The Portland daily press., 1870-04-22
The Finding Of Nellie Burns.

Our readers were no doubt gratified by the
paragraph in yesterdays PRESS announcing
the findfng of Nellie Burns, the little Boston
girl who disappeared on the 31st of March.
The Lizzie Chase, mentioned in the following
account as the kidnapper of the child claims
to be Portland woman, according to some OF
the papers. But we have noticed that accord
ing to Boston papers all wicked people do hail
from Portland. The following is the Boston
Advertisers account:
1t appears that on Tuesday a man named
John DOherty, who is connected with one OF
the Baltimore packets, called on MIR. Burns,
The father OF the missing Child. and told him
that he thought he knew where his child was
Mr.. Burns went 10 the Second Police Station,
aud after securing the services of Officer
Houghton, proceeded to the boat on which
Doherty was employed. Doherty was found,
and he conducted the officer and Mr.. Barns to
Institute avenue, which is an alley-way lead
ing out OF EudIc0tt street at the north eud
Officer Houghton went into the alley-way FIRST
alone, and seeing among group OF six or eIg hit
children playing together, one who had on
frock of the color described in the advertise
ment for the lost child, picked her up and
asked her what her name was She replied
Nellie" Nellie what?' said the officer; but
she could give no other name except Nellie"
While the officer was questioning her the
father came up. and Selling his Guild clasped
her in his arms. As they were standing there
a woman named Lizzie Chase came out of
house near by, and claimed the child as her
own; she was thereupOn taken into custody
by tie officer. The news spread very quickly
that the lost one was found, and large crowd
soon collected in Court square, in front OF the
station. A hack was called, into which father
and daughter, Lieutenant Twombly and Off
ce HoughtOn got, and were driven away, the
crowd individually expressing their gratifica-
ton by hearty cheers. On reaching the resi-
dence of Mr.. Burns, No. 16 Shawmut street,
the door bell was rung, and a lady living with
Mrs. Burns came to the door. On seeing the
little girl, she screamed out, Nellie! our
Nelie!' SO loud that the mother, who was en-
gagged in another part of the house, hearing
The outcry, rushed to the hall and clasped her
lost darling to her heart. A crowd also col
lected here, and after Nellie had been cared Tor
by loving hands, she was presented at bay
window to those who had assembled in front
of the house, and was again received with
cheers. The crowd then dispersed and the
family were lett to rejoice over their new-found
treasure.
The woman who was arrested, Lizzie Chase,
is about twenty one years old. She states that
she is married, and that her husband is away
at sea, in the service of the United States
Her story is that she found the little girl near
st. Paufs church en- fremont street, about
asked her what her name was, and the only
answer she received was "Nellie." She car
ried her home, and has kept her ever since.
She says she has treated the child well, has
never whipped her, and has given her plenty
to eat She did not read in the papers, ard
did not hear, tn at q child Nellie was missing,
until the officer told her of it yesterday.