statistics was made by de-
tectives from police headquarters. Just
why they made the search was not made
public. They were told, after the search
had proved unsuccessful, that the physi-
clan who attended the mother probably
failed to report the birth of the child.
The many "clews' that have come
from outside the city have all been fol-
lowed up without effect "A report came
from Danbury of Il young woman who
went daily to local grocery store to buy
milk Her actions seemed suspicious,
and the grocer finally told the local au-
thorities about her. She disappeared on
Saturday, however. and no trace of her
has since been found. Several "clews"
were also followed in Bridgeport, at
West Farms, at Mount Vernon and at
Three Rivers. Que. They We're as fruit
less as the others. however. and rendered
no assurance in the solving of the mys-
terry.