The Washington herald., 1907-05-05


Horace Marvin, jr., son of the kits
HummoeS, Del, physician, whose body
was found In a marsh third Of mile
from the fathers home this afternoon,
just two months to the day from the date
Of the tots mysterious disappearance.
At least such is the statement made by
the Dover officials late tonight
CleWs which the detectives have been
following swiftly since the finding Of the
body are pointing consistently to a man
We'll known TO the father OF the dead boy.
and it is the general belief in Dover to-
night that the now famous Marvin kid
mapping mystery-second only in interest
TO the famous Charlie Ross case-is near
a Solution
Tonight the body of the four-year-old
victim Of one OF the cruelest tragedies
ever perpetrated in Delaware lies in a
room IN the fathers house, water-soaked
and begrimed with marsh slime the
physieian-father having forbade its being
touched until the coroner and attorney
general, Robert H. Richards. arrive to-
morrow TO- hold the inquest, which is ex-
pected to show the methods by which
the childs death was wrought So far.
no announcement has been made at Dr.
Marvin's home other than that the grief
stricken father is confident that his child
was a victim Of foul play no cxamina-
tion has been made. and il is not known
whether the child was strangled. starved,
CIubbed TO death, or drowned
Body Not Long on Farm.
one fact has been established. however,
and that is that the body has not lain
more than three days on the spot where
it was found to-day
Earlier in the search for the missing
child, the scene of the finding of the
body was thoroughly gone over. A month
ago the marsh grass over the spot was
burned, and when found to-day in a pool
of water, caused by last nights rain, the
body rested on tufts Of burned grass, yet
neither it nor the child's clothing was
ssorched. Early in the week employees Of
DIR. Marvin ran a new fence within three
yards of the spot where the body was
found. The remains were not there then.
The whole State Of Delaware is aroused
over the find. Capt. James NJ. Satterfield.
the new attorney general for the central
IULlANs j. uEtf4ElllltU LlldL LIlt case EflEil
be sifted to the very bottom, and with
this end in view, he advised Coroner Cal
laWay and Deputy Coroner Pritchett in
their work Of summOning the very best
jury that Delaware can produce.
Officials Begin work.
Meantime Dr. L. A Il Bishop. the
physician selected by Attorney General
Satterheld 70 make the post mortem. upon
learning the details, Immediately com
municated with Dr. Theodore R. Wolfe,
the State chemist at Newark, who will
make a chemical analysis tomorrow
\ score Of witnesses will be heard and
from the personnel Of the coroners Jury
there is no question but that arrests will
De ordered the minute they find the
slightest clew. Detective Frank J. Lore,
Of New Jersey, viii also be asked to at
tend 10 give the result OF his investiga-
tions. on which he brought about the
arrest OF the farmland and boatman,
Frank H. Butler, about ten days ago.
The jury was completed late tonight,
and is composed of the following citizens:
Eldad L. Clarke, foreman Of the present
grand jury; William @. Postles. former
mayor Of Dover; former Commissioner
Benjamin NJ Moore Assemblyman Hearn
Taylor. Houston A CuIbreth. Franklin
Temple. Dr James Martin. Jury COmmis-
sioner John c. Hopkins, Capt Thomas
MunCey~ Gilbert S, Marvel, Nathaniel
Lynch, and r. o. P. Wilson.
The jury will meet, organize, and hold
the inquest at the Marvin farm, Bay
Meadows.
Father Issues Statement.
There Is very little for me 10 say to-
night" said Dr. Marvin, in my hour OF
great gloom and unspeakable suspense.
The whole American people. and particu-
larry the press of the country. to which /
cannot express thanks enough, labored
night and day 10 find my boy, He is found
now, the same little boy. the same little
clothing that We loved so much and tied
and bundled up for him that bitter cold
day in which he went to play in the hay
stack, but never stayed out for longer
than fifteen minutes.
we found him to-day in a little shall
low pool, hardly enough water to cover
his little face, which was downward. and
nowhere near the great bay, where we
thought his body might have been thrown.
However We have him and shall lay
his little body 10 rest in the grave. The
awful horror of not knowing. day OF
night, where the little fellow was. whether
in torture or privation, is not now upon
us.
Wants state 10 Investigate.
If his little life has been taken in the
peace of God, by foul hands. afraid Of
the death penalty for kidnapping If
caught with the boy on their hands, then
that is a matter for the State Of Delaware
TO consider not for me. If such could be
true, how hideous the nightmare of the
perpetFator
Prom my observations as a physician
] think the boy had not been dead over
two weeks, and probably not that long,
Until We had moved the little fellow 70
the house, there was almost no diScOlOTa-
ton. and the flesh was solid. The State
OF Delaware. I am confident, will not
shirk the slightest duty. II has been
most considerafe and prompt through all
my anguish
Two theories obtained in Dover Tonight
The first is that little Horace Marvin was
killed accidentally-the victim Of criminal
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