Evening journal., 1907-04-24
BUTLER ARRESTED
IN MARVIN CASE
Taken Into Custody While on the Steamer
John P. Wilson, and Protests Innocence.
Hearing This Afternoon
sneclal to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
DOVER. Del, April 24-At last an ar
rest has been made in the mysterious case
Of the disappearance of four-year-old
Horace Marvin. son Of DIR. Horace Marvin
Of near kits Hammock
When the steamer John F. Wilson ar
rived at Lebanon to-day from Philadel-
phia. on board were Frank II. Butler a
deck hand, and several detectives Butler
had been arrested while the boat was well
within Delaware waters
The warrant charged him with being
suspected of the murder of the boy. The
arrest was made by State Detectives Haw-
l1irs and Frank j. Lore, New Jersey
detective. Butler and the party left for
Dover at once where he was held for a
hearing before Magistrate Wood
seys He is Innocent.
Butler who had been forewarned Of his
impending arrest, took the matter coolly
and was taken into state-room No. g.
where he was subjected to a trying exam
nation by the two detectives. during
which he stoutly maintained his inno-
cencc.
what do you want with meG' he cried.
If took the lad away in a bag before God
do not know it."
From 4So o'clock this morning until
Lebanon was reached, nearly five hours
later, Butler was under cross FIRE In the
mann he stuck to his original story told
to the Pinkertons shortly after the Mar
win boy disappeared Finally he was asked
to repeat the story he told to both Dr.
Marvin and the detectives who were at
work on the case the week following
March T.
Butler Repeats His Story.
Il was working for Charlie WoodalL"
he said. helping him move on March 4.
Besides myself. there was Virgin and
caldwell and we We're removing wheat
screening from tho place. We had three
teams. and when we left the boy was sit-
ting on a haystack about fifteen feet from
the barn from which loaded my team.
After we had left and. gone distance of
about a quarter of mile Howard Mar
vim. the eO-year-old son Of Dr. Marvin
came running up to our team and asked
if we had seen little Horace Caldwell ana
myself who were on one team told him
that the boy was sitting on the haystack
when we LETT
Ths i'm the main is the story told by the
prisoner to at least five detectives.
Caldwell had stated that at 10 o'clock on
the morning Of March 4 Woodail Butler
virgin and himself were working near the
corl.crib on the Marvin place. According
10 Caldwell Butler was ordered to take
one of the three teams and go to the barn
and load up wheat screenings in bags.
Mysterious Fourth Bag.
This ne did, leaving the other three
men at the corncrib, a distance Of two
hundred yards from the barn. Ten
minutes after this Coldwell declares he
went over to the barn. Butler had the
foam hacked into 'rn and Cald-
we'll is positive in his assertion that
Horace Marvin was not on the hay
stack when he approached the barn
to Join Butler.
Entering the .arn, Caldwell says he
found that Butler had loaded three
bags containing screennAsa ~-- --- team.
These were united at Inc I'D, but a
fourth bag, which remained on the
barn floor. lButler told him contained
corks such as are used by fishermen
for their nets. This bag. Caldwell told
on the wagon. 1t appeared to very
heavy Weighing he estimated, about
ffty-fve pounds. He remarked to But
Ter that it was rather heavy, and says
the latter replied laughingly that he
packed it tight
This bag, which was tied securely
at its mouth was placed on the tall
board of the wagon. After it was p'ac-
ed aboard Caldwell says he asked But
Ter to drive. but that the latter replied
that he did not care to and would
much rather ride on the back of the
wagon. During the journey Of this
wagon. this bag, the one supposed to
contain corks. disappeared, and not
until one week later did it turn up at
Charlie Woodal's place.
On the vessel on which Butler was
brought accompanied by Detective
Frank J. Lore and Alonza d. Wood