Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-16
HAMMONTON FEARS.
SECOND KIDNAPPING.
Grandson of Councilman, Men
toned in Letter as Being
Sought, Closely Guarded
FLIER TO SEEK DANSEY BOY

Terrified by tho letter sent to Mrs,
Hercules Danscy, declaring that Billy
/ Dnnscl. Two and half years old, had
been stolen from linmmontOn. \. j.,
eight days ago. in mistake for "A grand
( son Of Councilman u. II. White. tho
mother of the latter child is keeping
/ linn coscly guarded today.
/ Because of Mrs Whites uncasiness
/ her husband. Charles White. has bccu
compelled to leave his business and re
main 1T home Their little boy.
/ Charles. .rr.. or "Bunny." looks like
/ the missing Duuscy child but is more
than year older
/ Mrs White rcrrs thai if ono at.
/ tempt was made TO carry off hcr son
the kidnaupcrs may return in an effort
/ TO steal him,
The letter coming from Newark
may bc hoax said Mr.. White to
/ day. But my wife is extremely un
. easy. There Is some cause for worry.
My father, Councilman White. is hated
BY the bootlccgcrs of this section. He
was active in u local option fight be
fore nation wide prohibition was cs
tnblishcd, and for this hc has made
many enemies.
Filler to seek 10y
Lieutenant Thcodorc H. CoWlcc. of
the Pennsylvania Military College al
Chester. tclcphoucd to County Detective
John T. Wilson this afternoon asking
that q landing place be prepared at
lIammouton for an airplane. He will 60
to IIammonton next Monday in hi
plane, and will make n flight close to
the ground over the woods and marshes.
in the hope of finding some clue Of thc'
missing boy.
Chief of Police Joseph Prosper. of
llnmmonton. viii make the flight with
Lieutenant Cowlcc.
County Detective Benjamin Nusbnum
has gone to Bucna Vista to investigate
Il report that the missing boy aud his
abductorS Wcrc seen there.
Discovery Of dugout in the woods
near the homo of the Dauseys. today led
scnrchcrs to believe they had stumbled
on traces of the child'S nbductors
Find Mysterious Dugout
That the perfect baby" was Kid
! napDcd is the theory now held by de
/ teCtives. The dugout. large enough
to hide several persons with ease. was
lined with leaves and hra a"ChcS. 1t is
nov being searched
/ According to John T. Wilson. chief
/ of Atlantic county detectives. it would
have boon possible for kidnanpers 10
conceal the boy there Wednesday while
they were changing mis- cIorning 70 throw
off suspicion.
The excavation in the woods wa>
found about mile aud Il half from
thc Danspy home
Detectives believe abdurtorS may have
crouchcd in the dugout until darkness
! to escape searching parties. then stolen
through the woods to some point where
a motOrcar awaited them.
4 minute after the discovery of the
gnping hole detectives were engaged in
clearing out the leaves and sticks One
possibility that stirred them on was
that the child's body might have bccu
! concealed there if the abdurtors. fear
ing capture. took his life.
Detectives are searching today for
Il mau who wrote the letter to Mrs
Danscy. The letter was dated Oc-
tobcr 13.
''Iic Is Mine By Mistake"
The letter follows:
Mrs. Danscy--l made n mistake in
getting the wrong kid. but as | never
can get an opportunity of getting the
White boy. why. | am going TO hold
on to this boy. He looNS good 10 me
! am going 10 raise him on u farm
till he is the age of going to school.
Then arn going to educate him. In
some future time tn square accounts
with that councilman Now don't
worry. III have him west Of the
Rockies in five days He is Il won
| derful little chap and ! already love
/ him. Now the combined private dctcc-
tive agencies will not apprchpnd me.
as | have his hair dyed aud all ready
TO be on MY way. When YOU receive
this I'll be on or near the Mississippi
river. I can give him Il better home
and a more brilliant future than you,
So rest easy and let destiny have its
way. ! am sincerely.
"Oue that will be a real father to the
boy.
4 ''P. S.--IIc is minc ny mistake.
II. p
A second letter. addressed to the
postmaster AT Nammonton drew pt
tcntion to August Iibcrhard, hermit
aStrologcr. living on the farm of Mrs
John Elmer Sutton. He wanicd in
formation to use in studying the stars
letter was written for him by Mrs.
sutton, who has confidence in his power
TO read truth in the sky. But the
detectives lacked that confidence and
paid little attention Ia the seer after
questioning him
; Eberhard said tho Dauscy child had
been killed and hidden in II hole near
llammonton.
WARE WATCHERS pPnMIcEn