The Washington herald., 1907-03-09

/ Wilmington, Del. March S~The first
arrest in the Marvin kidnapping case was
/ made tonight. when John Hart. the skip
Iper Of the mysterious slooD which has
I been mentioned in connection with the
case was arrested at Newcastle, Del He
gives his home as Camden. y. J.. and
denies all knowledge Of the case.
/ Developments in the affair came swift
during the day, and they constitute the
/ first rift in the mystery which began at
/ 10 o'clock Monday morning, when Horace
/ y. Marvin, jr., the four-year-old son Of
DR.. Horace y. Marvin, disappeared from
Bay Meadows" the shore home Of the
Marvins.
Father May Deal with Kidnnppers.
An impression prevails that Dr. Marvin
has already entered into negotiations with
the kidnappers. While Dr. Marvin afirms
with positiveness that he has not received
a letter from the kldnappers, he adds that
/ If such a letter should reach him he might
not deem it advisable TO admit he had re-
iceived il or 70 give it out for publication.
/ This attitude makes it possible 10 in
/ fer that the doctor has received such a
/ letter and is keeping still about it in
order to secretly dicker with the persons
who abducted the yeilow-haired child.
/ Dir. Marvin is fully convinced that his
men are close on the trail of the kid
Inappers. But I hesitate to say even
/ this much said Dr. Marvin, his voice
/ Ich0king with the intensity Of emotion.
! for fear the bay pirates who have stolen
Imy boy will cruelty murder the darling
/ nd To
their own necks-
/ DR.. Marvin says,
''We have traced the sloop that / be
/ lieve carried my boy Horace as a
/ prisoner In the cabin from my beach all
/ the way up the west shore of the bay
| 10 Delaware City. There the sloOp was
seen to tack squareIy and head across
1.-THE Delaware River to the New Jersey
shore which in that direction is swampy
netted with inlets and ditches and desc
/ late i'm the extreme
Interest in Hnrt's SIOOp.
The developments Of the day center
public interest in the sloop which
acted so suspiciously while passing Reedy
Island at o'clock Monday afternoon, six
! hours after the boy was missed
/ Joseph Smith. a fisherman living in the
town of Magnolia. between Dover and
Bowers Beach. called at DR.. Marvin's
farm to say that lie could tell where the
mysterious boat came from.
/ IF it's any use to you, I saw that boat
start cut in the morning" said Smith.
Smiths story is that he was fishing in
Jones Greek at Bowers Beach earlier than
/ I o'clock Monday morning. the day of the
/ kidnapping. when he saw the slOOp make
/ its way by short tacks out of the mouth
of Murder XIII Creek into Delaware Bay.
\ The mouths Of the two creeks are only
few hundred yards apart. Il can tell
YOU the name of the man at the tiller
of the sloop that morning. His name is
! Hart
| Investigation. following this clew.
/ brought out interesting and new facts.
/ For most of the winter. one Jack Hart,
/ a character on Delaware Bay and River.
| has been making his headquarters at
/ Bowers Beach
Oyster Pirate and Shanghai Mate.
] This nan Hart has been oyster pirate.
wrecker. and beach comber, by turns.
and is generally known as a man to be
trusted in hazardous enterprises. He has
/ been mate over shanghaied crews. and
/ has taken many a desperate chance. At
/ times he has been fisherman but a cold
| shoulder has been turned to him by 9TH
ers in the business
| During the past winter he has had a
sloop hidden away in the reeds in Muir