The Washington herald., 1907-05-06

Dover Del. May 5.-The body Of little
Horace n. Marvin, jr., for whom the po-
lice and press Of two continents searched
in vain for two months. was laid in the
grave under a waving plum tree on the
lawn OF Bay Meadows al sunset this
evening. This site near the farmhouse
was selected because his father wants
70 spend the remaining days Of his life
near him. where ne can place flowers and
little tributes Of remembrance on his
grave.
The medical men selected to make the
autopsy found that the boy had not been
drowned; that he had been dead from
four weeks to two months: that his
body was in a remarkable state Of preser-
vation; that his death was not due to
violence other than poison or suhocation;
that his stomach was entirely empty. and
that starvation might have been me
cause
The autopsy was adjourned 20 allow Dr..
Alfred Robyn, the bacteriologist who ac-
oompanied Attorney General Richards 10
the scene. TO take the stomach and make
an exhaustive chemical analysis.
Think Death Accidental.
A prevailing theory is that the boy met
accidental death. and after being hidden
in box or sack was taken back on the
farm and thrown into the little partly
hidden pool
Dimaio, the Pinkerton representative
here, expressed the belief that the little
fellow wandered across the farm and fell
! through an air hole in the ice.
In the presence Of crowd OF about
1890 people, which thronged every corner
Of the Marvin farm, Coroner Galloway
swore in his jury at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. The inquest was held in a lirtls
shed.
/ DR.. Horace Marvin was the first Wit
ness Standing beside the body of his
little boy. he swore that Il was that
OF his lost child. Oliver Pleasanton
next testified TO the incidents OF finding
the boys body. Then the coroner turned
over the body 10 Capt. James N. Satter-
field, prosecuting attorney for this coun-
", and he placed 1t in charge Of DR..
James II. Wilson, secretary Of the Farm
hurst Hospital The coroner discharged
the jury until further notice
The autopsy star met Immediately and
the work Of the autopsy began.
The autopsy lasted nearly three hours.
! II viii take a week for Bacteriologist
Robyn. who is the most important mem
Der Of the autopsy staff, 70 reach a find-
ing. He left Dover for Wilmington TO-
night, carrying the little fellows intes-
tines in a sealed Jar.
Pathetic Scene Witnessed.
There was a pathetic scene to-day when
Undertaken ". l. Pritchett, in the pres
ence Of the coroner's jury. cut from little
/ Horace Marvin's body the clothing Three
little undressed dolls, each four inches
| long. were taken from the pocket OF his
i Buster Brown" suit and laid on the
operating table beside the body. The
paint on their faces was pale from much
kissing.
-Four pennies. green With long INNER
sion IN water. a little handkerchief. blue
with dye from his pocket. and one tiny
blue mitten lay on the rude boards be-
side the dolls.
These inanimate things. the sole treas
ures of the boy, had been taken from his
/ pockets. AS Coroner Galloway spread
| the little store Of tr!hes and called them
of TO H. c. Taylor. secretary Of the coro-
ner's jury. his voice wavered, and a tear
wandered furtively down his cheek.
At the corner OF the shed, around which
/ hundreds Of men and women crowded.
/ seven-year-old Rose Standish Horace
/ Marvin's cousin and playmate, strained
/ her troubled eyes for view OF the body
/ that was half hidden by the sheets. She
/ was receiving her first lesson in the real
/ sorrows of the world. Not far away, six
year-Old John Marvin. the dead boys
| brother, wandered curiOusly about the
/ hundreds Of horses and carriages that
/ gave to the Marvin farm the aspect of a
county fair.
! The coroner's jury pOndered gravely FIVE
/ hours, and decided that, IN this case, see
/ Ing was not believing. They must have
further proof
Father Sun in Doubt.
1T may be-" said DR.. Marvin. that
| Horace wandered of alone 20 the marsh
and there persisted by drowning or ex-
posure. but I have not yet been satisfied
how the body could have remained hidden
while that particular part OF the farm
was searched, not merely once, but a
dozen times. And yet-and yet The
troubled voice broke. The kindly eyes be-
hind the spectacles shimmered in tears.
It needed no clairvoyant to know that he
saw a vision OF his lost boy freezing
or drowning In the bog; that he heard
the terror-laden voice calling Papa,
papa" through the Icy suffering OF that
terrible day. For that, It now seems GER
tain, was how death came to little Hor-
ace Marvin.
IN the general search that followed the
boys disappearance. DR. Marvin. his son
Howard and HowsTds wife Mrs Stand
ish, Dr. MarYins motheT-in-laW, Mrs.
Flora Smith. and several farm hands
Joined
Most of these ran down the road leading
toward the bay. Others hurried up che
road that leads 20 Dover. Only Mrs
Standish crossed the wheat field in the
direction Of the pool where the body was
found yesterday
Unfortunately, she went only 10 the edge
Of the wheat field. about so feet from the
pool Had she gone a few yards farther Il
is possible that the heart-breaking search
and its CHASTITY end might not have been.
It is now reasonably certain that Horace
Marvin was on, or in, the marsh while
his aunt swept the field with her anxious
gaze.
Hidden by CIump of Trees.
a clump of trees between her and the
swamp and q fringe of bushes also pre-
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