Evening journal., 1907-03-12
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MARVIN FARM TODAY
They Take Seri.
OusIy the Clue That Baby
May Be in Canada
SENSATIONAL LETTERS
FLOOD MARVIN MAIL

by our Own Wire publishers' Press
DIVER, March 12-With two scfe "a
olleers working on two widely differs
lns theories the mystery surroundings
tne disappearance "a week ago Monday
or the four-year-old son OF Dr. Horace
~ Marvin has not cleared a particle.
sensational letters. telcgrams ami
communications of various natures ara
pouring In on the half frantic father
ana the state authorities, many Of
them Offering 10 return the MISSING
boy for stipulated uansoms.
Most OF these letters are undoubfediv
written by cranks and sensation soekl
ers but at least one is taken seriously.
This Is the communication Forwarded
to the State officials by Charles Tam
nembaum. a member OF the Sheldon
Detective Agency. lu this letter the
head OF the detective agency admit,
having received from the kldnappers
OF the Marvin child letter asieins
Iannembaum to become am inter-
mediary and 10 bring ,he reward de-
manded ito the Canadlln border wherd
the boy would be turned over TO hini
unhamed Tannembaum at once CONS
munlcated with former State Detective
Francis, as told IN these dispatches
yesterday, and the lead is being fol-
lowed to-day
Meanwhile the force OF Pinkertons
engaged on the case ANA working nrom
the Marvin home as a base. are TODAY
proceeding on an entirely different
tack. To-day a small army OF volun-
teers under their direction Is engageI
Ia moving the great hay stack near
whore the missing boy was last seen.
In view of the lack OF clues super
intendeni Damatoi OF the pinkcrtons
insists that the child has not been
kidnapped but has been drowned I'M ths
marshes or stumbled into some we'll
or cistern
This mornings mail brought Dr.
1 Marvin a postal card demanding $4,000
for the return OF his sor. The wrtlnr
was poor and the words were mis-
spelled. No Importance Whatever is
attached TO the card which was poet
marked Philadelphia. The message
read: II am Abel 20 return u =.
Tor $1,000. Don't worry. He
| and we'll
Or. Marvin Wealthy
Dr. Marvin Is undoubtedly a weaN
man. so far as wealth Is estimated h
these sections. He owns a ranch in
South Dakota whore cattle are bred.
raised and fattcd. This Industry IS his
hobby and he has just closed negotia-
tions TO have blooded cattle shipped to
his new Delaware Bay farm which
he has christened "Bay Meadows" by
the hundred head. Horses are also
10 be raised there. feeding up on tha
rich grass In summer and marsh hay
ana provender raised elsewhere on tho
big farm through the winter. In these
operations. Dr. Marvin is to be assist
! ed by his second son, Howard. who Is
also an agricultural college graduats
besides holding diplomas for comple-
tion OF e regular college course.
The farm. Bay Meadows, is peculiarly
situated for a kidnapping. Upon ths
east IL Is bounded by mile and a half
expanse OF marsh or soft meadow
land. Upon the West there Is stretch
ing out 10 the public road a lane nearly
a mile Ions. To the north is a patcn
Of thick woods and to the south. open
country upon which figures could be-
seen for over a mile
Fortunately for the kidnappers. lf
the boy is kidnapped. the marsh land
was frozen over and would undoubtedly
have horne the weight OF one or two
men az once, except where muskrats
or beavers had cut holes in the Tee
ana left airhoies lf The child had
wandered away and become begged or
swallowed up In one OF these air.
holes. he win doubtless never be dis
covered, although practically nobody
comedies that he could have gotten that
far away from the house. the width oc
a very broad field. within the period
OF fifteen minutes that he was missed.
The kidnappers could have secreted
themselves in an old, and Abandoned
building. Of story -and-a-han JUST
beside the stackyard where the two
little children had been playing in tho
straw. Watching for the older one 20
leave. the stealers could have then
caught up the child ana darted north
ward. to get behind the strip of wood.
and the tot. securely covered by a trav-
cling mans overcoat. end under tho
arm, thus wrapped, would never have
been discovered.