The New York herald., 1921-05-20
FEAR LOST n. ]. BOY
DIED IN BIG MUDHOLE
Thousands of Searchers
Fail to Find Trace
Of Child.
DOGS ON TRAIL AGAIN
Man Heeds Dream Without
Observation-Disclosures
Offer Hope.
MOTHER HAS NEW BABY
Mrs. Northrop Quits Hunt for
Archie and Birth Takes Place
Soon Afterward.
MOTHER HAS NEW BABY

All of the trails that the men and
dogs searching for Archie s. Northrop,
Jr, years old, who disappeared from
his home last Monday afternoon. have
been able to pick up lead to a great
mud hole on the bank OF the Passaic
River more than a mile from the
home of the boys parents at 222 Stew
art avenue. Arlington. \. ]. Four
times yesterday morning the Black
Forest Shepherd dog, owned by Louis
De Winter OF West Orange. led a
group of anxious searchers through
various parts of Arlington and across
the river into Belleville, but each time
the animal returned to the mud hole
and stopped
The boys father and several other
helpers dug into the hole many times
yesterday. but failed to discover the
body of the child. Other groups which
Included divers. searched fruitlessly the
bottom of the river the banks and the
pilings OF the bridge from Arlington TO
3ellcville. Night before last the search
ers found the imprints OF tiny feet on
the banks Of the mudhole. but yester-
day even these were gone because OF
the tramping and stamping of thou
sands of searchers.
A woman called UP the police of
Belleville yesterday and said she had
seen the boy not more than two blocks
from the Bellevillc Police Headquarters.
Mr.. De Winters dog was taken from
the mouth OF the n,udhole, where she
had ended the trail. and across the
river to the corner indicated. There
the animal at once picked up a TRAIL
and followed by q crowd, she led THE
way to the float OF the Beileville Boat
Club on the Passaic. The dog went
out on to the float, as another dog had
done before her on the day before But
where the other dog had stopped and
looked into the river. the De Winter
animal turned and went back, through
BelleviIle and across the river and to
the n,isuhole. There she stopped again.
The police, Boy Scouts and other
agencies. OF Arlington and vicinity that
are turning out BY the hundreds TO hunt
for the child have left nothing undone.
Some groups went from point TO point
throwing into the Passaic River bombs
made of lime sealed in a jar, which
exploded after reaching a considerable
depth 1t was hoped to dislodge the body
II It had been caught on the bottom.
Nothing came OF the effort. Other
groups futilely explored the old copper
mine near Arlington. polking into work.
ings that had been abandoned for hair
4 century The winding galleries of the
old mine house colony of gypsies now,
but they said they had not seen the
child.
The disappearance of the child has at
tracted more attention than any other
case in that section of New Jersey Cor
many years. Thousands OF persons
helped IN the search. William Gorinan
OF So William street, Newark, searched
without result for several hours among
the pil.ngs Of the boat clubs float IN
Belleville because he had had dream In
which ne saw the boys body wedgcd be-
tween the piles.
Two Spiritualists OF Arlington told the
police that In a seance they had learned
the body or the boy was at the bottom Of
the mudhole, and that II would be found
eventually. The police believe. hrowever.
that II the boy fell into the hole his body
was washed out by the tide and swept
down the river.
Mr. Northrop reached home yesterday
morning soon after o'clock, after
night Of searching. and found that Mira.
Eorthrop had given birth to ten pound
boy. The child was born only two or
three hours after Mrs. Northrop had re-
turned from the Arlington armory. where
she had pleaded FOR soldiers TO beat the
marshes and the meadows outside the
town. She and her new son were doing
well last night