Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-11
CLUE TO LOST BOY
Marvin Child May Be Hidden in
New York.
HINT IN A LETTER RECEIVED
Police Of Three States Row After
Child's Abductors.
ALARM OUT FOR A NEGRO
All Available Facts Tend to Show Lad
Was Hurried Out Of Della
ware Northward.
ALARM OUT FOR A NEGRO

The search for Horace Marvin. jr., the
four-year-oid son Of DIR. Horace Marvin Of
Dover. Del, was suddenly shifted to New
York yesterday, through some important
development in the case. believed to have
been letter received from the kidnapers
Of the boy by the father. which Indicated
that he is being held captive in this city.
So important was the clue leading to this
city regarded by the police that Commits
sioner Bingham himself has taken charge
OF the search here for the missing boy. and
the entire force under his command spent
day of great activity. All reports on the
case were sent directly to the commits
s,oner.
Gen. Bingham was in constant telephone
communication with Superintendent Of
Police Taylor of Philadelphia and the: gov
ernor Of Delaware. who has offered, on be-
half of the state. large reward for the
kidnapers of the Marvin boy. These con-
ferences all seemed to indicate that the
hope for finding the boy rests largely with
the police of New York city.
Letter Asks a Conferences.
What is regarded by DIR. Marvin as the
most important clue that has come to him
about his vanished boy, reached him yes
terday in letter from I. A. Odell of 122
East 1O2d street, this city, who requests
that Dr. Marvin come to New York for q
conference with him today at hotel
named, between the hours of in the morn
ing and $50 in the afternoon.
Ode1l says in his letter received at Dover
yesterday that his information Is so i'm
portant that he cannot trust 1t to letter,
but he gives such an accurate description
of Horace Marvin that Miles Standish, DIR.
Marvin'S brOther-in-law, telephoned to
Commissioner Bingham and asked him to
have the clue run out, and it was stated
last night that DR.. Marvin may come to
New York for an interview with Odell
The letter from Odell is in line with the
clue furnished first by Lewis Holmes Of
Harlem
Dr.. Harvey W. Marvin, a stepbrother of
the missing boy. who has been searching
here for a trace of Horace. yesterday re-
ceived an important message from his
father, which caused quick change in his
plans. and he left the Broadway Central
Hotel without stating his destination.
Kidnapers Threaten Harm.
1t is believed that the kidnapers have
threatened harm to the boy lin their pos
session should the father allow 1t to be
known that he has received letter from
them, and that the police are working to
throw them Off by pretending that they
have given up the search in New York, or
that they suspect the boy is really being
held in some other city, while. in fact. re-;
doubling their efforts to trace the boy
here through information furnished by the
father from the kidnaperS letter.
The police of Delaware, Philadelphia and
New York are confident that the boy was
taken out of the state and is being held
either in New York or Philadelphia, or near
one of these cities, and their efforts are
focused upon an attempt to. trap the kid
napers into revealing the whereabouts of
the boy.
Last night the following general alarm
was sent out from city hall In Philadel-
phia to all the police of that city, and the
New York police were also notified of the
alarm:
Look out for negro, six feet, ugly scar
across right cheek. abnormally large nose
and lips, two teeth missing from front of
mouth Supposed to have been kidnaper of
Horace Marvin. Came here from Dover,
DEL last Tuesday morning.