New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-02

~ the ST Johns postofice which Is u le" ""'N
from, Sloatsburg Mrs. Wilson called AZ '"e ~
Johns postoffice number OF times 'h 'He ,A'
few days she took Marion with her Oh "e'
visit to the postofice on "Wednesday inorh'ns' 90
she had done on several occasions before. There
was only one letter for her the trips maui ~
The woman and the child to the postofiice az
,racted the attention OF the country Peopie
rbev began 10 talk about the woman and the
child. Marion's large blue eyes and rosy COM
n,ex,on were particularly talked about Inc
s,,r,os,,v which the child aroused made her
captors grow uneasy. and Marion was seldom
seen except going or coming from the pos'oihce
Nearlv all the residents OF the township hau
hoard ~ the abduction Of Marion CLARK anu
MANY were inclined to the belief on first seeing
,he child that she was the missing one Ihey
later bocame positive that the child was Marion
because some Of the baby's clothes corresponded
10 the description of some worn by Mario"
when she was stolen.
MRS. WILSON CONFEssEs.
DEPUTY Sheriff Charlston started for the farm-
house. after securing warrant for the arrest
Of Mrs Wilson for abduction. win pcluie
OF Marion and a description OF MIS- w lso"
and the child said 10 be her daughter "heh
v. mo, Mrs Wilson on the road near the mouse
10
became indignant and said she knew no'nihe
whatever ~ the child. Deputy Sheriff Charts
ION then showed Mrs. Wilson the warrant lor
her arrest and told her she was his prisoner Sne
then weakened and confessed ana prousn'
Marion before him.
without any unnecessary delay the Deputy
cbern started with the woman and Marion TOT
West Haverstraw and then took them 10 Var
nervie.
Capta,n McClusky, soon after receiving
massage from Mr. Clark last night TO the Ell
feet that the child was Marion. made paohc
an account OF the efforts Of the police to ma
the little girl
He said he received on the Thursday AFTER
the little girl was taken letter from MIS-
James Cosgriff. OF No. 231 Twenty-seventh-s'''
near Fifth-ave Brooklyn. giving what seeheu
TO be important information. He sent TWO ue
tectives TO Mrs Cosgrifs house, small frame
building. and thus gained the first Information
about the missing Marion. Mrs. Cosgrih saiu
that on Saturday afternoon. May ~ the I'd!
before the child was stolen, woman ABOUT
TWENTY-FIVE years old with light complexion
and hair and dressed in a black macintosh
and white straw hat called at her house ana
said that she wished to rent a furnished room
Mrs Cosgrir struck bargain with the woman
and rented her a furnished room at 81 -
week The stranger said that she would ike
to keep the room for two weeks or Tor SIX
months, as the need might be. She said she
would come the next day and bring her bapy'
with her sister. At $3.50 o'clock In the after
noon Of the next day Mrs. Cosgrif, while look
ing out Of the window, saw the woman. followed
by younger woman, who was carrying BABY
They looked anxiously about as IL 10 discover
AfrC
opened the window and beckoned them in. The
three entered the house and went up 10 the
room assigned 10 them. The young woman
who was carrying the baby put the child on the
bed as soon as she entered the apartments and
sank into chair as II completely exhausted
This young woman's complexion was dark.
Mrs Cosgrif made some Tea and gave 1t to her
new dodgers. Thatsyening about o'clock the
blond woman wholfiad given her name as Mrs.
George w Davis left thshouse for few hours.
When she came back all three slept in the room.
There is no doubt in the mind Of Captain Nc
Clusky that the woman carrying the child was
no other than. the nurse girl, Carrie Jones
DEPARTED SUDDENLY.
On Monday morning at or 10 o'clock Mrs.
Cosgriff made some coffee for her dodgers and
the blond woman bought an egg and some
milk for the child The blond woman said that
the baby was hers, zsnd, the dark woman was
her sister At that time Mrs. Cosgrif thought it
rather strange that the little baby should act
more affectionately toward the nurse than TO
her alleged mother. In the course of the morn
ing Mrs Cosgrif left the house TO attend TO
some personal matters leaving the dodgers alone
She did not get home until o'clock that even
ing When she entered the house she found a
note on the table which read:
Mrs Cosgrin: You will be surprised to find
US gone but got a telegram from Flatbush
ave saying that VIII, my husband, had faller
from a ladder and was badly injured. i am hal
crazy and would wait. but must catch the trair
that leaves New-York at the Grand Contra
Depot at 4:40 1t Is now p. IN. Thanks, yer!
much. 1 would have enjoyed staying If 1 could
Mrs. GEORGE w. DAVIS"
Mrs Cosgriff told the detectives that she ha(
overheard some conversation between the TIVE
women in their room Among other things sht
overheard them say something about burg
somewhere. and could not remember whether 4
Nswburg what was the name Of the
place.
She said the fare to the place mentioned was
81 80 for two people. One OF the was
also overheard TO remark: IT wonder how shell
feel tonight" referring evidently to Mrs. Clark
Detectives Hughes and Armstrong. who had
been sent TO talk with Mrs Cosgriff. showed
her picture Of the Clark baby. and she at once
identified It as likeness Of the little one who
had been with the two women at her house. She
identified the child also from a remark which
the dark woman made 10 the child when she
said to her. Show us how Mr.. Brown laughs
With that the baby put up her hands and
made grinace in imitation Of some friend OF
Clerks whom she knew. Captain McClusky
afterward found that TO be favorte trick OF
the little one which she had often done at home
for the entertainment of friends of the family.
Mrs Cosgriff told the detectives that when
the baby was brought TO her house on Sunday
she did not have on her head the silk cap which