Evening journal., 1907-04-16
CARD SEARCH
FOR MARVIN LAD
Belief That Most of Letters
Father Receives Are From
BIaCkmaiIerS

DOVER, April 1s.-The belief that
little Horace Marvin is alive and may
yet be restored to his father is now
held by MANY Delawareans.
While the. latest good clue was being
thoroughly investigated by telegraph
and in person to-day, Doctor Horace
Marvin continued the search Tor his
kidnapped boy. little Horace, by the
post card route.
The souvenir post card craze was
probably never intended as means
for finding an abducted child. but some
Of Doctor Marvin's BLACK Hand let
ters, notably the one printed last week.
has given him the ldea that the boy
may have fallen into innocent hands
and IS now being detained by persons
or institutions which 60 not know that
there has been a boy kidnapped from
Dover.
The inference that he had been taken
to a remote country place where they
do not get any papers except local
country papers" as was referred to in
the $4,000 black hand letter. has set
the friends OF Doctor Marvin to aid
him in the post card campaign.
w. T. Spencer, the Philadelphia busi-
ness man who has a little printing shop
in connection with his meat business
and is printing them for Doctor Mar
win practically free Of fcharge-each card
containing a photo and description of
little Horace with the $1,000 reward
/ offer-is a Delaware man and has rela-
tives at Rising sun. only 5 miles from
where little Horace was last seen on
the morning of March 4, perched upon
the hay stack, and then playing
around 1t.
Or. Marvin's New Methods
When Doctor Marvin receives sympa-
thetic letters now from all parts of the
country. or letters which arehnot paving
the way for one of those incomprehen-
sible ransom demands from a broken
Il hearted man, he Immediately makes uI
a packet of the post cards and for
wards them to the sympathizer who
is requested to send them out in his
neighborhOod-
IF my boy is being held a prisoner
for ransom, do not see. for the life
of me, why he Is not brought forth by
some third party and returned to me
under the conditions which we have
now laid down. Both Mr.. Spencer anc
myself have rewards aggregatina
$1,000 ready for the person who will
deliver the boy and the rewards are
up in other hands in gold. / have pul
? into the farmers Bank OF Dover, and
it will be paid, upon 1raft, by any OF
the bankers. or in gold, without ques.
tion, to the person who gives direct in.
: formation that viii lead to the actua
finding of my little boy.
'AIr. Spencer's reward OF 81 900 IS alb.
solutely genuine and he has even offer
ed to double it. He is jn- earnest abou
helping me find the little fellow an,
1 cannot see why he could not be re
turned to this Philadelphia friend, VIII
comes out openly and guarantees i'm
munity from arrest"
Letters From Blaclmaiiers
Close observers Of the Marvin kid
mapping case who believe the boy :.
really alive are convinced that all thl
letters thus far received are spurious
ones from ordinary blackmailers whit
hope to get Doctor Marvin to enclosi
money 10 them 10 advance in letterl
under the agony OF his heart and tn
pressure of broken hopes. They poin
{ out that the real ransom letter woul'
not come until the detectives had &C
tually gone from the scene and hal
apparently dropped the case.
1t is recalled that several weeks clap
sed before the father of Charlie Ros
s received a letter from the real abduc
, tors of his child, when he received
letter stating that if $4,000 were give
the boy would be returned, but If re
fusal Of ransom resulted. the little fel
low would be killed. It later develope
that Nfasher and his pal. the read alb
ductors OF Ross. who were shot Will
robbing the residence OF John Va
Brunt at Bay Ridge. L. l.. were the res
writer's of the $4,000 ransom letter.
but although two friends of the fathe
spent two days at Fifth Avenue Hote
New York. with s2O,0O0 they had neve
been able to consummate the climax q
the real-life drama