The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-05
Arrests Will Be Made
Within the Next
48 Hours.
No Examination Made
Until COrOner'S In
quest Today.

DOVER. Del. May 4.-Water.
soaked asd partially covered with
bog SLIM. the body of little Horace
Marvin, jr, was found late this aft
ernOOn lying In a marsh on his
fathers farm. and scarcely a third
of a mile from the house. The Mar
vim family is grief-strieken tonight,
despite the fact that they had long
since given up all hope Of ever see
ing the child alive again.
Tonight the body OF the child lies
in a room in the fathers house, lust
as it was found in the marsh. No
effort has been made 10 ascertain
how the little fellow met his death.
and none will be made until the
coroner and attorney general arrive
tomorrow to hold the inquest.
Meanwhile the entire community
mOurns wifi the beTesFed family
over one Of the cruelest tragedies
ever enacted within the boundaries
OF Delaware.
SO far no announcement has been
made at DIR. MarVin'S home other
than that the sOrrOwing father is
confident that his child was a vic
tim Of foil pay. No examination
has been made, and ]; is not knOWa
whether the child was strangIed.
starved, dubbed 10 death. or
drowned.
Believes Child Was Murdered,
The body was found under circum-
stances which lead the father and
all who have followed the develop
ments of the case to declare that
the baby must have been murdered
within the last two weeks by the
persons who stole him from the
straw stack in the farmyard, two
months ago today.
The place where the body was dis
covered and the conditions sur
rounding the discovery are such as
TO give the strong possible evidence
that the child could not have acct
dentally met his death sixty-one
days ago in the place where he was
found.
Arrests Within Forty-eight Hours.
Within the next forty-eight hours,
at least one man viii be under ar
rest charged with the murder of the
child. Such is the statement made
by the Dover officials late tonight.
Clues which the detectives have been
following swiftly since the finding Of
the body are pointing consistently
to man well known TO the
father Of the dead boy. and IL is the
general belief in Dover tonight that the
now famous Marvin KIDNAPPING lays-
| tery-secoad only in interest 70 the ia
nous Charlie Ross case-is near q solu-
ton.
Throughout the countryside tonight
the one opinion is heard that the kid
napers OF the boy became frightened
at the Developments OF the last two
weeks. and shat the boy was killed and
/ brought back to the farm. so that his
/ body might be found and suspicion d.
/ verted from mis- captOrs. 1t was dis
f, covered by Oliver Pleasanton. a young
I farmer. who was out hunting.
Lying in Five Inches of Water.
| The childs body was lying in I'VE
inches of water. which had accumulated
overnight, owing to the heavy rains.
| For several weeks before the last
| heavy rainstorm there had not been
one inch of water at this spot, and dur
| ing the two weeks of hot weather in
/ the latter part Of March there had
been nc water at this particular spot,
and the grass had all been burned over.
Sticking out OF the low water today
were the burned tops CT the grass. yer
/ the boys body when found showed
that no fire had reached il at any time.
| Detectives hasi tramped time and again
over the exact spot where the body of
little Horace was found Only yesier.
| day Mr.. Marvin had been working
(, within few feet Of the spot. and there
was not one inch of water there ut the
/ time TO have concealed the body.
/ The little pool formed over night is
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