Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-14
THE CHILD RESTORED.
Hr. and Mrs. Oigby, Of New Orleans, have
their Little H0IIie Returned
to them.
The Story Of her Return-Faets and Cir
CumstanCes-SOmsihing Hidden yet.
Mystsry-Did Vandalism have any Con-
%HectiOn with the abduction Of
the GhiId2

At an early hour on Tuesday morn
ing, Mr.. Thomas Digby succeeded in
finding his lost child. After weeks of
intense anguish, happiness is at last
restored to the bereaved family, and
the parents clasp their little one IN
their arms. Its dreary Wanderings,
the scenes it has passed through, the
treatment it has been subjected to, of
course cannot now be described; and
the public will be content To know
that it is found, and the long search
and the dreary watchings are over.
WHEN AND HOW 1T DISAPPEARED.
1t disappeared from its home On the
morning of the 9th of June. 1t will
be recolleeted that the child, in COM
pany with its little brother and a
young lady, Miss Rosa German, were
playing on Howard street, between
Lafayette and Poydras, at the time in
question. Suddenly the fire bells rung
out, and the young lady, who had the
child in her arms, handed 1t TO the
little boy, saying: "Hold Molly,
while / see where the fire is" "Let
me take the boy,p said a voice near
them, and turning around Miss Cor
man discovered two women, a mulat-
tress, tall and very pretty, and a low
set, heavy negress. 1t was the mulat-
tress that spoke, and extending her
arms, took the child. She
had been seen in the street
frequently before, and frequently
noticed lavishing caresses on the.
baby, which, from its cunning ways
and delicate beauty, usually excites
attention, wen from strangers. Miss
German went in the direction of the
fire, and the two women, one Of them
carrying the child and accompanied
by its little brother, walked around
the corner, up Lafayette street to the
corner of DryadeS. Here the mulat-
tresS stopped, and giving the little
boy some money, told him to go to
the fruit stand and get some bananas
for his sister. The boy went, but
when, a moment afterward, ne re-
turned to the place, the baby. and the
women had disappeared. From That
day until this Tuesday) morning no
TRACE of them could be found.
WHERE THE CHILD WAS FOUND.
On being visited by a reporter, the
father was so quite beside himself
that he could give but little informa-
ton as to where the child was found.
1t was up town somewhere, however,
and he could drive to the house. In
answer as to how he had found the
baby, he replied thata gentleman--an
elderly man-had called at his house
earlyin the morning, about haIf-past
6 O'Clock, and informed him that he
had a child at his home that he was
quite sure was his (Digby's(.
Mr.. and Mrs. Digby were still in
bed, and the latter wanted to go with
the gentleman, but he, remembering
how often she had been bitterly dis
appointed before, insisted on her re-
manning at home, and got ready at
once to go himself. "Little did l
think,v said he, ST was on my way to
find my little MoIl." He remembered
that they got into q Jackson street
car, but could not say just where they
got out-sOmeWhere near Josephine
and Chestnut streets, he thought.
The house was quite an elegant one,
and on entering with the gentleman,
he saw a lady walking up and down
the side latticed gallery with a child
in her arms. He could scarcely be-
lieve his senses. Either that was his
long-lost, long-sought-for baby, OK he
was dreaming. Fearing lesthe might
be mistaken, he looked steadily at the
child forson1e moments, and catching
her in his arms, said, in answer to an
inquiry from the lady, ayes, madam,
this is my baby" HSuppose," sug-
gested the lady, sshe should not prove
to be your child" "Fhen / promise
to return her, but I know it's Moll,"
he answered as he ran out ofthe house
to take her to her mother.
A mothers instincts are inialible.
Mrs. Digby did not hesitate q MOI
ment. It was her child. Clasping It
in her arms, the little one murmured,