Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-13
BOY HELD CAPTIVE,
SEARCHERS THINK
Finding of Toy Near Deserted
House Close to Hammonton
Gives New Clue
SERVICE MEN RENEW HUNT

4 rhild's toy found near a deserted
house close to HammontOn. y. j.
strengthens belief among scarrhcrS there
today that Billy Dnnsey. the two
and II half ycar.old child who diSap.
peared last Wednesday. is beng held
captive somrwhcr" in the vicinity Of
Hnmmonton. In the house were indico
lionS that party of several persons
had slept there recently,
The house has been vacant for ten
wears sine" Il murder was committed
there. 1t was visited 10y purty Of re
turned soldiers and national guardSmrn,
who joined in the search for the miss
ing boy. under the lcadcr,hi? Of
Thomas Il Delker and Jesse L. Me
GargCl.
I'VE went to the house said Nv.
Delkcr. 'aftcr hearing the story Of
Mrs, Emil Koch. VIII" stated she had
seen II strange man AT the hou~" on the
afternoon Of the Disappearance" of the
DnnSpy child and had later heard the
voices of two men and Guild.
Some one had occupied the house
within tine last few days Among other
things we found II piece of freshly but
tered bread OutSldc Of the house Il
toy railroad train was picked up. This
had belonged to ono of til" grand
children of Councilman T.. II White.
The Supposition is that the Dansey hoy
was playing with this toy when he
was carried off
Fresh carriage wheel tracks in the
yard of the deserted house Indicated
that the party had departed in We
li1la tnIinu ghpltn,.
and cOncealmcnt in the building In
quiries are being made at every town
between here and Atlantic City in the
hope of learning who rented vehicle
about Wednesday to drive in this di-
reCtion.
Mrs. John Dueringer has turned over
to the HammOnton authorities gold
watch case she picked up in the woods
during the search for the missing boy.
Efforts are being made to find the
owner in the hope that this made lead
to Information of value in the hunt
Former service men and national
are continuing today their
search of the surrounding country.
Governor Sproul. of Pennsylvania.
and Governor Runyon. Of New Jersey.
llammOntOu, to search every part of
their states in an effort to locate the
boy.
Whispers that the disappearance of
Billy was due to strife in the chid'S
own family started new line of in
vestigation by detectives.
Ten year old Helen Koch. on her re.
turn from the IIammonton school the
same afternoon. heard voices of two
men and child coming from the aban
ioncd property. Mrs. Koch said the
man had forbiGding appearance aud
carried heavy club.
Seek Rejected Suitor
County Investigators. led by j. Harry
Fuller and working under County Pros
acutOr Gaskill. have taken the matter
in hand. and detective has gone to
to investigate the rumorS
that rejected suitor of Mrs. DanscN,
who. she says. threatened her. is re
sponsible for the disappearance.
Two gypsy trails were run down. the
first when the father of the lost boy
was taken to the camp of GYPSY Joe,
near Nineland \ small boy IN the
camp looked 50 nearly like the Danscy
child that the father ga2eG twice in
the darkness of tent before he was
satisfied it was not Billy Another trail
was followed to West Chester without
results.
f. 4. Rurdirk. chief in charge of the
iiummonton investigations, lett Tor Az
Iautic CITY aud Mays Landing early to
day TO confer with police authorities
there. 1t was said there is some ln",-
cation that the missing boy was taken +"
4 AtlautiC City.
Wagon tracks in the road by the Il"
serted farmhouse Oh the outskirts "l
IIanlmOnton. whore farmers sad lh"N