Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-09
MEDIUMS AID SEARCH.
Clairvoyants Called to Aid in
Finding Cecil Britain,
Stolen Boy
SEE MISSING ONE in TRANCE
Traces on Paper the Route Taken by
Abductors of tho child-searchers
Find Cabin Where Boy Was suppos
ed to Have Been Held Captive for
a Time.

voyantS are still striving to locate lit
tie Cecil Britain thru the aid of psy-
chic phenomena. Two women who lay
claim to this power of insight are now
camping at Tollgate, and are incidents
ally taking a hand in the search. In
whom they describe as being still in
the vicinity and being held captive.
One claims that the boy was taken
to a sawmill and the other that he was
taken in an opposite direction to a
dugout in the timber. The peculiar
part of the story is that the hidden
cabin thus described has been found.
but careful search has failed to reveal
any signs of anyone having been there
Of late.
The clairvoyant, who located this
cabin while entranced, took a piece OF
paper and traced the route taken BY
the alleged abductors of the child,
where she said she saw the boy eating
piece of bread.
Remarkable Coincident.
Two men started with the diagram,
and to their surprise soon located the
cabin quite effectually hidden among
the trees near the bottom Of Looking
Glass canyon. This was but short
distance from where Miles Latin ac-
cidently shot himself and in the imme-
diate vicinity of where Diapers dogs
last found the trail, but there was no
evidence of any of the searchers hav-
ing been within 200 yards of the cabin.
In this connection 1t may be inter-
esting to note that Latin declared that
had he not met with an accident he
would have overtaken and captured
the child before noon the next day.
Another curious coincidence is the
now discredited story of Milt Lawler,
in which the hidden cabin was men
laws. whom he suspected of being re-
sponsible for the disappearance of the
child. The bloodhounds and Latin
We're searching in the same locality,
and the claims of the clairvoyants and
LAWYER practically coincide.
Believes kidnapping Story.
r. l.. Britain, father of Cecil, the
lost boy, has returned to Walla Walla
from Tollgate. He is sincere in the
belief that his boy has been kidnapped
and carried away, and thinks that he is
now many miles from the camp at
Tollgate, where -disa ppeared so mys-
teriously. He says that It would be
impossible, if dead. for his body to
have escaped discovery by the search
ers, so thorough and complete was
the search made of the entire terri
tory about the camp.
eff the boy had not been kidnapped"
said he, che would have been found
the day following his disappearance
with the assistance of the penitentiary
dogs. He disappeared within twenty
minutes after his arrival there, and
secured the dogs and was on the
grounds by 4 o'clock the following
morning.
Tracks are Identified.
'"The dogs had no trouble in taking
up the scent, which they followed to
the sheep camp where it was lost three
times in succession. The dogs covered
half in twenty minutes, and if the
boy had been lifted and carried away
he would have been found at an early
hour that night.
'Only one other time do I know of
the boys tracks being positively iden-
titled, and then mans tracks were
plainly beside them.
81 cannot imagine who can have the
boy, nor what their object can be for
taking him, but am firmly convinced
that Cecil is alive and we'll. The only
question is where and in whose hands.
1 want to express my heartfelt graft
itude to the people Of Walla Walla
for the interest and sympathy they
have shown, which places us under
obligations to them which we can new
err repay. We can not find words to
express our deep appreciation of their
kindness"