Evening journal., 1907-03-11
Ignoring Kidnapping Theory.
SleuthS Again Search Mar
win Farm
FRESH CLUE COMES
FROM NEW YORK TOWN
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DOVER March .l-Dr. Marvin.
father Of the four-yer-oid ehld uaosa
mysterious disappearance from .ha
Marvin farm week seo to-cay has
hahled ths State autheiHes. tae pink.
ertons and the po'ice 81 an the lar-s
e'siern cities to-ray received word
lloin IT, A. Barber of Mechiuicsvuie.
Glow
Nr Barber writes thai on last Wci-
nesdaN % man ANA Worn. having with
'hen young boy called at his honia
at 10 o'clock ln the evening seeking
lodgings and declaring thlt they could
not stop nt one OF the ciiy hotels Ila
took them in ana they left tie nest
mornins on the 5.t5 u m. trlln for
Boston,
Dr. Marvin has decided TO send thu
Information to tho Boston police a.-
plrtmeut
superintendent Damio. cf the pint-
/ crions. who has charge OF the casa
/ Tor the state, to-day BEGAN a thoronrh
search OF The Marvin fnrm The pink-
/ erton's are evidently ignoring the kid
/ mapping theory ana eXncct to nnd the
] chid's body in the marsh Miles
sipndish. brother-ln-llw to Or Mar
/ vim has returned 10 New York city
The heavy snow OF yesterday re-
] ctrictod the work OF the pinkertons
to-day TO the many rambling OUT
houses and the hay stacks. To-mor-
roV the country side folks win ha
c1hed In as volunteers and every inch
! of the marsh land gone over.
/ state Detective Hawkins and tho
! Pmkertons are not placing much reil-
ance uron the dispatches from Pitte-
burg and New York that the missing
Il child has been seen I'm those cities.
They believe that if The child had been
kidnappd he Is held by some one of
the oystermen or fishermen who ara
numerous on the Delaware Bay shore.
Evidence Other Than Family's
! Mrs. standish ard Howard Marvin.
u and Mrs. Howard Marvin. the iatters
WIFE, had apparently Investigated and
had the correct time and estimates
concerning a very potent feature Of tho
child's disappearance
IL Is that the Marvin family ana
housohold members were not alone on
Bay Meadow farm last Monday morn
ing when the child disappeared.
This is considered n most essential
element, as It practically clears the
family Of a lot of gossip that might
originate In the community or among
the commentators of the outer world.
Three other men were IN sound OF tha
child's voice when his taking off oc-
curred
Charles w. Woodall retiring ownar
Of Bay Meadows. and his two negro
farm hands were almost on the sno.
moving out some phosphate and corn
from the little outbuildings nearest tho
straw stackyarl Here comes a mos.
material point OF evidences
The ch''d could not have walked or
run FAR over the frozen ground in mr.
teen minutes.
II took just thirty minutes 20 load
wagon with corn and because OF the
fricid weather the men had TO work
fast Ond crook no delay
1hey saw little Horace and tho girl
-denoting Horace as The boy with
the golden hair Cittle Johns is
black. They saw Horace go through
the fence Of the stackyard when they
had one wagon half loaded ana had 40
move n. It took them fifteen minutes
To- finish loading and start away. just
as they had started down the lane, the
girls and Howard's cry of boy LOST
were heard.
Governor Lea is Concerned
Discussing the case Governor Lea
says:
There Is no one In an Delaware moro
Interested. nor should there be, than
I am, IN getting some trace Of the Mar
win lad. II IS the most remarkable case
that ] have ever read OF. For almost
a week now our officers have been rum
ming out clews galore In al parts OF
the country, but none have proven OF
the slightest value. / am frank to say
that judging from reports 1 have re-
ceived. I do not place any faith in tho
much -talked-of fishing sloop. A careful
inspection of che Jersey side Of tho
Delaware from a point down stream.
where the sloop was presumably last
lseen. UP as far as Gloucester City.
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