The Washington herald., 1914-03-23
SAY THEY SAW
KIDNAPPED boy
Residents of Clementon, H.,
Furnish Detectives with
Important Clew.
THREE MEN WITH HIM
Sleuths Securing Country in Automo-
biles-Father of Missing Lad
Makes Touching Appeal.

Philadelphia March 22-what the po-
lice believe to be the most tangible clew
to the whereabouts of Warren McaCr-
covery rewards amounting TO $500 have
been offered. was found today by hying
squadrons OF detectives in automobiles
sent from this city and Atlantic City
scurrying over South Jersey.
The searchers sen: out by Captain OF
Detectives Cameron telephoned from
Clementon, N. J., late this afternoon tina,
they believed they were on the right
trail Two residents of the town de-
clared they say a boy they believed TO
be Warren McCarrick at the Reading
Railway station in Clementon last night
about o'clock. The boy wore knit
ted cap, blue chinchflla overcoat, ana
rubber boots. they said. This was now
teh Mccarrick boy was dressed when ne
disappeared.
William Smith and Albert Hicks are
the CIementon men who say they sa"
the boy. He was in company with three
men, they declared, and their attention
was attracted to the quartet because the
boy was crying and evidently trying 10
escape from his captors. One OF the
men was about twenty years DID, nVe
feet eight inches tall and wore Dark
overcoat and derby hat The other Two
men were each about twenty-elgnt years
old and each slightly shorter IN stature
than their younger companion. One wore
a dark fedora hat and the other DERBY
Walked Down Tracks.
The men appeared to be waiting for
train. hut when their efforts TO quiet
the crying boy failed. they started OH
walking down the tracks toward At
lantic City. At Hammcnton, n. j. a
Mrs. Hull declares she saw the quartet
pass her house in a covered wagon
Railroad detectives were notlneo ano
Joined the Philadelphia detectives and
Others sent from Atlantic City in auto
mobiles. All the station agents along the
lines of the Pennsylvania and Reading
railroads were notified by telegraph not
TO leave their posts and to hold up ana
arrest trespassers along the tracks.
An army of Philadelphia newspaper men
and photographers followed In the wake
Of the flying automobiles and early TO-
night caught up with the detectives. inc
alarm was sounded as the party passed
through each Jersey town and notices
bearing photographs and descriptions or
the missing boy were scattered broadcast
by the detectives.
The detectives learned the three men
and the boy had been seen in other
localities in South Jersey and concluded
from descriptions of their movements
that they were sleeping through the day
and travelling by night
Father Makes Appeal.
Help US in our great trouble, remem-
her even little things" said James Nc
Carrick, father of the kidnapped boy
tonight in a second appeal to the parents
of the country to aid in the search. IL
has been eleven days since my son was
taken from our home, and each day has
added so much to the misery and suspense
that our hearts ache. We are scarcely
able to sleep or eat. My wife cries con-
tinuously for our boy and, although /
have done my best to keep up heart and
lave been encouraged by the brave men
and women aiding in the search, am
nearly ready to give up hope.
II appeal to every man, woman and
child in the city and the country to
answer the call of my wife and myself
Help us in our great trouble. Try to re-
member even the little things that might
furnish a clue. We know You are with
us heart and soul. but keep on trying
We do not ask financial aid. All the
money in the world would not be worth
the assurance that our boy is safe. We
only ask that our boy be returned to us.
IF it should be that the one or ones
who have done this thing read these
lines. remember that you were once
children as near and dear to your father
and mother as our son to us. We pray
that your hearts may soften and that you
will let US know at least that our little
boy is safe If our boy is dead then We
shall cease TO fear that he has met a
worse fate. JAMES McCARRICK."
s.MovIes'' to show Picture.
Within the next week pictures of War
rem McCarrick will be shown in thou
sands OF movies all over the country.
Capt. Cameron today declared that If
the boy has been kidnapped the abductors
will not be able to stir without detection.
a revised description of the boy sent
out to the police of all the larger cities
in the country today, is as follows:
Warren McCarrick. eight years, about
seventy-fivc pounds, medium build.
sandy complexion, small scar on cheek
bone under left eye, dressed in blue
REFER overcoat, hip gum boots, red
knitted cap.