Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-11-24
A Lost Child Found ATter a Lapse OF
Seven Years.

seven Tears.
From the Sandusky (ohio) Register, Oct. %.
A circumstance has come to light in our
midst within few days, which for ro-
nance is scarcely excelled by the drsami-
est imagination of the brain. and which
would form the web of an enchanting tale
of fiction. taAt E4>
In the year 1856 there lived at No 81
Baxter street, in the city of New York, n
family by the name of Murillo. The par
ents were of Itelian origin, and the father
during years Of prosperity had acquired a
handsome competence in the silk trade.
Fortune had smiled upon them in other
ways than the bestowal of riches, and
their home during the year We have men,
tioued, had been rendered more cheerful
and attractive by the birth of a daughter.
The mother was in feeble health, and fol.
lowing the custom too often adhered by
those in the high circle of society. the
parents put their young babe into the
care and keeping of nui Sc, who lived
not many blocks from their palatial resi-
ence.
Three years thus passed in the life Of
their child, when the time came for the
parents to SHELTER and rear it henceforth
under their own roof. II was with great
reluctance that the nurse could part with
it. During the many months she had
formed an attachment for it quite as strong
as that implanted by nature in the parent.
And the child, accustomed to constant care
and caress of its nurse, and knowing its
parents only as strangers to it, had learned
to love only its keeper. This mutual at.
tachment was often a source of great an
noyance TO the parents, for frequently
would the nurse succeed in getting the
child home and retaining il for days at q
time, and often did the little one steal away
from its mother and run to the nurses
house, the location of which i.
had learned. In this manner four years
passed. when in the year 1863 the child
was missing from home, and was not to be
found at the nurses. The city was search
ed from one end of its long streets to the
other, but to no avail. Every means thai
human mind could invent was resorted to
by the father to trace out the lost child, but
to no purpose. Nearly seven years thus
passed, and then no trace of the child
could be found. A spirit of melanchol,
had taken the place of joy in tho life of thu
mother, and the cheering inspiration o.
hope had in these long years gradually
passed away. The father had traversec
the country over in search of tn,
lost one. and had lost all expecta
ton OF ever beholding his child
again. But the sadness that had broodsc
over that household for six and one hal
long years was to be dispelled, and rejoic
ing was soon to supersede it. The nurse
at last conscience-stricken confessed to tn,
father that she had stolen the child, ant
had Immediately sent it off with q number
of homeless children that were being taker
west In search of homes among strangers
The father Immediately examined the OLE
records OF the Association. and after som,
days found recorded that the child has
been taken to Bellevue, in this state, anS
bad been adopted by family there by III,
name of Marshall. Coming immedia;el,
to Bellevue lie visited the above named
family, and found that the child was n,
longer there. but was somewhere il
the county. Julia, the name of III,
child, had retained herffull name, and b,
the striking resemblance she bore to he
father. he was able to trace her further
She had only remained three years OF tn,
seven of her absence with the family il
Bellevue. Her adopted parents had failed
to give her that instruction necessary in .
correct life, and had been at times crue
and severe, and AS result the child ba,
contracted habit of stealing. After ieav
ing Bellevue she had resided in seyera
families 10 this country until last August
! when she stole a silk dress and a shaw
while the family of Capt d. w. Lindsey
OF Perkins, in which she then resided
were absent.
Capt Lindsey had sought to correct he
life, but IN vain, and finally entered CON
plant before Judge Colver, and after thor
ough investigation, she was sentenced to III,
Reform School for girls. The examination
showed that she had acquired the habit o
stealing, and had before been detected il
It. She was then given into the care of Mr.
and Mrs. Starr, superintendents of tn,
County Infirmary, prior to being transfer
ed to the Reform School. They soor
became interested in her. He,
winning ways, her rprightlincss anC
wit, rendered her very attractiy,
and she soon revealed to them tina
her waywsrdness was due more to mis;or
tune and cruel training than to wicked
spirit. They intended to retain her there
fore with them in the hope of saving her
when on last Friday her father made hil
appearance at the Home, and beheld fo
the first time in seven years his lost child
Obtaining writ of hdbeas corpus he soor
took Ter from the hands of the law, ant
fastened on his way to his home in New
York. Surely desolate home has beer
made joyous, and mothers broken hear
made whole again.