The times., 1899-05-23
A Child STOLEN
In CENTRAL PARK
A Newly Hired Nurse Disap-
pears With Her Charge.
Tho Paregis of tie Missing Babe
Warn ID to Remain Silent.
The kidnapcrs Declare That Want
Forced Them to the Deed-The
New York Police MystiGcd.

New York. May 22.-Baby Marion, the
child OF Arthur W. Clark. of 159 East
sixty-ffth Street. was stolen yesterday in
Central Park. The child was either stolen
by fits nurse, according TO a carefully laid
plot, or the nurse was stolen with it, The
police fro:~ the Bronx 10, Sheepshead Bay
are hunting ~ baby and the thieves high
and low. The neighburhood of Battle Row.
where the only trace OF il was found and
lost, has been canvassed yesterday and
Throughout the night without result, and
the search is yet kept up.
The motive of the crime is shrouded in
mystery, If II is ransom the thieves made
"a singular mistake. Mr. Clark is not
man Of means. He is an employe OF the
publishing house Of Knight q Brown. in the
Presbyterian building. 4 letter sent by
the thieves to his house, while IL hints al
money does not demand ransom. No en-
tanglemeni or other thinkahle cause for
revenge is IN sight, according TO the police
There is . grewsome suggestion OF q fake
exploit OF yellow journalism in The fact
that TIE thieves letter was written on
paper o; 4 kind used in the Office OF a
notorious newspaper, the record OF which
does not pus /; beyond the pale OF sus-
pic.on. TIE lessers were printed with q
pencil 10 disguise the hand, but there were
IL the apparent ease with which the thing
was done in the general style of il, and
in the manner OF undeTscoring the sigma
ture as many suggestions OF the news
paper office, of which the chief of detec-
tiyes did not fail TO take note.
The facts in the case, as the police have
them. are few ard clear cut. The Clarlls
live at 15s East Sixty-ffth Street. Yester-
day al II o'clock their nurse, Carrie Jones,
who had been engaged only very recently
from q newspaper advertisement, took
Marion, who is twenty months old, to the
park for an airing. The younger child.
also girl, remained home with its moth
er. Fifteen minutes after the nurse had
gone to the park with Marion Mr.. Clark
strolled over that way for a walk. Almost
the first thing he came across was the
baby carriage, which he recognized at
sight standing empty at the waiting house
opposite the Arsenal. He spoke TO the
woman attendant about il and she told him
that the nurse had left it in her charge
while she took the baby TO see the animals.
Mr.. Clark looked about the cages. but
did not see the pair. Then he went to the
police station in the Arsenal and spoke OF
il, but got no information there. AT last,
when it was nearly o'clock Mr.. Clark
went home, not knowing what to think.
He had barely arrived there when a boy
delivered letter at the door. 1t read
this way;
mir. Clark-Do not lool; for your nurse and
baby. They safe in our possession, where
Is kept out Of The had police and the
newspapers you will ge baby back safe
and sound. Il, instead, llake big time
it that YOU never STE her alive again. We are
driyen 10 this by The fact that cannot get
work, and of has child diving through
want of proper treatment and noTishment.
Your baby is safe and in good hands. The
nurse girl is still with her. Ii everything is
qsiet you Will hear from Monday Tuesday.
THREE"
Then the police were reused. Captain
McClusky took charge. The boy was un-
der arrest and was examined. He was
Frederick Lang. thirteen years old. of 54S
West Fifty-first Street. AT Sixty-second
Street and Second Avenue. he said. a wo-
nan had acecsted him somewhere about
2:l5 o'clock She had no baby. Sbe asked
him IL his pockets were clean, clean
enough to carry letter without soiling it,
He said that they were and she gave him
The letter TO deliver and cents for his
trouble That was all he knew.
Mr.. Clark could help the police with no
suggestion as TO the motive for the crime.
He had no entanglements. His money,
Captain McClusky says, could not have
tempted thieves He has not enough for
that. The captain got together all his
available detectives and started them out
on search Alarms were sent over all
the police wires, and all the police ma
chinery set in motion TO make the NEST Of
the chance TO work under cover before
the newspapers got the scent. The de-
tectives had all yesterday evening and last
night When, by this morning at 10
O'Clock, they had brought in nothing of
value Captain Mcclusky determined to
give the matter full publicity.