Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-09-19
A Child Stolen and Recovered.

of some strangers from Cincinnati
who came hither IN search of a miss
inc child, whose abduction from It's
home last April, appears to have ex-
cited deep interest IN that city aud
throughout the whole country The
circumstances connected with the af-
fair were published in the Tribune about
the time of the occurrence. bat as they
may be forgotten b. this time b. most
OF our readers, we Will recite the lead
ing facts, by way of prologue TO the
denouement which was brought about
Yesterday
Our story opens about the beginning
of last April. In the city Of Cincin-
natl there lived one Jenny Burns, aIias
Steel, who kept house Of Infamous
character on Fourth street Residing
IN the same neighborho0d and within
few doors Of Jennv's establishment.
was family named Davidson. con
sisting OF Mr. Davidson. his wife. and
three little ones. Among these was
q beautiful and interesting child of
four years named Lily. the flower Of
the little flock. Lilly was favorite
with all the neighbors, and was in the
habit Of paying daily visits to their
homes where she was ALWAYS a vel
come guest. Jenny Burns saw the
little innocent and became deeply at
tached to her. and as the real charac-
ter of this woman was at this time
unknown TO the parents. Lily was al
lowed to 90 to her house occasionally.
8fr Davidson was absent from home
for q considerable time, and IN the IN
terval a kind Of intimacy had been
established between the.two families,
which was quickly brought to an end
on his return. He had became ac-
ouainted with the infamous reputation
Of his neighbor, ana Lily was forbid
den to enter the palace OF SIN any
more.
The child, however. found occasion
10 see jenny soon after this, and in
formed her OF her parents orders
Nhereupon the woman became en-
ragged, and vowed vengeance against
the whole Davidson family. The pa
rents paid little heed to the threats of
the woman, bat She kept her vow, and
that in a manner which they had never
anticipated
On the night Of the 18th Of April,
between the hours OF ten at nj ght and
three IN the morning, Mr. Davidson
house was entered, and the child. who
slept IN the same room with its pa
rents. was stolen away. Ne trace Of
tie robbers could be found. ana 10
trace Of the missing Lily. The police
force of Cincinnati exertcd all Their
energies III vain TO discover the au-
thors Of the deed The event pro
duced quite a sensation IN the city, and
accounts Of the abduction were pub
lished IL most Of the leading journals
Of the country The citizens of Gin
cinnati offered a reward OF 81 600 for
the recovery Of the lost child. and as
months rolled on. and no trace Of her
could be found, this sum was raised to
$4,000. Finally it was ascertained
that Jenny Burns had employed one
of her inmates. a girl named Molly
Stanley. uItas Lolita Colowe. to steal
the child and carry it away from the
cit-. The commission was faithfully
executed. Molly having engaged the
services of some experienced house
keeper to enter the premises, while
Size waited outside to receive the
prize.
The story Of LIly's wauderings in
company with this depraved woman.
might form a parallel to the wander
ings of little Nell The police sue
eeeded in tracing them through Ken
tuckv. Indiana and Illinois In some
towns thew RETAINED for several weeks
together. MolHe following her infam-
Gus calling, and generally leaving Lily
to the care of some OF her wretched
comrades. Through the silest haunts
Of vice this bright, blue-eved. little
innocent had been dragged by her I'M
scrupulous protectress. 1t was easy
to trace their progress. for every one
remembered the fair Lilly. and the
probability Is that she would have
been trained up 20 life Of shame lad
not the untiring vigilance Of the po-
lice at last succeeded in rescuiug the
lest one and restoring her to her pa
rents
Yesterday the Lieutenaus Of Police
Of. Cincinnati, Mr.. Thomas ". Hef-
fermau. arrived in Chicago, having
learned that the child had been brought
hithcr. and with the aid Of Captain
john Nelson and Detective Dixon. he
was enabled TO trace the woman 10
house Of ill-fame on State street. At
first she refused to give any account
Of Lily, but at length confession
vas extorted from her that she had
left the child in niger den OF
Clark street. near the corner of Polk.
Here little Lily was discovered in
the charge Of number OF oepraved
wretcAes. Her garments were sadly
disfguyed and torn, but otherwise she
was the same lively. bright little
child she had been before leaving on
her strange journey. She was over
whclmed with JOY on seeing her faith
er, who came TO the city with Lieu
tenant Hefernan, and manifested the
widest delight At the prospect of see
ing her little brother and sister again
= home.
Molly was taken to the Central 20
ice station, ana last evening the party
started lor Cincinnati.
Jenny burns, the author of the alb
duction. fei' q victim n tla obo1aro
last week IN Cincinnati ~. ..ar, T,,,r