Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-25
DAILY DEMOCRAT.


The account 81 little child being lost in
Tama county, AID the belief that had
been kidn,p ped, as mentioned in the hef
aid few DAYS 40, reminds me OF similar
occurrence in this county which TOOK place
il the fsil Of 1852.
Mr. D Bren lived a few rods fr,i III
Goose Lake, on the Ma9lokeia road. one
dsy in September. Mrs. o Briea called ona
neighhor a little distance, acc mpahied
bv Little girl three years of sse Sever&l
children were playing about the door, and
she did no. ray nueh attention - tue
child until she was ready 10 return, when
the children told her The lii;le g'ri went
nom, some time os.orc. The inotaer went
home. bu. did not 6nd tho child. Then
sbe searched among the neighbors, but
could fnd no traces OF her any where. The
nigh, assed, and tie next day the neigh
borhood turned out and made general
search. which vas continued for several
DAYS. Every nook and gully OF the prairie
and every field vas searched over without
\ success.
The father was incobsolable, and spent all
| his time 10 endesvoFs 10 fad her or some
traces Of her, for two months. II was tue
general impression that the child had been
kidnsppcl II was on road where many
emigrant w.gons passed, and some one
could remember some suspicious-iooking
PEOPLE that passed the very day the chic
disappeared.
About this time the famous, or Infamous,
Tennessee C.aiin came to Lyons, and WAS
pretending By magnetic sight 10 cure dis
ease. and find lost things and such like
Catching at any st-aws, the father consult.
ed her. He paid her twenty five dollars,
and then without further question she told
him that on q certain day in September he
had los. little girl described her minute
ly. and even the time of day when she dts
appeared. She further told him that sew
eral emierant wagons were passing that
day. and that man and woman riding IN
covered wagon, driving brown and white
horse, had picked up the child and carried
il away with them that they were now
living across a river which was very muddy
and crooked, where there were Indians, and
that the child was well and hearty She
marked out the road which, as far as Mr..
OBrien knew, wes as far west as he had
ever been.
He returned home full Of hope, and made
preparations to proceed in the direction in
dictated. fully convinced he should succeed.
He had said nothing to the fortuns-tellsr OF
his business she had told him Of his loss,
and described the child. He had mention
cd no suspicious che had told him OF the
search. and confirmed The conclusions OF
the neighborhood, that tho child was kid
mapped by some emigrants going TO Nebras-
ka. She had described the road TO his
house, and all tie country ab3 ut, and mark
ed out road that for some distance was IA
miliar to him. The excitement of this GER
tain news and bis previous exhausting labor
threw him into fever which delayed hi,
Journey west. In his dellrium he raved
about the child, and fretted at the delay.
In the mean time hard frost shut ovsl
the shallow lake; On old man hunting fol
mink discovered among the tall grass snc
weeds that grow in the water the child''
dress partly above the ice, which on being
removed, he brought up the body remark
ably preserved, as it had lain there nearly
three months When the child attempted
, to return home il had taken wrong patti
and evidently got bewildered and wandered
out into the water until it became fast il
the mud, and had fallen down and wa
drowned, and mad remained within twenty
, rods of the house for the whole time. 81
much for popular impression. and so muei
. fortune-telling - Clinton Herald.