Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-31

ing to Dover. He thought the child might
have gone there, having noticed wagons
passing. Then II was thought that per-
haps the little fellow had wandered on and
that he was At some neighbor's house.
There was little dinner eaten at the Marvin
home. and The wonder was what had b
come OF Horace"
The father had suspicious, but he did
not announce them at that minute. When
what he considered 20 be the proper mo-
ment came soon afterward Word was
sent to all the neighboring houses that the
littlest boy OF the newcomer, the DOCTOR
had suddenly disappeared. HAD anyone
seen him7" was the query all around But
there was no trace, not the slightest ray
OF hope for the father, who stood ready to
head the party that was soon organized TO
give the country a cleanup. About fifty
men Joined in a search that began early IN
the afternoon and was not concluded either
when night fell The country roundabout
was open and the work was easy there.
The little streams and creeks were given a
thorough searching. Most OF them were
frozen over, and II seemed almost impos-
sibie for a grown person, much less a
child. to have broken the ice and fallen In.
Even the holes In the marsh IN front OF the
house, II was claimed, could not have been
broken into by child The searchers felt
that they had done a careful job and Il
was long after country supper hours when
they had finished. The strangest thing in
all this search, made quickly after the dis
appearance, Is that not the slightest clew
was obtained.
Says Boy Was kidnapped.
MY child has been kidnapped" declared
DR.. Marvin. 1.-THE child has been stolen,
undoubtedly" There was no reason ad-
vanced by the father for this theory, and
he has adhered TO Il right along, when
some one declared that the childs body
would be found in a sink hole.
In discussing the fact that the people at
large do not seem to recognize his boy was
a mere child, DR.. Marvin said: II want
personally TO investigate every clue myself.
! II may be the business OF a detective TO
ferret out crime. but he could not work
/ as have worked. Horace was my baby,
| and my love for him will not let me over
work or disregard a single clue. visited
persons in Philadelphia who had written
| me that they had seen my boy In nearly
every case the boy they saw was or Z
! years old. Although the news OF his loss
has been spread throughout the country,
people do not seem to realize that Horace
is mere baby. They believe him to be
/ older than he Is"
Thus was the world made acquainted
with one OF the most famous cases of child
disappearance that has occurred for over
! forty years There is a strong hint Of
family disagreement or a hidden some
thing that threatens to bob up some time
or other and confront the doctor.
Motive NecesSary to Crime.
! What is the motive for the disappearance
OF little Horace Marvin? In all great
! crimes, IL this should be one there must
be reason. Was DR.. Marvin's money at
stake? Time will tell. When DR.. Horace
! Marvin went from Sioux City, with a good
reputation and kind words from his neigh
bors, he took with him about 5000 OF
this sum he is represented as paying out a
good portion OF $500 for the Inflated
Woodall farm. He had visited Dover on
previous occasions while looking for an
eligible location. He came 20 be regarded
in his new locality as a man of wealth.
When a man gets $4,000 in that section of
the country most folk think he should re-
tire. AS the doctor was all along the bay
shore in his searches, he no doubt was a
marked man In some localities.
This might furnish the theory for kid
mapping The Pinkerton detectives went
over the same ground that the industrious
farmers did. failed to find trace OF the
child. and instantly they abandoned fine
theory of death being caused by accident
For a week all those on the case decided
that the child was stolen. The only at
tributed motive lay in the facts as recited.
In the Charley Ross case the matter was a
mystery as to motive until July g. 1874,
| when a personal appeared in the Phfla-
delphia Ledger asking the father, Chris
tian X. Ross, IF he would treat for the
return OF his child" II he was agreeable
he was told to reply in the Evening Star.
He did so. Eventually the kldnaperse de-
manded 10000 for the return Of the child.
In the Marvin case the situation has
been entirely different. No real demand for
ransom has been made. No person wanted
any sum OF money excepting the usual col
lection Of cranks who drift into a case of
this kind
A kidnapping theory was most largely
dealt in during the two weeks past In and
around Dovor. While at first glance II
might have seemed dificult to steal from
the woods TO the haystack, because men
were busy there ana were not watching
the child, the scheme is said to be easy.
In the seven minutes Rosy was absent IN
the house getting John, Horace could have
wandered into the woods been easily cap
tured by person in hiding and then car
rted either TO the bay shore. three-fourths
OF mile away, or some creek, where a
small boat could readily put out to a sloop
in the bay. The Woodall fishing house
and the fishing house on the beach on Bay
Meadow farm had both been used recently.
Besides two strange men had been seen
In the vicinity
Delaware Says death for All"
Every EFFORT will be made by the state
OF Delaware 70 recover children stolen by
kidnapers either now or at a future time.
But in no case. while he is in power, will
Governor Lea consent to immunity for the
abduotors themselves. or any one in col
fusion with them In any form whatever
Governor Lea says that the first consid-
GRAFTON should be to get the child back,
but he maintains the Incorporating at
titude that nothing must be spared to up
hold the sanctity and safety OF childhood
within the borders OF Delaware, Henry r.
johnson, an authority on Delaware law
says an attorney negotiating for a kid
naper Is an accessory after the fact, and
under the Delaware law he must suffer