Evening journal., 1921-10-26
KIDNAPPED
BOY HUNGRY
Little Carl Carlin Abandon
ed by Cruel Stealer After
Days of Wandering
CARRIES JOY
TO HIS HOME

After travelling eight days with a
beggar who used him to arouse SYM
pathy. carl Frye Carlin. three years
old. was restored to his foster-par-
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. william Carlin, in
Camden. n. j., yesterday.
The child was abandoned sunday
in a field near Boothwyn five miles
from wilmington. by a stranger. de-
scribed by the little fellow as big.
bad mans"
The boy wandered from the field
to a swamp nearby. Hungry, weary.
his eyes swollen and closed by a bad
cold his corduroy suit soiled and
torn, the lad presented a sad ap-
pearance when school children Of
Chichester Township, Delaware coun-
~. Pa. found him Monday evening.
He had evidently passed the night in
the swamp. sleeping on the damp
ground.
He was placed in a truck and tax
en- TO the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joshua Bailey, near Boothwyn. Mrs.
Bailey bathed his eyes In warm wa
/ ter to open them, took of his dirty
clothing and gave him a bath and
then let him sleep for five hours,
after which he had a hearty meal
ready.
The little fellow told a confused
story, mentioning the "big bad
mans" street car rides. his name
Carl and talked OF sleeping on hay
and big cold places
Mr. Bailey took the child to the
office OF District Attorney William
Taylor in Medit Monday. A search
was begun for the parents, and In
the meantime the boy was taken 10
St. Vincents Home, Lansdowne.
r. S. Carlin. foster grandfather
OF little Carl. had read a brief ac-
count in the newspapers that an
abandoned child had been found
in Delaware county and this clue
took him to Chester yesterday and
from there TO Media.
He called at the District Attor-
neys office. and James J. Skelley. a
Lima contractor. was sent TO St
Vincent's Home TO bring Carl back
for identification.
When the little fellow saw his
grandfather he fairly leaped into
his arms. smotherlng him with kisse,
and crying out: Take me home tC
my mamma. grandpopl Don't le'
that big man get me, will you?"
He clung to his "grandpop" OF
the way home on the II" and ferry
There was a pathetic reunion at th'
Camden ferry wharf where the little
chaps foster mother was waiting.
Scores of relatives and friendl
gathered last night at the CarliI
homt 2731 Concord avenue, Cramel
Hill, and little Carl was almost kiss
ed to death.
The search for the boy began sun
day, October 16, when he disappear
I'd after he had been playing on tn
sidewalk near his home in a kid
die car" with another boy. The lat
ter returned and said "a big maj
had taken Carl"
In a few days reports were re
ceived OF a crying child and a tai
ragged man having been seen in NeV
Jersey. Later the man and the bo
disappeared in Delaware county
where the man posed as a widowe
seeking aims He was given none
by william Pierce. a Boothwyi
storekeeper. Sunday afternoon o.
the road to Chester the strange
met Maurice Doolan. OF Boothwyr
and his hard-luck story resulted in
git OF more money.
Delaware county. Pa, authoritie
have started a widespread search 10
the kidnapper. who is believed {
be the same man who enticed Alic
Monroe, five years, Of 942 Fedora
street. Camden, from her home Ia.
September s. The girl was foun
abandoned in corn field.