Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-20

REWARDS NOW REACH $4,000

Philadelphia, March 20.--Moved by
che alarm caused among parents since
the mysterious disappearance. week
ago yesterday. of 7-year-old Warren
McCarrick from near his home, 61S
South Nineteenth street, both
branches of Councils yesterday unani-
mously adopted a resolution request
ing and directing Mayor Blankenburg
10 offer a municipal reward of $4,000
for the recovery of the lad and the
arrest of his supposed abductors.
Immediately following the adoption
of the measure a resolution appropri-
ating the money was drafted, read
and turned over to the finance COM
n1ittee of Councils for approval.
Mayor Blankenbur had previously
expressed willingness to Cooperate in
the movement by arixing his signature
TO the ordinance. SO there seems to be
no question that those who recover
the boy will be rewarded by the city.
Not since the famous Charlie Ross
case, when detectives and police of the
entire country endeavored in vain to
solve the kidnapping mystery, has the
city offered a reward for lost child.
In many respects the vanishing of the
McCarrick boy is more battling than
the disappearance of Charlie Ross.
Ross Abductors Unknown
Kidnapers of young Ross carried
him and his brother away in a wagon
and left the brother at Richmond
street and Columbia avenue. A good
description OF the abductors and their
vehicle was obtained from several
sources. but no trace of either has
ever been found.
The disappearance of Warren Nc.
Carrick constitutes a deeper mystery,
in that not the slightest trace of the
lad or any one who talked to him has
been found after a night and day
search since March IL by some of the
best detectives in the city's service.
Every clue thus far produced has
been nothing more than theory.
Dozens of persons have declared that
they saw boys answering Warren's
description in company with sus-
picious-looking men, but in each in
stance the identities of the children
and their companions were learned.
Detectives confess that they have
absolutely nothing that might serve as
q guide in their investigation. Down.
town residents are so wrought up over
the supposed kidnapping that parents
escort their children to school and
meet them after the session.
Realizing that unless a trace of the
lad Is soon found, the case may go
down as second Charlie Ross kid
mapping. Select Councilman Crawford,
of the Thirtieth Ward, a close friend
Of the child's parents, framed the
resolution unanimously adopted by
Councils yesterday.
Almost every member of the cham
bers expected that such a measure
would be introduced and had previous
~ expressed q desire to support it.
Little Warren is known to have
had fondness for water and il is the
belief of many persons now that he
wandered to the river and Jas
drowned. However, some of the de-
tectiVes are not inclined to believe this
theory and are working on other
clews.
Reward Mounts Up
The reward TO- the recovery of War
rem now amounts to $4,000. Last
Sunday City Treasurer william Nc
Coach, a friend of the child's father
offered a personal reward of $1,000
for the return, alive, of the missing
boy. The City Treasurer's offer does
not call for the arrest of his supposed
abductors.
Two new clues loomed I'D to oc-
cupy the attention of investigators
yesterday. Charles Wallace, proprie.
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