The sun., 1900-01-02
GEORGE B. EYRE
MYSTERY GROWS
MOST PROFOUND
Representative Of "The Sun"
Accompanies an Inyesti-
eating Party.
SCENE CHANGES TO DELAWARE
Son of Keeper spicer of Christiana
Light, Thinks he Saw the Miss.
ing Chester Man Gun.
ming Near Black.
bird Creek.

Mystery which seems to lie growing
more profound every hour and more
fraught with the dramatic uncertainties
so cleyerly woven in Poe's stories, COM
pletely envelops the strange case OF
George B. Eyre, who left Chester two
weeks ago on cunning trip and dropped
out of sight OF his family and friends.
Insteld OF throwing light on the missing
mans whCseabouts, dead or alive, inyes-
LEGATIONS Of the police of Chester and
other persons and institutions interested
in the case have involved it all the
more in e maze Of mystifcation and
miracle.
Summed up briefly the case shows
that George Il. Eyre left the Alpha boat
club at Chester early on Thursday a
week ago, that he started out to shoot
ducks, that he left the boathouse in a
skiff with another man, that several
persons saw the boat leave, that & ey
started in the direction Of Chester Isl
and across on the Jersey shore; that
Eyrs has not been seen Hluce by any OF
his friends, that he has not written to
his mother, that cap supposed to be
the one he wore has been picked up in
the river; also that an oar or paddle sup
posed to be the one they used has been
found. But the boat has not been To-
Gated nor the man who was seen to leave
the Alpha Boat Club with Eyre. Eyre's
supposed possession of several hundred
dollars on his person at the time is as.
eigned as a possible motive for murder.
However, all the ingenuity OF the
craftiest policemen OF the country has
failed TO connect such motive with the
actual commission OF crime in con.
junction with Eyre's disappearance. AL
the artifice OF theory has been marshaled
by the detectives in the case and each
tieory seems TO give strangeness o.
nystery which is fast approaching itt
zenith.
II Eyre is not dead and knows all the
hubbub raised over his aheeDce, then the
case is O novel mystery. But those who
have been following developments anc
making trails are confident that Eyre j:
dead. II so, then the absorbing ques
tions are: Where is his body? Where IL
tile boat? Where lie the man who wal
in the skiff with him? And ii they were
friends, why should one have had mur
derous motives against The othef2 Thost
who are investigating the case simply
wag their heads in answer to these rea
sonings-yet, they believe George d
Eyre was murdered.
They believe that his body was thrown
into the Delaware or some OF its tribu.
taries, that Nssibly it fioated with the
tide to some remote point. Vain search
has been made along the jersey ane
Pennsylvania shores of the river. Now
the scene OF focal interest on the grea
case may change to the State Of Della
| ware.
A representative Of TIE SUN accom-.
panied two reporters from the Nortt
American OF Philadelphia, yesterday
who searched the shores OF Cherry lslant
for two hours. investigating the weeds
and underbrush for distance OF 4,
miles along the Christiana and the Della
ware. The search was futile and 1t hal
carried the official investigation OF th'
case to the gates OF Wilmington. Indeed
interest among men who traffic alonI
the Christiana in the mystery is acute
and close vigil will be kept on tn
food tides and shores Of Wilmington
waterway. Two bodies have been know
to have been carried in from the chan
mel OF the Delaware up the Christian
and lodged under the Delaware cut-oi
bridge.
But far more important than the posi-
bility OF such development in the cas-
is the statement of Linwood Spicer, son 9
Keeper Spcer of the Christiana light
house at the confluence Of the rivers. II
u inspector of launches at the Reed
Island Quarantine Station. Last Satul
day q week ago he says he saw two me
duck bunting near Blackbird Greek, bt
low Reedy Island. They were in
skiff. He is not sure one OF them wa
Eyre.
Some OF Eyre's friends believe he wer
down along Delaware State shore, iailin
of success ON Chester Island. II so,the
,, il is possible that the men Spicer ga
were Eyre and his companion. Eyi
took along enough ammunition Tor
good hunt.
Persons interested in the investigate
of the case are beginning TO believe thi
search OF the Delaware below WI
mington on both sides may unrayel
: throw much light on the mystery.
Today Philadelphia newspapers ma
! begin a thorough search in the vicinli
!, OF Raedy Island. The shore there
swampy and it is possible that Il
swamps may be concealing Eyre's Doc
and hoat nnw