The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-02
KIDNAPPED CHILD IS FOUND
LITTLE MARION CLARK DISCOVER
 ED NEAR GARNERVILLE, N.Y.

Concealed on n Farm Two Miles soutl
 of sIontsburg in the Custody of n Mrs
 Jennie VVtlson-The Woman Arrested
 for Abduction-The Child in Good
 Health.
 Garnerville, N. Y., June 1-Marior
 Clark, the twenty y-one-months-o -old in
 fant kidnapped from her parents, MT
 and Mrs. Arthur Clark of New York
 city, on May Fist, was found two miles
 south of Sloatsburg, a village about
 eight miles from here, this afternoon.
 The baby was discovered 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 want ed board for the little girl for the sum- mer. Mrs Wilson said that she had made arrangements with her husband to send all correspondence to her by way of the St. Johns postoffice, which is a few miles from Sloatsburg. Mrs. Wilson called at the St. Johns post office a number of times during the past few days.
 Yesterday morning Mrs. Wilson went to the postoff1ce taking Marion with her, as she had done on several occa- sions before. Mrs. Carry, the postmis- tress, delivered her only one letter. The Clark baby. attracted the country peo- pie by her appearance, her large blue eyes and pink complexion being particu- larly noticeable. The curiosity which the child aroused made her captors confined at the Youmans home. As soon as the notices of the abduction 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 at the time when she was stolen,
 As soon as Deputy Sheriff William Fl. Charleston learned of the abduction, he, taking his cue from pictures of the child and the descriptions given him by peo- pie who saw her, went to the farmhouse of Charles Youman's and found Mrs. Wilson, from whom he demanded the child. Mrs. Wilson at once became in-t dignant and claimed she knew nothing whatever of the child. Previous to go- ing to the house, Deputy Sheriff Charleston procured a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Wilson for abduction. He ba xrrp- man and demanded information as to the whereabouts of the child. At this Mrs. Wilson weakened and made a con- fession. The baby was then produced and the sheriff took both prisoner and child to Magistrate Herbert at West Haverstraw, where the child is now awaiting the arrival of her father, who has been notified.
 Mrs. Wilson refuses to make a full statement. She is the daughter of Mrs. J. J. McNally of Goshen, N. Y., to whom she wrote a letter explaining her plight. Marion Clark, the infant, is in good health and seems to be contented. She has no hat and her shoes show much rough handling. Her clothing is also much soiled. The identification is com plete even to the red birth mark de- scribed i'll the circulars issued by the chief of police of New York, The peo- pie for miles around are flocking to the office of Magistrate Herbert to get a look at the child.
 Arthur Clark, the father of the ab- ducted baby, arrived here at 6;30 o'clock this evening accompanied by Sergeant Morris of Captain McClusky's staff. MT. Clark immediately identified the child found in the custody of Mrs. Jennie Wilson by Deputy Sheriff Char leston as his lost Marion.
 The man who was with Mrs. Wilson and who claimed to be the husband of the woman, was also placed under ar rest at his own request, as he insisted upon accompanying the woman to jail, There was a lively race between De- tective Herlihy of the New York police force and Deputy Sheriff Charleston of .he local force, both desiring the task 1f making the arrest. Though Deputy Charleston seems to have procured the warrants before Detective Herlihy ar- ! rived, it is stated that the New York | official won the race so far as tine mak ng of the arrest is concerned.