The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-29
Collinsville Chief Says
Dansey Child Is Not
In Tulsa.
ONLY NAME SIMILAR
Little Billy Holmes Plays
While Guardian Tells
of His Antecedents.
BOY IS PHOTOGRAPHED
Chief Allen Sends Picture
of Local Lad to the
PROSTATE Mother.

Llltlc Bnly Dlnscv Of Iiamont"n,
y J., Is sull-missing
And the nation wide search for
tho perfect baby boy who dislp
reared from home IN october : con
Iinuos. but not With Tulsa as it's
iu,alc
Rohcrl Autou. chief OF police al
CulliuA,ill,. has gone back To ms
homo. disappointed and disElISl"d
that hv should have h"on hoddwink-
cd into believing that IN" iii'i" four
lrar old hoy i'm TIA" custody uf MI.
and Mr- j & Schnfcr, OF number !
south Phoenix avenue, was the l'hnr
.cN child IN" hoy with ihr S'hlf
ore Is BUly George Holmes, whore
mother resides at l'rlstow Charles
II Alien. chicf ot IN" tulsa poII,e, !
has from the very fi'st secuted IN"
idea of the nnusoy boy being her"
To the Collinsyill" correspondent
81 The world, chief Auiou said last |
night that he was convinced beyond /
any doubt that IA" Dunscy child had
never been IN Tulsa. He went fur
thcr and said that the whole affair I
Was the effort of someone 10 par
iiciplie in the $1,000 reward that
had been offered for the recovery of
the missing boy
His statement follows:
Two weeks aEp, John Salsmnn th"
father Of Mrs ! r Shnfor of south
Phoenix avenue. in Tulsa. told nae
that his daughter Ind a baby that
answered the description OF tho miss
ing Dpnscy hoy. and asked me 20 /
helm him get the reward Of $1,000
for its recovery lie tuGgcstcd that /
We split the reward thrc" ways !
agreed to this and wrote tn Edward
II white at lIammonton, \. J., for /
n photograph aud fun description Of /
tho missing child.
"On sunday, December a. Mr. |
and Mrs Schafcr cam" to Collins ,
vile. bringing ,he baby with thern .
but for some reason or other they .
refused to lct mo see the baby 50 /
! awaited the arrival ~ the photo /
graph and description from Ncw Jrr- /
scv
con Saturday. newspaper man .
called me and asked for what facts /
had Itc tnId that my letter 10 Mr
white had been given ont there for
publication.
This newspaper man asked m" II I.
| could tell him whore the DnnScy .
child was. ana what intended 10 do. /
| aold him thut in aS much ds the /.
New Jersey authorities had given out
my letter. that had nothing more
10 say
"lufonniug Mr. snlsman of the
turn Of affairs we drove 10 Tulsa
hut the Schafcrg refused to lot ~
ace the baby but after two hours
time we succeodel In getting the,
l.. f.,li D. f4 O. +
ride. which gave MS rh1nc" 20 com
pare him with the description Of Tho I.
Dluscy baby. Tho only resemblance"
lhNi We found was his unmo. He /
answers 10 the name ot gully |
cannot understand IN" cps" AZ all
Not until yesterday morning did
the Schafcrs rcHli2o what a furorc
had been aroused over the thought
that the Holmes boy. In their Gus
tody was the Dansey child. 50 they
Immediately went 10 see Chief of
ro'cc Allen. relating 90 him In de-
tail how they came into possession
OF him. Later they visited The
world ana told nluost td"u'lruly I
the same story while fhc iIiiio boy
In question PLAYED about IN" type
writer's ana oo9ts hnHpy and care
free Mrs SuMf'r aufl.
I'm the fils' place an ud up-
polrod iu 'h" bGmufra' ON October
g. from woman Boo rristuW. want
ing someone 90 take the child and
Keep H. for 81 % Wr.i. The al gave
no reasons why sN' wanted anyone
20 car" for a. answered the ad
that dan ana ou October the
blusyo ChlIt q IUu'IrrI ON trl"- .
hor l3 sh" answered n.y. letter con
cerulns tn' at, ana received II