New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15

allow of that.
Martin has been seen perhaps thou
'"'iu 'ifhes since his disappearance in
ana about London, according 10 hun
uIeds Of letters received at Scotlan
iard' and squad Of plainclothes men
are busy running down all sorts of i'm
possible and worthless clews. one de
'ecliNe travelled twenty miles on the
up mat man in evening dress and
nduess spent night in a hotel in
DucAihghamshire. The detective found
'"e motel register inscribed in a scrawI-
ing handwriting, thus: You can't get
no real highbills in England. Sidney
harrigan, L. S. A."
Mar'lh has now been missing since
April .. While the discovery of his
torn pocketbook first suggested To the
ponce that the American had been muir
dered and his body thrown into the
Ihames. they are now more inclined L.
the theory that he is still alive and for
some reason. voluntary or enforced. he
Is keeping his whereabouts secret.
The opera hat which the workman
who picked up the pockctbook saw in
the road but left there has been
turned over 10 the police by a boy who
found 1t. II is. however. of small as
sistance, as the boy took il 10 work
with him and it was used by him and
his companions as a football and af-
terWard put in a horses nosebaG.
where II remained until this morning
Scotland Yard Busy.
chief Inspector Ward has been
placed in charge of the case. and is
being assisted 10y all the available
men Of Scotland Yard, while the river
police continue to drag the bed Of the
Thames and 10 keep a sharp lookout
for the body or Tor further evidence.
II is pointed out that if Martin had
been thrown into the river his body
would have loated by this time. unless
ii had been caught 10y some OBJ
struction
All the big hotels in London have
been visited without any light being
thrown on the case. and the police are
now making a house TO house search
among the small hotels and lodging
and boarding houses in the city. They
are also working on the theory that
Martin has left the country, and for
purposes OF his own is keeping mis-
movements secret.
superintendent Mccarthy, chief Of
the Criminal Investigating Department
at Scotland Yard. declared this after
noon.
Martin IS alive to-day. have no
doubt"
If tho London police have any def
mite information 10 support this view
they are keeping II 10 themselves. but
indications point TO q growing belief
i'm Scotland Yard that Martin has gone
TO the Continent.
\ piece Of a gold watch chain with
lapel button attached similar To the
one Worn b. Mr. Martin was found
with the opera hat The boy. how
ever, has since lost it. hut from the
description he gives OF II the police
are convinced that it was Martin S
The swivel was missing as though the
chain might have been broken fOrcibly
from the watch. As Martin carried il
loosely in his pocket the breaking of
the chain cannot he accounted for.
Finds Not PLANTED"
The finding OF Mr. Martins hat ana
watch chain somewhat deepens the
and conyinccs me more than
ever that they were not placed there
bv murderers or thieves said Super
intendent McCarthy. who added
1T is unlikely that murderers would
carry hat from the scene Of muir
der. nor do they usually leave anything
Of value such as a gold chain. behind.
and take the watch which was hanging
to il. Besides. Martin, from the de-
scription Of him given by his friends,
would be unlikely to visit the neigh Dor
hood where the things were found. Ii
is one Of the toughest parts OF London
and the people who live there are not
the kind a well-to-do American would
he likely to meet
we have received hundreds Of re-
ports that Martin has been seen since
his disappearance. but no reliance can
he placed on any Of them. Likewise.
many cabmen have called, who believe
they drove Martin from the club where
nc parted from his friends. but in each
case il was proved that the claimant
was not he cabman wanted. Most OF
those who have reported were doubt
loss attracted by the reward, which has
heen increased now 10 5000, by
friend Of Martins in London.
As to the body being thrown over
the bridge. that is impossible A
policeman patrols the Charing Cross
rootlridge. which is very narrow.
night and day. and he did not see a
man in dress suit cross on the nisht
in question. nor any well dressed per-
son who would attract attention.
What is giving the police the great
est amount Of worry is the failure OF
the cabman to appeal If Martin dld
leave the club in cab. OF "hich INC
door porter is none too certain. the "lS
rewards offered would. II IL thought
tcnpt the cabman 10 give all the avail
able information 10 the police. nut 'a'-
terIv there nave been several cases IN
which this has not been done, and ms
has made them incline To the view mat
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