The Washington times., 1919-12-28
z BABIES BELIEVED
TO Be DANSEY BOY
Oklahoma Police Suspect Kid.
naped Child May Be Still
Alive There.
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Stone, came to Tulsa and reclaimed
the child. Schaeffer said, declaring
she was afraid some one would steal
him. She appeared quite excited, ac-
cording to the Schaeffers, over the
probable theft of the child. At the
end OF the week, however, she volun-
tarily returned the boy to the
Schaeffer home, where he is now suf-
fering from a slight attack of Group.
Mrs. Stone has opened a savings ac-
count at Tulsa bank for the boy,
carrying it in the name of William
George Holmes. She claims to be a
housekeeper at Bristow. She is thir-
ty-two years old, has medium light
hair, and is slender.
Authorities here believe the boy is
Billy Dansey.
Chief Auten said his attention was
attracted three weeks ago by a boy
who answered the description of the
missing Ham mnonton child. The child
and the man and woman who had him
In custody have since been kept under
careful surveillance.
Claims Dansey Name.
Auten said he based his belief that
the child is really the perfect baby"
on the following:
The boy says his name in "Dansey."
He answered the description of the
missing child.
He declared the man and woman
with whom he was travelling are not
his father and mother.
He described pets which dispatches
said were possessed by the Dansey
child.
Il first saw the child and the couple
with whom he was travelling on a
train between Tulsa and Collinsville."
said Auten. Il was struck by the re-
semblance with descriptions / have
seen of Billy Dansey
Il got in touch with the child and
talked with him. He told lie his
name was Dansey,' and described pets
which had been owned by the original
perfect baby l wrote to Edward
White, father of the man who has
been accused of the murder of Billy
Dansey, and told him what l had dis
covered.
Auten said he had hoped to keep
the matter a secret until he deter
mined for certain whether the baby
was really the missing child.
Il did not want to let the people
know l suspected Them" he said.
However. since the fact has now
been published, l believe il necessary
to make arrests Immediately"
Auten said the baby was taken to
Tulsa from CollinsVille late yeSter-
day by the couple who had him in
charge. He said the trio is constant
ly watched by one of his officials so
they can be easily located when
wanted.
The other child who bears a start
ling resemblance to pictures Of "Bi ly"
DanSey is being cared for in the home
of c. f. King, vice-president of the
Wabash Refining Company.
/ Taken From Home.
The King family took the child
from the county detention home he e
where he was left on October 90 by a
woman who ga her name as Mrs
Doyle. Mrs. Doyle told A. W. 'lch.
county humane agent, that she had
taken the boy from Mrs. Anna Cos
well. who in turn declared he was
left at her home by a man and woman
from a carnival company last July.
Although the date given by the w }
women conflict with the time Of
"Billy's" dis ppearance. there are GER
tain facts that lead to The BELIEF that
he is the Hammunton baby.
A woman living close by TO the
King home. who resembles newspaper
pictures of Mrs. Dansey, attracted the
boys attention when he first saw her
He ran to her side and called her
mother"
The little boy refers frequently to
his dog M Ike" and 10 a man with /
stick" and appeals to { ings no
to "let the man with the stick hit my
dog Mike"