The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-28
ONE REAL CLEW FOUND
BABY CLARK,S KIDNAPPING NURSE
HAD LOST CHILD OF HER OWN.
stolen Child Case About which All
New York Is Aroused Furnishes
Fresh Mystery Every Day.

NEW YORK. May 27.-The police are
searching for Carrie Wilkinson, who was
discharged from the Mothers and Babies
Hospital with a newborn baby on Aug. 10.
1897. 1t is believed that she is the nurse
girl who stole the child Marian Clark. 1t
is known that she took the name of Carrie
Jones after leaving the hospital. Her baby
died on Sept. Is following. About three
months ago the mother went to the Van
derbilt clinic for treatment, where her
record was known. She had been brooding
over the death of her child, and her sanity
was then doubted. Her description answers
closely to that of the Carrie Jones whom
the police are searching for. The theory
is that the loss of her own child upset her
reason and that to satisfy her craving she
took the Clark baby. who was as old as
her own would have been had it lived: The
police are strenuously inclined to accept this
theory. She was noticeably kind and al
fectionate in her treatment Of the baby
when she had il in her charge. 1t Is now
generally believed to have been a womans
plot from the first and the police doubt If
a man has had anything to do with the
case.
The case has furnished one succession of
mysteries from the start. 1t was at first
thought to be a newspaper hoax, the child
being said to have been stolen by a reporter.
That is no longer believed. but there is evil
dence that a newspaper man or woman had
something to do with 1t. Then Mr.. Clark's
conduct has added to the mystery, with the
suffering mother already paralyzed on one
side and at the point of death from nervous
prostration. Clark has refused to say a
word about his wife's antecedents and will
not even tell her maiden name.
Making due allowance for the distracted
frame of mind Mr.. Clark is in over the loss
Of his child and the serious illness of his
wife, he becomes exceedingly indignant
when questioned about Mrs. Clark's antece-
dents, the circumstances of his marriage to
her and any possible objection that some
other woman might have had TO the second
marriage. All ne will say is that he was a
Widower when the wedding took place In
this city about three years ago. and that
there were no circumstances connected with
II that in any way concern the public. He
fdtly declined to give his WifeS maiden
name, and her brother, who receives all Wis
ttors that go TO the house, declines 10 give
his name. Captains Donohue and England.
who have been in constant communication
with this S young man. declare G1 that t 5NH f S1
refusing to give his wife's maiden name is
that she has relatives who do not care to
become involved in the mystery.
A young newspaper woman, Lizzie Poole,
originally of Hankins. n. Y, which is very
near Deposit, has got herself within the
focus OF police scrutiny. She is the only
newspaper woman in New York, it is be-
lieved, who is thoroughly familiar with De-
post and who knows many of its inhab-
itants. A picture of her has been shown
TO the Clarks and other inmates of the
boarding house at No. 1853 East Sixty-fifth
street, and they have declared that it bears
a striking resemblance to Carrie Jones, the
missing nurse girl.
The young woman who got young Fred
erick Lang to take the note to Mr.. Clark
on Sunday, informing him Of the stealing
of his child, reSembled Carrie Jones, too;
yet there is reason TO believe that she was
not Carrie Jones. Miss Poole is twenty-one
or twenty-five years Of age. Her hair is
dark. her complexion pale and she has
large gray eyes.
Miss Poole is employed on the periodical
The Catholic Union. at No. $40 Broadway.
She thoroughly understands the preparation
letter signed Three" which was delivered
to Mr.. Clark on Sunday, was prepared by
some one who is accustomed to writing
matter for publication. The police, while
pursuing every other possible clew pre-
sented TO them, have never for an instant
lost sight Of the theory that the kidnapping
was planned and directed by some one who
intended to sell the story exclusively to a
New York paper for an enormous price.
LII this was the plot, it failed through the
case becoming public too soon.
Captain McClusky has said over and over
that he believed the crime was planned and
directed by some one familiar with the in
terror OF a newspaper Office.