The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-02
THE STOLEN BABY FOUND
POSTMfSTREsS At 81. JOINS, ROCK
LAND COUNTY, RECOGNIZES 1T.


Husband, Who Had the Baby-McClusky
says the woman's the Head OF the Gang
and Is known to tho Police and That
Hc'll Have Than AiI-Triumphal Return
of the Bnby to New York, Where Its
Mother Is Compelled to Hold 1t Up at
the window for Thousands to See.
Marion Clark. the baby stolen from Mr. and
Mrs Arthur W Clark Of l51 East Slxty-n'th
street. was found yesterday in the dairy Of
Richard oakley in the heart OF the Ramapo
Mountains. between S'oatsburG. Rockland
county and st. Johns Her father went up to
Glruersyil" and got her. and brought her home
la, might TO lind several thousand men, women
rra children cheering like mad in front Of his
house. Tho crowd wouldn't go away until tho
n thor had held the child up at Il front window
for tE' ~ to- see.
one Of the abdurturs was arrested when the
huhy wUs found. she calls herself Jennie
W'son, daughter u a newspaper publisher at
Goshen. Orange county. Her right name is
AIdio Wilson. She Is u granddaughter OF j. ].
NrNa.y editor Of the Goshen Ne,rS. n weekly
Iap-r published at Goshen. and she Is a printer
hy trade u fact that suggests the writer Of the
letters Sjcned Three sent to the Clarks and
e. tn, police which smackcd so strongly OF
yriaung Office, She has been Ave years mar
ricl toll Arthur Wilson. now the driver OF an
automobile carriage in this city She was
ld.itet when 3years Of age by Mr. McNaIly's
present. wife, who is u sister NJ ex-Judge Beebe
G. the Court Of Claims She is locked UP III
N"H v 'al. on u charge Of abduction. VIII
,.n. hot husband who also gave his name as
llu.ns j. AlcNaly. was with her when she was
f"vrG. and was allowed to 60 because Deputy
Sheriff William Charleson was afraid to arrest
hun without warrant. He was arrested later
nnd put IN the same Jail.
,HlIp FIRST RECoGSIzEp IN sT. Johns
The woman and tho child went on Wednes-
day afternoon into the general country store OF
osca, tonkling az ST. Johns a hamlet in the
mountains. and asked Miss Carrie Conk-
ling. the daughter OF the proprietor the
way - the Post Offic- Miss Conkling
gave the desired Information. and ns soon
u the woman loft the store eXcitedlv told her
father that she believed that was the Clark
baby. ConklinG at first pooh poohcd the idea.
hut when his daughter got newspaper and
showed him the portrait of Marion Clark. he.
too. was struck by the resemblance. They out
the picture out and hurried after the woman.
hoping to catch her before she got away from
the Post Office. They were too late.
ST JOHNS roslMIsTREss GOT WARRANT
The Post Office at st. Johns il in charge OF
hlIS y u Glty, WHO also COnuutIS II mission
In the place. The woman with the baby asked
Mrs Carey il there was any mail for Jennie
Wilson. Mrs. Carey handed her two letters.
which she thinks bore the post mark of New
York city. While the woman was talking to
Mrs, Carey the latters attention was directed
to the child because Of the evident desire
u the woman to conceal it as much
as possible, Mrs. Carey got good look at the
chlld's face. and was struck by the resemblance
Il bore to the pictures OF the Clark baby in the
circulars which Mrs Carey had received from
the New York police. Miss Church. the local
school teacher. agreed with her.
So. after Jennie Wilson had gone. Mrs. Carey
htched M her horse and drove to Gainesville
t. report her suspicious to Justice Isaac Her
bert. He was not at home At daylight yes
terday she drove down to the Justice S house
again, "A distance Of about fifteen miles.
and told him OF her suspicious. She
aSk4l him to give her warrant for
the arrest of.the woman. and the Justice did
50. With this Mrs. Carey drove back to st.
John :. where she turned the warrant over to
Deputy sheriff William Charleson, who is in
her employ. Chareson did not think it best to
- ahead any further in the matter until he
had had another consultation with the JUS
lice. Accordingly he drove down to Justice
ll"?b"rt's. and the latter at once told him to
waste No time in serving the warrant He got
tack To St Johns about $50 and went at once
"a the house Of Frank Youmans, where he
had already learned that tho woman had been
stopping He was told there that the child
had been brought there only the day before.
hat that the woman had taken it away again
luSt and hour and half before he reached the
house.
MEL THE MAN AND WOMAN on THE ROAD
To III" loumanses Mrs. Wilson said that she
would return with the child probably in three
o. four weeks. but that, as II had been exposed
I" measles. She thought it best not TO have it
there for time.
Eron learning this Charleson started on up
the road leading over the mountains to Sloats-
burg. Along the road number OF people were
'rHd who had seen the woman and the child
tNt Mt n point about mile and half
nom S!oatshurg Charleson lost all track Of
them. After driving to the railroad station
h" determined to start back over the same
road and GO To- Tuxedo. He had gone about
tw" miles when, coming toward him on the
'oad. he saw tho Wilson woman and the man
wh1 calls himself her husband. Charlie
sn. who had seen the young woman
AZ the Post Office. know her in a
minute. When the couple reached him
he asked the woman il she was Mrs. Wilson.
She said she was. He then asked her where
she had left the child and she denied that she
had any child at all.
Look here" said Charleson. Il want that
ch,.d you were carrying in St Johns yester
day. and you had better come with me and get
i. have warrant for your arrest"
Al this the man accompanying the woman
froke up and told her to go with Charleson
and get the child. He said he would go down
I" New York and be back by O'Clock II any
h'dy wanted to arrest him. Charleson took
10 steps TO detain the man. but tax
ing the woman in the carriage with
linn they drove TO the dairy Of Richard
Oakley. where the woman said she had
lett the child The child was found in bed.
After tho woman had dressed her the little girl
was taken along In the carriage to Gamers
Vile On the way the woman told Charoson
that the man accompanying her was James j..
Wilson and that he was her husband. Wilson
went to IiayerstraW and took n train to New
York
coNKLISG GOT THE FIRST NEws To NEW YORK.
At Gainesville Mrs Herbert the wife OF the