New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-25
POLICE AGAIN BAFFLED.
UNABLE TO FIND ANY TRACE OF THE
LITTLE CLARK GIRL
NOTHING HEARD OF THE MISSING NURSE
DFTEcTrvFs Eorro1rNr- IT'D
CLEWS IN VAIN

CLEWS IN VAIN.
The police were baffed again yesterday in the
continued search for the baby daughter Of Ar
thur Clark. Of No 159 East sixty-Afth-st and
for Carrie Jones. the nurse girl who disappeared
with her on Sunday in Central Park. Several
rewards. amounting to about 81 600 for infor-
nation leading to the recovery Of the child.
were offered yesterday by persons and news
papers interested in the case Mr.. Clark and his
wife were still wavering between hope and fear
not daring to say anything that might cause
harm to their little daughter in the hands Of the
kdnappers
Various clews were followed by a small army
OF detectives under the direction OF Captain Nc
Clusky Of the Detective Bureau, but they all led
to nothing. Captain McClusky said that each
OF the 300 detectives in the Department had
been ordered to study a careful description Of
Carrie Jones and make inquiries about her.
Every member of the police force had received
instructions to make prompt report Of any cir
cumstance coming to his knowledge that might
have any connection with the kidnapping case.
The police also had the strictest orders to watch
for the possible abandonment Of the stolen child
by the thieves in some out-of- the-way place.
e ~ johnson, the who said he an
old woman take a child out of baby carriage
in Central Park on Sunday and walk away with
detectives yesterday, and at length identified a
woman who had been seen frequenting pawn
shops as the woman who took the child out Of
the baby carriage. The detectives did not ar
rest her, but kept her under observation last
evening.
Some hope was placed in the visit Of Chief Of
Police Penney Of Deposit N Y. 1t was stated
that two sisters named Carr, together with two
other girls, left that place few days ago to
come TO this city for service. One Of the girls,
Nellie Carr. answered to the description Of Car
RE Jones. Captain McClusky and his detec-
tives went out with Chief Of Police Penney, and
they succeeded in tracing both the Carr girls
but neither of them knew anything about the
missing baby.
Captain McClusky Detectives Armstrong,
Reidy and Herlihy arrived at the East Sixty
seventh-st. station at 10 o'clock last night and
waited about ten minutes before Captain Don
ahue Joined them in his private room. Soon
afterward Detective Frank Price arrived with
some information. but he did not stay more
than a few minutes.
While the conference was being held Police
man Vosler, who had been on post at Lexington
ave and Fiftieth-st-, walked into the station
with a seedy looking man, who had informed
him that he had clew
The man was about five feet seven and a half
inches tall. His clothing of uncertain age
and his voice was an uncertain quantity
I've got a cew. The dough is mine," ex-
claimed the man with some excitement
Detective Lang. OF the East Sixty-seventh-st.
police stan, was called and he took the man
aside 10 examine him. Ten minutes later the
stranger came out in a hurry and loud laughter
was heard.
The police say the man declared he knew
Carrie Jones the nursemaid, ard that she had
taken the child to the New-York Founding
Asylum.
thought Of the mans story:
'Oh. he's dopy. That's ALL