Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-09-14
THE VIRGINIAN.
LyNCHBURG, SEPT. II, 1929.
TIE LOST CHILp-again.

terians affair, al the moment they were related
aud just as they were related, before the eha
mining magistrate. Notwithstanding, howev
er, the fact that we pariook of the general eh
citemen, against Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes, We yie
d-d to the appeal of the former, and suppress
sed brief account OF the examination alter Il
had been put 10 type. Indeed, we felt no small
degree OF sympathy for him-partly, because
he was total stranger amongst US, but chiefly
because his conduct had been apparently un-
tina, he had never been participant in, or pro
moter OF, the hendlike crueltes which were
proved TO have been inflicted on the unfor
tunafe little girl-cruellies, the bare recital OF
which would make the blood curdle in the
veins. We thought, from various circumstan-
J ces, that Mr.. Barnes, il he was cognizant at
| all of the worse than brutal treatment which
the child had received, was merely a passire
pectator--y ielding TO all influence which he
could not resist in short, that he stood trem
bling y aloof, and heard unmoved the shrieks
one time scourged by the lash ut another sea.
| rified by fire at another suspended to the
! ceiling for hours together by the thumbs at a.
mother placed in a situation, in which she was
kept more than day, in imminent peril of her
life ; made to perform all the mental duties of
family; denied access to any human being
but those who thus trampled on all the feeling
Of humanity; and then starved, until she was
literally walking skeleton Influenced by
thase considerations, we had determined that
the press shoild be silent, and that the laws
should speak uninhuenoed by feelings excited
by discussions IN the public prints. Wien,
however, N's Allen, who claims to be, and
| who is generally supposed 10 be, the mother
Of the little gnl, came to this place, and,
10 the satisfaction of so many persons,
clearly identified her lost child, we felt it
to be our duty to state the circumstances,
| for the information Of her distant Trends, as
we'll as that more satisfactory information
might be received, which would at once lie.
! lieve her from all doubt. In SO doing, we con
suited the feelings of Mr. Barns 10 an extent
which he has since shown that he was not ca.
pable OF approaching We merely mentioned
| he broad facts. without As we might have
done, reciting those inmate details, which must
| make all who hear them shudder.
Up to this time, sympathy was enlisted in
behalf of Mr.. Barnes. But, like many Others.
he construed compassion for his misfortune 10
| be Indignation against those whom he is pleas
ed To call his " prosecutors" II vas left for
| the infatuated man bimse 10 tear the bandaye
| from the eyes OF the public, and to exhibit him.
| self in bis true character. In despite of our
| remonstrances, pointing out To him as we did
| the excitement which wou Id be renewed n.
gains, him by such an article as he Offered TO
us for publication, yet he would persist in his
course; and the consequences we foreod did
to pass. II led 10 an angry reply and to
| other evidences of public feeling, some of
which, we have no hesitate in saying, were
highly improper. But, il seems that he was not
satisfied with ootraging public opinion here, by
placing himself on the dtfenaUe but he must
60 abroad, aud, in Il futile and imp tent at
tempt II vintiiea'e himself and his " persecu ed
| family" Islander not only the legally consti,u.
tuted authorities ofIhe corporation but also
the who lie community among whom he resides
We repeat he has Stdndered thpm-for
Whatever he has published in the " Ncw York
Courier not contained in his replication pub.
lshed in the" Vir gilman" he dared not have
published here-for he knew then. and knows
now, that it is tissue of falsehoods. But, be.
fore we proceed further, letus quote the i'm.
pudenl article which has appeared IN the
New York Counter" under his name
Lgnchbug, august 20M 1899
.heSsrs. Editors You will confer favor
by publishing my answer to piece in the Viz
ginian in relation to the lost child Of Mrs. AL.
len of New York. This lady came here on
Saturday last, and found some marks one un
der the Jaw, occasiOned by bile one on the
side OF the heal caused by a fail, the third a
bunch of grapes on the back but the color OF
the cbild's eyes in years have chanped from
black TO gray, and all her features have totally
changed in that time she now being fourteen
as above stated. The marks above n,en,ioned
are an me unfortunate lady has 10 identity her
Inc child that has caused so much excite
menu w ms place, was bound TO me in Buffa-
10 in March ia 1927 by her proper father.
William 1. Hendershot, who is very poor and
was soldier in the last war, and was pen.
sioner. lie lives there and is well known
there, and also the child in question, by Judge
Bennett, Joseph CIauy. Esq John Roo,. ESD.
Judge "aIdon, Mr.. B. Rathbon. and would
mention hundred persons who have knovn
the family. and the child perhaps from its birth.
She lived with Us nearly two years and no fault
found by her parents as 10 iii treatment nor
the pnolic but unfortunately for US webrsught
her TO this place. We had black woman 10
work for US BY whom the abuse was commit.
ted without our knowledge and not being able
70 prove '''s 'ac', ! was forced to gail and have
been most shamefully treated. The hack wo.
man. who was hired TO me by her master for
the year. ms soon as the abuse was discovered
run OH, which ought TO be sufi Gent proof OF