Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-28
FIND new TRAILS
Persons at Lynn, San Antonio
and Dover Insist That They
Have Seen the Mar p
win Boy.

DR.. Marvin has at last become
convinced that his little son. Horace
\. Marvin, jr., is not dead, but was
kidnapped, and yesterday he depos-
tied in the Farmers Bank at Dover
a sum of money TO cover the re-
wards he has offered Persons at
Dover, San Antonio, Texas, and
! Lynn, Mass. insist that they have
seen the child. Another kidnapping
case was added to the already long
list at Selln's Grove, Pa, yesterday.
DOVER. Del, March 2s.-search was con-
| tinued yesterday for the supposed kidnapers
Of Horace n. Marvin. jr who were en-
countered in the woods near Kits Ham,
| mock Tuesday by Miss Lucy Klllen, a
teacher in the Logan public school
So remarkable and almost improbable
seemed Miss Killen's story that she was
held up as she was returning from her
school that many persons were inclined to
discredit 1t. but when she returned to Dover
last evening for a short while and reiter-
ated her statements of Tuesday, willing
to make oath to every word she had spoken.
her story was no longer doubted
Miss Killen was taken by the detectives
to the spot where, she declares the men
jumped at her in the woods, and pointed
out to the officers the exact place where
~.
men afterward took and gave their descrip-
tion all of which TALES WITH the state
ments of at least two other men, Messrs
Wright and Marvel. who saw apparently
the same men. but at the time knew moth
Ing of the affair in the woods. The strang-
ers were heading for Magnolia, four miles
distant. All efforts. however, were fruit
less in rounding them up.
Supt. Dimaio left Dover yesterday morn
ing on the Norfolk express for some south
ern point evidently out of the state, from
the ticket he purchased at the station. He
left his two assistants. Messrs. Simmons
and Dougherty, here to work on the case.
DR.. Marvin father of the missing boy.
deposited money in the Farmers Bank
yesterday to cover the rewards he has Of
fered.
Report From Texas.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March 2s-Accord-
ing to the statements made by detectives
yesterday, a child resembling Horace Mar
win. jr.. who disappeared from his home
in Dover, Del, on March 4. has been seen
here by several persons. but when an eff
fort was made to examine the child he had
disappeared under rather mysterious cir
cumstances.
May Be in lynn.
LYNN, Mass. March 2S-Believing that
four-year-old Horace Marvin, who was kid
naped from Dover. Del, is held captive in
this city, the Lynn police force were yester-
day looking for two rough-looking foreign
ers who are supposed to be his abductors.
Thomas w. Gardiner. a wealthy manufac-,
turer of this city, is sure he saw the little
Marvin boy in a car coming from Boston
early Tuesday evening Mr.. Gardiner board
ed the car in West Lynn, and among the
passengers he noticed dark compile xioned
man and woman They were rough looking
and very shabbily attired. With them was
a small, fair-faced and light-haired Ameri-
can child. between three and four years old.
wearing long brown plush coat. The child
was pale, frightened and seemed very fret
full. much to the annoyance of the man and
woman; who seemed particular about Keep
ing him quiet.
Another noticeable fact was that the man
kept the child carefully concealed from the
view Of other passengers. while the woman
paid little or no attention to the child.
Mr.. Gardiner. being familiar with the
Marvin kidnapping case. having seen pic
lures of the boy in the newspapers. became
suspicious and on leaving the car he noti-
fed the police.
off, lo han sha nrf i'm,
mediately notified all officers to be ON the
alert and detailed special policemen to
watch all cars going to Lynn Woods. where
1t Is thought the boy Is now captive In
some camp unoccupied house.
The woods have not yet been thoroughly
searched, but many citizens of this city
believe that IL the police would make a Wig
liant search through the woods In this VI
cinity the missing boy would be found and
his abductors captured.
Little Girl Kidnapped.
SELIN'S GROVE, Pa. March 2s.-Chris-
tine Mesln. about two years old. daughter
of Mrs. Charles Meslin of Northumberland.
has been missing since Saturday and the
police are looking for Mrs. Robert Beckley.
who is suspected Of kidnapping the child.
Mrs Beckley is said by the mother to
have shown fondness for the little girl and
that hearing that Mrs. MesIin was house
keeper for H. E. Kimball and that she
intended accompanying him to Iowa, called
at the Kimball home.
1t is alleged that Mrs Beckley asked to
take little Christine to the candy shop and
that this was q pretcxt to get custody of
the girl. After hours of search It was
learned that the woman had gone to the
home of Mrs. Bowersox. near heidelberg,
and Chief OF Police Mcpherson hurried
after her.
Upon the promise Of Mrs Bowersox to
the child. the chief returned, but
little Christine is still missing and Mrs.
Beckley cannot be found Mrs. Mesiin
came to Selin's Grove yesterday to ask the
police to aid in the search. She said that
she Is a poor woman. has no enemies and
does not know why any person should steal
her daughter. except because the child was
very attractive.
AS Mrs. Mesiin was said to have been
deserted by her husband a year ago, an
effort Is being made to find him and as
certain II he has any knowledge Of the