Evening journal., 1913-10-23
BOY KILLED
AT THEATRE
IDENTIFIED
Half Brother Says Youth Was
Marsh Holland Of Near
Salisbury
HAD ESCAPED FROM
HOME NEAR BALTIMORE

AOA0 AT AAA0 nOuh1f Qn h4hAeN 49,
while IL was in the course of con- /
struction. and who died few hours
later in the Delaware Hospital. was +,
cleared this morning when Wilson
Niblette. OF No. 224 Camden Avenue,
Salisbury, Md. called here to see J. A
Bader, the contractor, who had charge ,
OF the construction work on the Ploy-
house, and positively identified the
dead youth as being his half-brother.
Marsh Holland who left home on
June %, two weeks after his mother
had died
When the young boy who was then
believed to be about Is years OF age.
but whom his half-brother says was
only a little over 10 years of age, call
ed at the theatre and was employed
by Mr. Bader,as an apprentice,he gave
the name of Marsh Holland, and stat
ed that his home was in Georgetown. (
When after his death strenuous ef-
forts on the part Of Mr.. Bader Cor
oner John T. Spring, and THE EVEN /
ING JOURNAL, failed to locate any
one in Georgetown who had ever heard
Of any one by the name of Marsh
Holland. Il was believed that the boy
had given a fictitious name, and an
attempt was then made to ascertain, II
pObnlulcs WIN HIS BdItnAp Mtic
Holland, in speaking To several per
IONS employed on the theatre prior to
he fatal accident, had made some re-
mark about his mother having died and
aid his father had farmed him out in
Undesirable surroundings, so he had run
WAY. When he first came TO Whining
on the boy said he had been walking for
4 week. and had nothing 10 eat Mr.
Bader gave him 25 cents TO get some
thing to eat, and then gave him employ
ment. Holland had heeu employed only
one day when be fell to his death. 1t
was believed that his weakened condi
tion after long exposure and hunger was
partly responsible for the fall. For the
week or ten days Immediately following
his death no stone was left unturned by
the coroner. his daughter, Miss Nettie
Spring and THE EVENING JOURNAL
20 endeavor 10 find the whereabouts Of
the boys parents or anything that
would lead to his Identification Clue
after clue was followed out only to re-
suit in disappointment after dssppoint-
inent, until finally all hope was given up
Of ever identifying the body.
The boy then faced interment in
an unmarked grave in Potter's field,
but the sympathetic, womanly heart
Of Miss Spring would not permit this,
and by her efforts the body was given
o decent burial in the SilverbroolS
cemetery She personally solicited
contributions from citizens until she
raised sufficient sim % aetray me
expenses of the funeral.
The body lay at the morgue for
an unusually long time. in the hope
that some one would identify it. Hun
drods Of presons passed in and out o
the morgue during the time the bod,
lay unidentified upon the marble slab
but no one was able to recognize II
When the body could be kept NJ
longer. a photograph Of it was taken
and copies were sent TO the various
nostcfices throughout the State in thu
hope that the boy might be Identified
Nothing was heard then for MANI
weeks and the boy. who lay in hi
grave in the cemetery, had about pass
81 cut of the memory of Wilmington
-r including Miss Spring. who tool
on interest in the case.
of light flashed into tn
however. when more than
Mr.. Bader received a lette
NiAlette, asking for a de
If the roy and of the clothe
the time Of his death. Tn
ol was forwarded to tn
wan. and a few days az
received another lette
m appointment with hin
max ng an appointmeI
o'ning and when Nr. n
we'd today. he informed NJ
at the dead youth was h
ther.
hlette later called at the o
n.rrtr rrxrrTkrTkTf1 TOTTDNAT a
~a~ifd hy Mr. Bader, and state
re had first known about h
hers death when he saw a ci
rlar that was posted in the postoffil
at Seaford, containing the photograI
of the dead boy. which he instant
recognized Wishing to be sure, ho'
ever. he had writtcn to Mr.. Bader f
a description of the clothes, the col
of the boys hair, and other thin
that would lead to confirm his beli
and the reply he received assured hi
that the dead body was that of
half brother. Marsh Holland
Mr.. Niblette then arranged for
interview. and when he compar
notes with Mr.. Bader about little 7
cullarities OF the boy. and that
eyes were slightly crossed, 1t remoy
all doubt upon the subject.
Mr.. Nihlette said his half-brother W
between Is and 10 years of age. 7
mother, he stated. had died nearly f
months ago. and two weeks later
father OF the boy. Lambert Holland W
lives near Pocomoke City, and who b
not vet been informed of his sons 5
end. placed him in the Lochraven Scho
near baltimore. Here the boy was 81
posed to remain until he was 2l years
age. and to work. upon the large fa
that is connected with the school.
The boy. however, did not like the i
Of remaining in the school, and one d
when he was ont in the field he escap
Mr.. Niblette said he did not expect
exhume the body. Had there been a
doubt existing a. 10 the identity of
boy ne would nave had the body
humed TO clear mp the doubt, but as
il positive that it is his half brother,
believes Il is Just as well that the be
remain where II is. as II is in e
cemetery. However, he stated, he
tends TO go 10 Pocomoke City at o
and tell Mr.. Holland Of his discove
and IL might be that the boys fat
nav desire to have the body remov
Unless he does it viii remain where II
not. however, in an unknown grave,
a stone will be placed above it with
same of the dead youth engraved th'
mon He has another brother mar
norman Holland.
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