The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1919-12-09
NEIGHBOR OF DANSEY
FAMILY IS HELD AS
SLAYER OF BILLY
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ments will be sensational enough when
they come"
It was said unofficIally. however,
that the Investigators used consider
able ''camouflage" after the skeleton
OF the supposed kidnapped boy, miss
ing six weeks, had been found in a
swamp that. had frequently been
searched before. They spread the re-
port they did not believe II was the
body OF BILLY" Dansey, which en-
abied them to watch persons they mad
under suspicion.
They were convinced, 1t was said
to-day that not only was 1t the body
of the missing boy, but that 1t had
been concealed somewhere else dur
ing the time search was being made
all over the country and had been
where II was finally discovered only
a few days. This conclusion was due
partly to the certainty that the
neighborhood had been searched be-
fore, and to the fact that the general
condition Of the bones and of the
clothing worn by the boy when last
seen did not Indicate they had been
exposed to the weather for six weeks.
As to possible motive, there is no
lofficial statement, but for several days
there had been n report that the
Prosecutor and detectives were fol-
lowing a clue which developed dur
ing the inquest. At that time testi-
mony was submitted by Mrs. White-
wife Of the prisoner, TO the effect that
"Billy's" dog Jack had been shot In
the legs a few days before tho disap-
pearance OF the child. The matter
was quickly passed over By the prose-
cutor, apparently to avoid alarming
suspects.
The reports in regard to this fea-
ture OF the mystery were that the
presence OF Billy and his dog, in
separable companions, was objec-
tionable 10 worker in n dahlia
, field near the Dansey home and that
the dog had been shot by that indi-
vidual. The detectives, IL Is re-
ported, came to the conclusion thai
l. the person who shot. the dog had
u knowledge OF the boys fate.
: MAY HAVE AIMED AT DOG ANC
II KILLED CHILD.
It was believed he shot at or kicked
4 at the dog and struck Billy instead
lnfiictiny q wound that caused thu
child's death.
The prisoners, White, who is Z
wealthy dahlia farmer, and Mrs
y Jones, declined to make any state
n ment except that they knew nothing
y y of BILLY" Dansey's death. They sub
q mitted quietly to arrest, which wa
70 surrounded by the greatest seorec
n and was made by Detectives j. !
= Wilson and BENJAMIN Nusbaum q
4. Prosecutor Edmund C. Gaskill's star
Owing to the feeling that has exlste
's in Hammonton since the hndins
D little Bily's skeleton near a swan
as three miles from the town, the al
as rests were kept from the people
an the vicinity who had Joined In IN
as hunt for the slayers OF the boy. vo"
Ie ing vengeance should he or they I
found.
white and the housekeeper wei
d. quietly taken by Wilson and Nui
y. baum before Magistrate Strouse
to Hammonton and after a short hea-
val ing they were held without bail, In
=. Imediately thereafter the detective
he put the pair into an automobile ar
ne hurried with them TO the county ia
at Mays Landing, where they wel
ia locked UP in tho Sherifrs custody.
n. FACTS OF THE ARRESTS KEEP
ce SECRET as POSSIBLE.
Is All that Mr.. Gaskill would sA
was that his men had shadow
White and the woman for sever
=, weeks and that other sensational a
~ rests would follow,
From the nature % the crime.