The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
SUSPECTS NEIGHBORS
DR.. H. Y. Marvin Discusses
Sons Disappearance.
EXPRESSES OPINION FREELY
Father Says He Believes Persons
Living Near "Bay Meadows Were
Asks for Warrant to Search All
Houses at Kits HummOek.

Special 70 The Washington Herald,
Dover. March le-Dr. II. y Marvin,
father Of the four-year-oId bay, Horace
n Marvin. jr-, who disappeared under
such mysterious circumstances on Mon
day. a week ago tomorrow, talked freely
of his suspicious to-day for the first time
since the boy has been missing. II is Dr
Marvins expressed opinion that persons
living near Bay Meadows were CON
cerned in the kidnapping OF the boy.
In consonance with his idea of the mat
ter. DR. Marvin to-day made a demand on
Sheriff HartHett Of Kent County, for a
wholesale search warrant permitting the
scrutiny Of all the houses At Kits Hum
mock, beach resort less than Two miles
along the shore from the Marvin farm
This paper is quite beyond the scope Of
any of the laws OF Delaware. in the
judgment of Sheriff Hartnett. who ac-
cordingly percmptorily refused TO issue
so sweeping "a warrant.
One Family Mt Kits Hummock.
Dr. Marvin then urged that one Of his
detectives should be made a deputy
sheriff, that such search might be
made. but this, too. was refused Only
one family is living at Kits Hummoak
at present this being the family Of
Charlie Woodan Altogether eighteen
houses are scattered along the beach ut
Kits Hummock, but seventeen are
vacant
WoodalI is the man from whom Dr
Marvin bought his farm. which has since
been named Bay Meadows" The doctor
agreed TO pay for the SO acres in the
place, and the stock on il other than
horses, $500 He bought Il, paying
down on the purchase price $1,000 and
agreeing to pay a balance of upward OF
H0)0 on April / The rest OF tho 17ND
is represented by a widows irredeemable
dover amounting to nearly S2,500, an
equity In the place which cannot be dis
turbed.
II is apparent from these figures that if
Dr. Marvin should now be forced to give
up his bargain, he stands to lose the
$1,000, while Woodall might by right and
title hold on to the money he has re-
ceived. In the one house occupied at
Kits HummOck, Woodall his wife their
son and a daughter, and Frank Butler
we're found to-day.
Thinks DIR. Marvin VIII Move.
When I was i'm Dover yesterday" said
WoodaH, in talking of the kidnapping
case, &C G. Wright. the oyster revenue
collector. told me that I had better look
out, as somebody had telegraphed 10 town
to watch the WoOdalls 1t is the most
ridiculous thing that l ever heard of in
my life I don't seq hoW DIR Marvin
and his folks can stay in that house
now after losing the boy, ana they
strangers here
Butler, who is working for Woodan.
said that from the time the boy disap-
peared he had been looking for trouble.
4 suppose they'll get after me-" said
Butler, Just because I was the last to
see the boy alive; but if the yarrest me
I'll make them pay for IT,
Detective Hawkins has looked askance
at the kidnapping from the beginning Of
his quest.
Pittsburg Police Follow CIew.
Pittsburg. March 1O-Two men. evi-
IDENTIFY Italians, having with them A boy
about four years old. went from Pitts
burg to Rankin. eight miles up the
Monongahela River. on a street car
time the Pittshurg police have been
working steadily in an effort to can
ture the trio. believing that the child is
Horace n. Marvin, jr., who was kid
mapped from his home at Kits Ham
mock. Del. last Monday
The description of the boy furnished
to the detectives by the conductor of
the street car tallies with the missing
child In every detail. The attention Of
the conductor was called to the trio
because Of the childs light blond hair
being in such contrast to the swarthv
compilations of the two men The lit
tie ones eyes were red from CRYING
and he seemed very unwilling to be I'm
the company Of the men. The party
left the ear at Rankin There Is a
large Italian colony there
IN Carte Lunch Served Daftv