Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
LARGE REWARD IS OFFERED
Son, Now On Way From West, May
Increase Amount.
SEVERAL THEORIES ADVANCED
Mrs. Carney Satisfies Police She
Il in No Way I'm
pNcated.
Special Dispatch to The Star


of George E. Marsh, the aged and
wealthy soap manufacturer. the police
Of this city and state have presented for
solution one Of the most perplexing prob
lens that even New England, that in
cubator Of mysterious crimes, ever has
brought forth.
Mr.. Marsh was slain. according to Ned
ical Examiner Tinkham, between and
o'clock last Thursday night His body,
pierced by f6ur bullets, was found Friday
morning. But tonight the police are no
nearer the solution Of the mystery. On
the contrary. they are even farther from
q solution because they have run down
some possible clues and have developed
nothing.
The search Of the police for a pos
sible woman factor in the case has ended
in failure. Only two women were men,
TONED. So far as one Of them Is con-
cerned 1t never has been seriously con-
Edered that she was involved. The other,
n 3. Jane Carney, has known Mr.. Marsh
for more than twenty years. There was
q rumor some years ago that Mr..
Marsh intended to marry her. but he de-
MED 1t. She has fully satisfied the po-
lice that she Is in no way implicated
in the crime.
Hold Only Theories.
So far az is known George e. Marsh
had not an enemy, nor had he any
intimate friends. His brother. Caleb. two
years his Junior. was his only chum, and
the two were inseparable.
George Marsh was seen about Lynn
Thursday afternoon. A few minutes be-
fore 6 o'clock he was seen half q block
from his home walking toward 1t.
He never reached there and the next
morning his, body was found beside the
boulevard running from Lynn toward
Boston. The police believe he was taken
there In IN auto. but they do not know.
nor when. except for the estimate Of the
time given by the medical examiner after
the autopsy. They have followed end
after end Of the skein which looked as II
It might lead to something. and every eff
fort has ended in disappointment. Now
they have only two theories, no facts, be-
yond the one that Marsh was murdered.
Rewards Are Offered.
Rewards aggresating $1,000 were Of
fered today for the arrest and conviction
Of the slayers. Half Of this amount was
offered by q newspaper, $500 by the city
OF Lynn. through Mayor Connery, and
500 by the Marsh family
It 10 expected that this will be increased
by James Marsh. the murdered mans
son, when he reaches THIS city from Cali
fofnfa, unless the slayers have been run
down before he arrives.
!onisht the police are trying to find =
whom he had some trouble ovsf rent. al
though they admit that they think Il
most improbable that he can throw any
light ON the mystery. The one theory
which seems to be supported by the facts
10 that Marsh was slain by some one
whom he knew and whom he regarded as
a friend. Whether this person was a
man or 2 woman cannot be determined
The police believe that when near his
house Thursday night he was enticed
into an automobile by a supposed friend,
and either slain in the auto or taken to
some out Of the way place and shot. They
point out that the occupant Of the auto
IS he would not have entered the car
With q stranger.
The theory that while sitting in the
tonne4u OF the automobile he was slain
py man on the front seat seems to be
exploded by the fact that there were no
marks OF powder on the dead mans cloth
Ing, showing that the muscle Of the pistol
must have been held six feet or more
away.
May Have Had Quarrel.
Still another theory IL that Just be-
fore he reached home he thought Of
some business he wished to transact
and retraced his steps to the home Of
the man he desired to see. A Quarrel,
arose here. the supporters Of this theory
argue, Marsh was shot, and his body
taken to the spot where it was found.
Caleb Marsh, the brother. who recentlv
nnAVAA
scott, was in Lynn today with his SON
Arthur. Neither the brother nor the
nephew Of the dead man could give the
slightest clue to the slayers. CaIah
Marsh said that the last time ne saw his
brother was Wednesday afternoon. He
was asked II his brother owned a re-
volver like the ono from which the hui.
lets were fred-a .32-caliber Automatic
and replied:
Il can't say positive, but do not be-
neve that he owned revolver or that he
he served in the civil war"