The Portland daily press., 1899-06-02

Little Girl In Good Health and
Contented.

Garnsrvills. N. Y, June l.-Marion
Clark, the 81 months old infant kid.
mapped from her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Arthur Clark of New York city, on May
a1st. was found two miles south Of Sloats-
burg, village about eight miles from
here, this afternoon. The baby was dis
covered at the farm of Charles Youmans
and was in the custody Of Mrs Jennie
Wilson, who took the child to that place
during the early part of last week. Mrs.
Wilson was accompanied by her husband
and stated to Mrs. Youmans that she
wanted board for the little girl for the
summer. Mrs. Wilson said that she had
made arrangements with her husband to
send all correspondence to her BY way OF
the St Johns post effice, which is q few
miles from Sloatsburg. Mrs. Wilson
called at the st. Johns post Office num-
ber Of times during the past few days.
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Wilson went
to ths post Office, taking Marion with her
as she had done on several occasions be-
fore. Mrs. Carey. the post mistress, deliv.
cred to her only one letter.
The Clark baby attracted the country
people by her appearance. her large blue
eyes and pink complexion being particu.
larly noticeable. N1
This curiosity which the child aroused,
made her captors grow uneasy and they
kept her closely confined at the Youmans
home. As soon as the notices of the alb
duction reached the neighborhood the
people began to suspect that the child
was Marion Clark. They felt positive
Of it because the child wore the same
clothes as ct the time whom she was stol-
en-.
AS soon as Deputy Sheriff William II.
Charleston learned Of the abduction, he,
taking his clue from pictures of the child,
and the descriptions given him by people
who saw her. went to the farmhouse OF
Charles Youmans ard found Mrs Wilson,
from whom he demanded the child.
Mrs. Wilson at once became indignant
and claimed she knew nothing Whatever
Of the child. Previous to going to the
house, Deputy Sheriff Charleston procured
a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Wilson
for abduction He procured the warrant,
arrested the woman and demanded inror-
nation as to the whereabouts Of the
child.
At this Mrs. Wilson weakened and
made confession. The baby was then
produced and the sheriff took both pri SON
er and child to Magistrate Herber at West
Haverstraw.
Mrs. Wilson refuses to make full state
ment. I.
She is the daughter of MIRA. ]. j. Nc
Nulty of Goshen, N. Y. TO whom she
wrote 9 letter explaining her plight.
health and seems 10 be contsnted. She
has no hat and her shoes show much
much soiled. The Identification is com
plete, even 20 the red birthmark described
In tie circulars issued by the chief of
police OF New York: The country people
for miles around are fiocking to the office
Of Magistrate Herber to get look at the
child.
Arthur Clark, the father of the abduct :
ed baby, arrived here at g. 81 o'clock this
evening. accompanied by Sergeant Nor.
ris OF Capt. McClusky's statf. MIR. CLARK
Immediately identified the child found In
the custody Of Mrs. Jennie Wilson by
Deputy Sheriff Charleston as his lost MARI
on.
According to the people In st. Johns
the Wilson woman first made her appeae
ance In the neighborhood about the time
the child disappeared. She was at that
time accompanied by the man who was
arrested and another dark complexioned
woman whom the local authorities think
may have besn the nurse. They appeared
10 have plenty OF money ana as soon as
she had secured room at the Youmaps
the dark woman disappeared.
During the evening 1t was run1ored
that the young woman had told story to
the New York offioers of having met
a woman on the street. the day baby
CLARK was stolen. who asked her IL abe
would like to take a child to the ooun-
try. She consented and brought the child
here. A great deal of interest centres