The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-09
NO TRACE FOUND
OF k|DNAP PEO BOY
Abductors Of Little Horace Mar
win Have Disappeared in
Thin Air.
STATE HAS OFFERED $4,000
Lads Father Says He Has Not
Offered 100000 for Child's
Return.

DOVER, DEL, March s.--The first
real substantial assistance that has
been given DR. Marvin in his search
for his lost boy, who was kidnapped
on Monday. and the first real note OF
warning TO abductors in the state Of
Delaware has come from the Lcgisla-
turc.
sitting yesterday morning within
eight miles of the spot from whence
little Horace Marvin disappeared. with
every member present, the Legislature
suspended all rules, formed itself into
Committee of tho Whole. recon-
mendcd and passed n bill. which wOs
turned over to the Governor for sig
nature this morning, appropriating
81, 900 for the employment of first
class detectives at once, to be put on
the now famous case
Turned Over Stacks.
To-day there were several new de-
velopments Chief State Detective
Hawkins was at the Marvin farm early
and insisted on doing what many have
wondered had hitherto been neglected.
Before VIC scour the country any
further" he said "wc Will go to wo.Is
5n this farm and topple over every
straw stack and fodder rick, and be
quick about IT."
There was no concerted movement
and the detective jumped In his car
rjage and went to Kits Hammock
and the neighborhood and got force
Of mon, which in remarkably shor,
time had the ricks and stacks dis
mantled, tumblcd down and rakcd out
fine over a space of many yards Thor
ne detective threw up his hands ir
ati tnspair, jumped in his carriage, hur.
ed to Dover for square meal
hanged carriage and dress and pre-
Dared for a midnight expedition some
where.
Father Joins Search.
Meantime DR.. Marvin had startef
out on an excursion Of his own, doins
come detective work, in which he dit
not taAe anybody into counsel. He evci
did not stop to converse after Il warn
greeting with his brothcr-in-la
Myles Stendlsh the New England pub
Usher who met him while driving II
the lane just arriving from New York
Where DR.. Marvin went IL not yer
well know, for he told nobody. bu
1t Is believed that he was following
tie track given him by clairvoyan
this morning. The father OF the miss
ing boy IS leaving nothing undone tina
promises to aid in the solution Of tn
mystery.
TO this end, at the earnest solicita
ton of personE In the neighborhon'
le+,rhaS consulted CIdiTNosdHl VIZ
some reputation for solving mystcrit
and delving into the past and futur
1t was very much against his hclinf
ZION aa he takes no stock In clail
voyants, but what he learned M
strengt ned his belief in the theol
tina, IN, boy was taken by the I"
strangers. The clairvoyant told u
doctor that he saw tall man "earit
a long coat emerge from an old nous
seize a little boy (whom he DESCRIBED
and run away with him towards wal
that was not far from the scene or u
abduction.
The Two Strange Men.
This story. to a certain extent II
r.Iation TO one that is now pref
generally believed, to the erect I'll
,yo strange men are concerned IN
tidnaning and the State detectiV
are tracing their movements. IT w
last sunday morning that these stran
ers took breakfast at the capltai faot
In this city They were not aga
seen here About noon on Sundf
however, Mrs, Charles w. Wooda
wife of the former owner of the Ma
vim farm, saw them going In and Q
OF hunting lodge on the bay sho
owned by Mr.. Woodall.
Investigation of this lodge tod
showed that 1t had recently been oce
pied. 1t Is believed the abducto
spent Sunday night there and ca
Monday morning went to an abandon
barn near the Marvin residence
await an opportunity to seize one
the doctors children. This opp
tunity came when little Horace v
left alone at a haystack near the ba
These two men are vaguely
scribed as tall and short. the tau II
Ian
With the story In view, and W
the influence of the clairvoyant on