Evening journal., 1907-03-15
YOUTH IN WEST
NOT MARVIN CHILD
Parents Indignant When Ar.
rested in Utah on Suspl.
ciOn Of kidnapping
BURNING BRUSH TO-DAY
in SEARCH OF LAD
By Our C1vn wire. PubiIsher,' pre.r.


women and a man were taken from q
southbound train here last night. tho
police believing that child IA thelu
custody was the missing son OF Or.
Horace Marvin. OF Dover. At the
police station the suspects promptly
exonerated themselves and they were
then released. 1t was developed that
the trio had been followed all the way
from Chicago by private detectives and
that tho latter gave the tip which
caused the travellers 30 much annoy
anco
Special to the Evening Journal
DOVER March 15-Fire was emplov-
ed to-day as it was yesterday iul clear
ing the way for the searchers. Or.
Marvin IS resolved to spare none Of tha
valuable timber IN theulsk that the
body Of his hoy may be overlooked.
The underbrush was set ahre at a
point near the house care having been
taken that the wind would not carry
the flames toward the building. and the
iifty or more faumers who have for
nearly a week tirelessly helped the
detectives. marced in long lire bacr
of the cracking flames. which left a
o'7ckeuol waste ga fhtir rear on which
nothing could cscape the eye
While some Of the rinkerton mem
were engaged, others took up this
nmnlns. tntlf pdr.ui. o. several ci.es
which promise to PLACES them on tho
track OF the captors OF the missing
child. What these clues arc. cannot
be gained from the detectives. volum-
nous reports from men In the agency's
employ have been coming IN 10 Dimaio
the Baltimore superintendent who has
charge Of the case, however. and it
win not cause surprise II in few days
word Of an arrest comes from some
city or town in Dclf~'are or a nearby
state
I.ate last night Governor Lea and
superintendent Dimaio held confer
enee ~ The hotel at which the Governor
IS staying. Various asepcts OF the
case were considered. ard Dimaio turn
ed over 10 the Governor several hun
drod letters received by Dr. Marvin.
Some OF these were poruscd by tha
Governor. but mono are thought TO have
any important bearing On the kidnap-
ping
he Pinkerions are mysteriously busy
to-day on the long distance telephone
and Detective Dimaio has adopted
dashing methods indicative or SUCCESS
I'm lils boy hunt across tho continent.
IIehas not time even to answer n
question. A New York newspaper has
sent ont am extra detail OF men to ind
the boy and, II possible, bring him
back To- the Marvin farm al night The
query OF What's the news from the
boy" is becoming monotonous through
lower delaware and everybody has to
stop and talk about t.
Authorities who recall the Hass abb
duction last June, I'm this State Just
below Viola, arc now regretting that
the State did not take vigorous action
at that time 10 apprehend the abduc-
tors. The Haas family-August and
Amelia Haas-werc occupying their
country home near Petersburg. with
their little adopted daughter Annie
Hazelman. 10 years old. when an au-
tomobile dashed up the lane. during the
absence Of Haas and a swarth man
-swept out and seized Mrs Haas. while
his woman companion broke into the
house. Little Annie hid IN the pantry.
hut the woman bagged her head ana
stined her out the child was hustled
onto the waiting conveyance and away
t dashed while the child shriekcdl
"Help me, Mother, help met"
The state made no vigorous attempt
to punish the abductors for it has since
ascertained that the woman lddnapper
was the child's real mother and the
Delaware kidnapping law entirely ex-
f..f..
which. TO others, is the galiows.