Smyrna times., 1907-05-08
LITTLE MARVIN BOY POUND SATURDAY.
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made during the morning by DR.. James
H. Wilson and DIR. W. D. Burton, of
Dover, DIR. W. F. Hoey, of Frederick,
and DR.. E. F. O'Day of Little Creek,
in the presence of the jury, the State
authorities, DIR. Marvin, the father of
the boy, and the boys brother, Howard
Marvin. The physicians found the
lungs almost clear of water and relaxe q
and more or less congested; very little
in the stomach but gas, due to decom
position, and the bladder disintegrated.
Many theories Advanced Concerning the Case.
A few p ersons have advanced the
theory that the boy mighthave lost his
bearings and wandered around for a
day or two and perished in the cold at
the place where the body was found,
but this is hardly possible for he could
have seeu the house a much greater
distance away from the spot in any di-
rection he might have taken, while
there were also other houses in sight.
Then again, if the body had lain there
it would have been disturbed by buz-
yards, whereas, there was not a mark
to indicate that anything had disturbed
it. SO the natural conclusion is that
the little fellow did Lot die there; that
his death occurred somewhere else a1d
the body was taken there after death.
How he met death, as is stated above,
is a mystery which may never be
solved, bnt this is not material point.
He may have pined away because of
being with strangers and died natural
death; he may have been chloroformed
or he may have been choked to death.
The fact that his tam-O.shanter was
pulled down clear over his face leads
some to suspect the latter theory, and
as the body was in such state of de-
composition as to hide finger marks ii
there had been any, it is not impossi-
BILE that death was caused in this man
ner. Tie belief is pretty general that,
if the boy was IN captivity, be was in
some house not very far from Bay
Meadows, but the finger Of suspicion
does not appear to be pointed definitely
to any particular person.
Father Resolves TO Return to Iowa.
The funeral of the Marvin lad took
place Sunday amid sad aud impressive
ceremonies, the body being temporar-
lily Inferred on the lawn IN front of
DIR. MarVin's residence. The next
morning while standing at the foot of
the grave the heartbroken father who
has seemingly aged ten years from the
awful suspense he has been under said :
Delaware has left its mark of sorrow
on my brow, and before the call Of au-
tumn has come hope to be back again
with my relatives and old friends In
Sioux City, Iowa. intend to sell my
place at Bay Meadows and to take the
body of little Horace back home with
me. l cannot rest in peace on the
place that has brought to me so much
sorrow, aud will be glad when quit
it. Why should l stay here? Every
thing on the place will only serve to
bring to my memory the awful fate
that my Chubby" met, and cannot
get away from it quickly enough. 1t
is true that / had planned to erect such
home as had out West, and all my
arrangements have been completed
The sudden disappearance of my lad 4
March 4, combined with the finding of
his dead body exactly 1,7OO feet from
his home, has knocked out all my
building plans, as we'll as any 9th el
that I had in mind. 1 am patiently
waiting to hear the finding of the coro.
ner's jury, aud whatever it may be I
will certainly be in accord with it.
No Poison Found in the Boys Stomach.
DR.. Robin-yesterday made the state
ment that so far he had discovered
nothing of suspicious character In th,
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