The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
DEATH THREAT FOR
LOST M'CARRICK BOY
Letter Found on Roadway Adds
to Philadelphia Kidnap-
ping Mystery.
THEY TOOK WRONG LAD
But Black Hand" Note Says
lie Is Doomed IL Police
Press Band.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2i.-rhs dis
covery to-day near Morristo~B. Of a
BLACK Hand" letter, In which the writer's
declare they took the WRONG boy and are
willing to return their captive II the police
do not press too closely. caused the police
to believe they are at last near the soiu-
tion Of the disappearance Of Warren Me-
Carrick, the seven-year-oid son Of city
employee, from In front Of his home Thurs
day week ago Detectives have been
sent to Norristown In an effort to locate
the kidnappers and recover the boy.
The letter was found on n road near
Norristown by Howard Wharton. = negro
pugilist
Wharton says he found the letter yes
terday afternoon. lie came here this
morning to give II To the police. Ths
letter was not enclosed in an envelope,
but was In good condition. II had evil
IDENTIFY been placed In the middle OF the
road a short time before, In the expecta-
ton that IL would he seen and read
The writing WAS In ink and was almost
illsgible. At the top OF the note was d
crude black hand, and at the bottom an
other black hand appeared, with the word
death In tho opposite corner. The
letter WAS dated philadelphia, March l9'
and read
DEAR SIR: To whom II may concern
''The finder OF this note are on the trail
81 the little fellow we took In mistake
He is getting along good, but In not the
one we wanted. They wiii place him on
his way homswsrd some day. The Black
Hand. Don't try to run us down, fol
tbs our last stand. We will kill him"
1.-THE Inference being that, u molested be-
fore they had chance TO release the
boy, his death would follow.)
-, ~
"P. b. We want ths right boy, and ~
are going to get him. 1t 10 our last
| chance. He'll be his doom"
This was written underneath the name
| with black hand and the word death.
| On the reverse side Of the sheet OF papel
WAS written what appeared to be sigma
lures: '"TOny. Don. Nick, Alice, Chieaf.
Another clue to the possible WHARF
abouts of the boy was received shorti,
after noon to-day.
Samuel Mehrs OF los West Coiumbis
| avenue reported to the police al INT
Delaware Ferries that a few minutes
before he had seen a boy In the COMPANY
OF man board a car at Camden station
! for Clementon, ". J. lie was posltiV
the lad was Warren McCarrick
This man." said Mer-s, was abou
40 or As years old. tie had gray hal
and wore "A gray overcoat In my poke
| ! had "A newspaper showing warren Mc
Carricks photograph and l made careful
comparison of child and picture. ! al
positive he was the missing boy,
There was no policeman near ana
spoke to the starter Of the cars II
called the conductor from the car and toll
him to see where the man Hot ON ana
necessary to leave his car and follow mir
| TO discover his destination. Then ] too
| the ferryboat FOR Philadelphia"
Policemen We're sent from TINS ei'y an
| "a. and Ia.
described hy Mohrs. Two detectives du
around several building operations In tn
southern part OF the city to-day, folio~in
the theory that tn. lad either had bee
| covered up by a caven Of Garth In one c
the newly dug cellars or had been hille
and buried there, This action was take
| after "A shovel had been discovered In IN
| cellar of man who had been una,
suspicion. The shovel was coated wit
mud II from recent disgins