The Sentinel=record., 1917-06-10

 1 possessing the knowledge that little Lloyd Rect had met deauh was aroused 1 tonight as iI has not been for many
 years as q result the authorities were
 taking every precaudon to calm the crowds that gathered everywhere along the streets, discussing nothing
 other than the finding shortly before noon today of the body Of the wealthy
 bankers baby boy in an old well on
 the deserted Crenshaw farm eight | miles southwest of here
 The information which resulted in
 finding the body was obtained by ( Nanny Simmons and Edward Conklin , local business men and friends of the
 wealthy father With detectives, they
 went 10 the Crenshaw farm and iu- 1 stiuued a minute search of the house and grounds. The house previously had been searched. but no sign was
 found to indicate that it had been used by the alleged gang, officials said. Death apparently had come 10 the
 baby from drowning. There were nc
 marks upon the body except litt'e
 6ruise on the face, probably sustained
 when the little form was thrown into the we'll
 The body was wrapped in what was | believed to have been the same odilt and blanket as that in which the baby 1 slept at the time of disappearance
 Then, a woman's skirt or petucoat, pl | black silkoline was bound around the blanket and around that was coied 1 old wire The body was discovered floating on the surface Of the water simmons recovered il with long pole l But the seven alleged abduction l plotters held by the police were bejne spirited away under heavy guard to safety somewhere in the surrounding territory Men gathered about the streets eagerly discussing the possible des nation, figuring on distances and. l imagining the difficulties that would
 have 10 be overcome in taking them from their guards. No secret was
 made of the crowds feeling and threats Of lynching wrre made openly. The bel was grwine tonight that 1 the seyen-none Of whom yet have | been defini ely connect ed with the 1 Rect case. but who were being held in connecti-n with other alleged plots had been taken to Jefferson City. where they were to be Incarcerated in the Missouri state penbentiary. But Whereye: hey are being taken it seemed certain that authorities would have mad time to get them ord of 1he country as Paul O'Day had telephoned the jail ordering arrangements as soon as he was certain that the baby was the keet child
 The mother was on the verge of complete breakdown tonight. Phy- sicians attending her expressed grave doubts, pointing ont that the strain on her had been almost unbearable Notified this morning that the baby had been recovered by the sheriff Of Christian county Missouri. and that her son would be safe in her arms be- fore night, her cheerful optimism was withered into grief and prOstration by the words of her husband that their child was dead. The father, too, alter the iong search since the night of May 20 when the child was kidnapped from The family's beaufm home here. dur ing which he had rried 10 keep up both his spirits and those of his wife. was in a serious condition and ad- mittance 10 him was denied
 Authorities still were continuing their efforts to clear up the myster- ious death and were being aided by
 fedeaLaeents of tae department of justice Formal warrants were sworn out during the day against all those under arrest and attempts 10 obtain their release by habeas corpus pro- Ceedngs were hlocHed But nothing yet has been uncovered to connect them with the death of baby Rect and Mir O'Day and his assistants seeming
 ly still were endeayoring to find clews that would unravel the Rect mystery. The Crenshaw house and property was searched but no.hing ese was found to throw any light upon the mystery
 The black silk skirt which was wrapped around the bahy's body was the on'y new clew announced tonight and little hope was held ont that it would aid materially in establishing murderer's guilt
 Further developments were being carefully watched by those composine the street crowds Rumor- Of mpend- 1 ing events or Of new statements from some of the prisoners wera couUnutl- " being heard. the temper or The crowd being kept on edge by the re- curing reports The alleeed plot to l kidnap C. X Clement wealthy ieweler baby here, and a St Louis munitions
 manufacturer, which authorities said c. J. Piersol. ono of the confessed sus
 poets made has been almost forgot
 on in the discuss ou Of the hahy's | death. But authorities announced thev were working in an effort to ond | a possible connection hetween the two. , CONTINUED ON rA0E TuREE