Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-02
Clark Is Returned
To Her Parents.
OF THE WOMAN
Who Hired Out as a Nurse and Kid
mapped the Baby--It Shows Evil
dence of Having Been Roughly
Handled OF Late.

Garnerville, N. Y. June 1.-Marion
Clark, the 21-months-old child kid
mapped from her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Clark of New York city, on May
q, was discovered two miles south of
Sloatsburg. a village about eight miles
from here, this afternoon. She was found
at the farm house of Charles Youmans
and was in the custody of Mrs. Jennie
Wilson. who took the baby to the 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
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 postoffice a num-
Der of times during the past few days.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Wilson went
to the postoffice. taking Marion with
her, as she had lone on several occa-
sions before. The Clark baby attracted
the country people by her appearance,
her large blue eyes and pink complexion
being particularly noticeable. The
curiosity which the child aroused made
her captors grow uneasy and they kept
her closely confined at the Youmars
| home.
AS soon as the story 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 H.
Charleston learned OF the abduction, he,
taking his clues from pictures OF the
child and the descriptions given him
by people who saw her, went to the
farm house of Charles Youmans and
manded the child.
Mrs. Wilson was indignant and claim
ed she knew nothing whatever of the
child. The deputy sheriff produced a
warrant, arrested the woman n de-
manded information as to the where
abouts of the child. At this Mrs. VIII
son weakened and made a confession,
The baby was then produced and the
sherltf took both prisoner and child to
Magistrate Herbert at West Haver-
straw. 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 child, is in good
health. She has no hat and her shoes
snow much rough handling. Her cloth
ing IS also much soiled. The identifca-
ton is complete even to the red birth
mark described in the circulars issued
by the chief of police of New York.
Arthur Clark, the Hatcher of the alb
Quoted baby, arrived here at $50 this
rs OF Captain McClusky's staff. Mr..
clark Immediately Identified the child
as his lost Marion.
New York, June "A special to tha
Press from Goshen, N. Y, says: Mrs.
Jennie wilson, or Barrows, who has
been arrested for the k%idnapine of
Marion Clark, is the daughter of Mrs. J.
>. McNaHy of Goshen. Her father is the
proprietor of the Goshen News. a weekly
paper, and his daughter has at times as
sisted HIM in the conduct of the sheet.
Mrs; McNally IS particularly we'll known
in this section, being a sister of George
Beebe, until recently a Judge of the
court OF claims. Jennie left home about
three years ago, II it is said she eloped
with a man from the south, whose name
was thought to be Wilson, but, accord
ing to the stories told, is Barrows. They
We're married and haye been living in
New York. Mrs. McNally, when told of
her daughters arrest, was crimson.
"She does not know anything about !
this kidnapping case, 1 am sure" said the |
mother. -
Asked when she had seen her daughter
last the old lady said:
about two or three weeks ago."
Have you heard from her lately?"
Yes; l had a letter from her two or
three days ago, and hav just written her
in New York.
Mrs. McNally was asked if she would |
show the letter she had received from her
daughter, and she said she did not know
where she had put it. She said her
daughter was a bright girl and visited
nearly every week to assist her
father in getting out the paper. AS to
the address the daughter had in New
York, the mother refused to tell it, say
ing she preferred not to do so, as she was
certain her daughter had not taken any
baby.
She said her daughter was % years
old and She had had one child, but it
had died.
While giving these few facts, Mrs. Nc
Nally broke down. Her husband, who
was present, said:
"You can't tell. You don't know what
will happen these days. OF course, I
believe anything of this kind unless
[ know it, but it may be right"
The old folks We're much affected by
the news and We're nxiou to learn all
the details of the arrest. The connec-
ton of the Barrow or Wilson woman
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