Evening journal., 1914-06-17
BODY OF MISSING
BOY IS Discovered
Disappearance of Warren
M'Garrick Solved After
Three Months
LITTLE CORPSE
IN THE DELAWARE

PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-THE mys-
terry Of Warren McCarricS, for whom a
nationwide search has been made ior
the past three months and which was
equaled only once before in the history
Of this city, when Charlie Ross disap-
peared over two score OF years ago. was
cleared yesterday when a heart broken
mother sobbingly bowed her head in the
morgue and positively identified the few
bones and shreds of clothing picked up
in the Delaware River as all that was
mortal Of her missing son.
The little fellow disappeared from
his home the afternoon Of March l2.
Early yesterday morning Captain Fred
Block Of the lighter Independence, saw
what looked to be the body Of a young
boy floating at the foot of Vine street.
The police were notified and the body
removed to the morgue, where Coroner's
Detective Frank Paul thought he notic-
ed a similarity between the small pieces
Of clothing left upon the bones and that
of the clothing worn by the McCarrck
boy at the time he was last seem The
father and mother of the young boy
were sent for, when the identification
was made positive.
During the three months the boy has
been missing, gypsy camps have been
searched, detectives have followed one
clue after another until the case threat
ened to be classed with the greatest of
all Of Philadelphia's missing cases which
has never been solved.
Although the body has been found
the police, assisted by the cOroner's de-
tectives, will reopen the investigation
with renewed yigor The fact that the
boy has been in the water during the
past three months is not regarded seri-
ously by those interested in the case.
From the appearance OF the bones, de-
tectives said they would work upon the
theory that the child had been first
killed, the body placed in quicklime, and
later thrown INTO the Delaware. This
theory is founded upon the condition of
the body. which had nearly all of the
flesh eaten from IL when it was found.
Detectives who have been following
the case from its beginning said the
finding of the body might mean that
the writer of the German letters. who
notified the police a few weeks ago that
his horses had accidentally killed the
child might not be the hoax
the police said they were at the time,
and that the German writer" might
still hold the key to the strangest of
strange cases.
Part Of one OF these letters said
IF I do not receive good news in
the Gazette, ! will either burn the
body or throw Il into the river. ]
know, and admit that am likely
to be punished, but II you do moi
prosecute me, will return the body
for am not responsible for the deatl
Of the boy"
As the detectives recalled this let
ter they were firm IN the belief tha
the writer OF the German letters
was not the simple-minded person
some thought him 70 be, but had car
ried his threat into execution, and
had removed the body he said was
buried on his farm, placed it in
quicksand and then thrown what was
left into the river
While the case Is closed, as far
as the detectives IN this city are
concerned. Coroner's Detective Frank
Paul will begin a rigid Investigation
with the idea of tracing the move.
ments Of the body, and, If possible
will establish the identity OF the per.
son or persons who threw the chile
into the river.
After viewing the few bones ant
shreds Of clothing found, Coroner.
Detective Paul said:
Coroner Knight will order DR.
Morton and DR.. Wadsworth TO max,
a rigid examination Of the body. 1
II is possible a postmortem exami
nation will be held Immediately. 4
chemical test will be made to ascer
tain whether or not the body hal
been in contact with quicklime.
"The condition OF the body lead
me to believe that Il was placed II
quicklime. The bones are soft ant
the decomposition is such that
could not have been accomplished b.
water in the time since Warren dis
appeared"
Or. Morton. coroner's physician
also declared that the body had bee
exposed 20 the action OF chemicals
The apparent wounds in the fles
, we're caused by chemicals, accordin
to the experts.
q 'The body is I'm a condition II coul
: attain only by five years immersio
in the water" declared DR.. Morton
: "The body showed the effects Of II