New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
Man in Jersey Prison for
Attack ON Girl of 10 IA
Suspected as Officials
Unite on Strangle Theory
Billy's Mother Is Told
News of Baby's Death Given
Her by Neighbor; Details
of Crime Are Withheld
Special Correspondence

Nfc''us correspondence
HAMMCNTON. \. j., Nov. 22.-Thc
rding Of Bill Dansey's skeleton yester-
day IN 3 swamp near here has lifted
only corner of the curtain of
mystery surrounding the disappear
Ance Of the thirty child
October 5. All that is known definitely
now that was not known before is
yhst Billy Dansey is dead.
The authorities still believe that he
met death by violence, but have no
more on which to base this theory
than they had last night when they
pointed out that the boys clothes had
bee nremovcd and were found scat
tered Tor nifty feet about the skeleton.
They intend. however, to interrogate
man serving a sentence of from five
10 thirty years in the states prison
at Trenton concerning BillJ Dansey.
This man was convicted in this vicinity
about three weeks ago of an attack
upon -year-o'd girl.
Despite the suspicion engendered by
the widely scattered clothing of the
roy and the fact that his body was
found at a spot which it is thought
ne could not have reached alone. T. c.
Gaskill jr., County Prosecutor. is chary
Of proceeding further on theory and
IS hunting facts.
"I have ended with theories" he
said to-day. Il had hoped that the boy
would be found alive. In fact, at the
time Of the boys disappearance l made
the statement that he would be re
turned by Sunday 10 his parents That
was how confident | was OF ono theory
that We We're trying TO substantiate
RnmoIs. mysterious telephone calls
snd letters already are flowing in upon
tHe authorities almost in the volume
they attained when Billy Danseys dis
appearance FIRST was reported. One
telephone message from New York in
formed Mr. Gaskill that be could eX-
reei letter which would pat him "on
Che right track"
Further examination to-day of the
swamp Where the bones OF Billy Dan
sey were found failed to reveal any
iar,Her information as to the manner
IL winch ne met his death. Because
70 bones were broken, the investiga-
tors are inclined 10 believe the boy
wa straneied There is also a belief
that he was killed near his home and
his boa' carried TO the swamp for CON
eesimert
HIS mother. Mrs. Hercules Dausev,
wao has been confident that he was
Atn4pad. bug alive. is prostrated by
ihe gra't Of his death.
News Broken to Mother
T. Ws- not until to-day. when the evi-
1erce mad been reviewed and seemed
JndeI able 'ha: The news of her bov S
death was broken 10 Mrs Dansey. The
tenr' cation was made yesterday by
reighoor nno recognized at once the
clo-7re found near the tiny skeleton
The ask of bearing the news OF
Billy death 10 his mother fell To an
othc- aeiehbor. Mrs. J. H. Aiener, wife
of "a navy captain. The suspicion of
fot. pay Mrs. Aigner withheld from
the mother. She told her only that
her bo' was dead and that his body
had beer .ound in Folsom's Swamp.
"0a God, cried Mrs. Dansey. 81
can unler ,and it! always believed
Billy would be found alive. Oh, where
is my boy"
. He : with God" said Mrs. Aigner
gently.
Mrs. Dansey fell into her embrace
her body .acked with sobs.
suppose it is Gods will" said
Mrs. Ianscy. when she could command
her voice. But it is hard to under
stand
Memories Come to Mother
With the tears had come a food of
recollecfions and the vague sense of
blame which every mother feels when
VII ofals her child. Instead of the
bleak. grey morning. the skeleton trees
and the dead leaves whiriing in the
yard Ms pansey bcheld again the
c-.sr br.llant morning Of SIX weeks
ago. wnea Billy, PLAYING in the dahlia
bed had come in to ask for his sweater
the LITTLE brown sweater, which was
found nearly fifty feet from Billy's
skeleton
He came to the door," murmured