Evening journal., 1907-03-28
TEACHER FAILS TO
IDENTIFY men
spocIal 10 nc Evenlng Journal.

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
DOVER March 2s-With two distinct
rewards OF $1,000 each for the rctura of
his little boy without a question propound-
cd to the persons returning him for tue
money, ana with the certainty that Horace
Is alive and within the control OF a band
Of child stealers. Doctor n. N. Marvin
awaits the speclna conditions oxacted by
the captors OF Horace
lie viii probably deal directly himself
as the Plnkertos are apparently accom-
pllshing nothing other than going over
old ground
That the adbuctors had selected the spot
for the return Of little Horace aud the
deposlting Of the bag of money wus made
apparent yesterday afternoon after a
thorough investigation OF tho startling
tale OF Miss Lucy kllon, the Logan school
teacher. Miss lSillan and her graphic mar
ratlve were subjected to repeated tests but
both stood the Light and were corroboratod
by Gilbert S. Marvel, Harry KNOTS and
Henry Wright who saw the two strangers
hurrying TO or away from the lonely strip
OF woods ON "a cross roads two miles from
The Marvin farm. Tho place where tho
teacher trapped the consp.rators was un-
doubtedly the logical spot Of an Della
ware 10 pull of a real ransom deal HID
den from main roads and interviewer or
gridroned with internal roads and paths.
hits woods rs made more desirable by
access TO an abandoned house where a
boy could be easily concealed until the de-
tails were arranged
A compilation Of all the evidence Of
their reappearance. shows that they have
He'd toward the Maryland border whey
they may be grounded up at any moment
During yesterday chain Of evidence
was gathered, while the authorities set
about to scour The wilds OF Western Kent
and the Maryland border Cor a probable
camping spot or hiding place of the black
hand gang that has little Horace Marvin
ga durcss until his fathers thousands are
forthcoming.
The astonishing tale Of Miss Killons is
corrobora.ed by three substantial citl-
zens-Gnbert S. Marvel who SAW the two
slrlngers near the Marvin farm; Henry
Wright school commissioner, Of the
Logan school. where Miss Nillen teaches
and by Harry Kaotts. of Magnolia, who
met the strangers driving furiously to-
ward Magnolia. lie swcars that the men
wore dark brown fedora hats such as arc
not used about here and the dark blue
suits described by Miss kilion.
Face to face with Frank H. Butler the
man who admits he lives IN momentary
fear of arrest for completely in the adbuc-
tion of Horace Marvin. Miss Lucy killon
swore that he was not the man who held
her up near Logan's school house Tuesday
evening.
All day long the authorities prosecuted
an investigation OF Miss Killen and hei
story of the encounter with the abductors
OF Horace Marvin. whom she overheard
discussing preparatory moves toward get
ting ransom FOR the boy who was kdnap-
ped three weeks ago. She was taken ia
the exact spot where at $50 that evening
she suddenly ran into the two consplrators
discussing as though In a disagreement
the terms Of the return Of little Horace.
Thinking that the men might have been
some of those who are suspected I'm the
neighborhood. Miss Killcn was taken to
the road and Mr.. Butler and others were
passed. but she omphatically declared
that she knew all the men In that neigh
borhood and that Butler and the Others
who have been in mortal terror OF In.
detectives mistakng them for the real
abductors were decidedly not the men.