Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-28
1sLIrTLE NELLIE BURNS.
Recovery Of the Lost Boston Child
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Three weeks ago, on Thursday, little
Nellie Burns disappeared from her faith
i er's residence, No. 10 Shawmut street,
Boston, and since that. time a diigent
| and untiring search fos herhas been made.
| The efforts of the police to hunt the child
lup had been unsuccessful, and the iEestc-
ration was brought about curlously c. ough
The father of the child offered a reward
for her recovery, and in addition thereto
the City Council offered rewardof $500.
Mr.. Burns says he thinks the child wand
cred away from the house with play
mate and was picked up and kidnapped
by the woman Lizzie Chase, who is ia
custody of the police.
| A few days ago Mr.. Burns received the
| following note through the postoffice, the
envelope being marked April, 16:, III
'BosToN, April '70.-Sir: Your daughs
ter has been in good hands ever since she
left your house. She will he returned to
you on the following conditions Two
hundred dollars to be paid Immediately
and sent to the address below, and with
/ ~ q WAAtOCn DtOttihcC AOe-NO- tAOoCIubCs
The remainder of the reward TO be paid
atHthe time the child is delivered. In
less the promise is sent nothing can be
done. No counterfeits or marked bills
need be sent as they will not be re-
ceived. l think you ought to allow me
something for the time the child has
boarded at my place. Address, 49,
80. A. SMITH, Boston Postoffice.
"It viii be of no use to arrest persons
sent for letters, as they will know nothing
about it. (" - 3tfdE "a A
To the above letter Mr.. Burns, after
due consideration, wrote the following re-
ply:
g Boston, April Is, 1900. A.
SMITH: Give me my child and / will COM
ply with your wishes.
"H. BURNs."
This answer was posted, and &C officer
was detailed 10 watch for the person who |
called for it. No one came, however,
and the distracted father hadalmost given
up the search as hopeless, when, on
Tuesday evening, young man named |
Doherty called upon him at his house. |
lie stated that in a house on Institute /
place there was a child answerable to the |
description, and said that he learned of |
this originally from his brother, who was |
an occasional visitor at the house, and |
who remarked the fact that the child |
slept with her finger in her mouth They |
put various little signs together, and con
suited the police notice of her, and as the /
girl was stranger in the house, the con-
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one distracted from Mr.. Burns, although
there still existed some uncertainty in re-
gard to the child. The next morning Mr..
Burns, accompanied by policeman and
young Doherty, went to Institute place. |
At the entrance to the court a number of
children were perceived playing about,
one of whom wore cloak with plaid
trimmings. The officer looked at this
child closely, and while he was doing 50,
Mr.. Burns Immediately recognized the
little one. and exclaimed:
That's MY CHILD, Sir.
He then took large sized photograph
from his pocket and asked the child who
it was, whercupOn she exclaimed, |
THAT'S PAPA, PAPA"
And turning toward the original put her
arms around his neck. This was suffi-
cient proof, if any doubt existed, to es-
tablish her identity, and taking her in his
aims the father entered house and went
up stairs TO one of the apartments, &C
companied by the officer, where they ar
rested Mrs. Chase and a man named |
Manning. On his way home with his
child Hr. Burns was recognized by many
of his friends, and the news of the rccoy-
cry and restoration of Nellie spread like
wildfire.
4 crowd soon collected and followed
the party through the streets, augment
ing rapidly until they reached his home,
where Nellie's reception by her mother
was very affecting. |
The woman Chase informed the writer
that she belonged in Portland, Maine,
where her parents reside, and that she
had been resident of Boston between
two and three years. She formerly lived
on Lyndeboro place near Carver street.
She says that she is a married woman,
twenty-one years of age, and has hus-
band who is q seaman ON board the |
United States crew steamer Quinnebaug,
of the South Atlantic squadron. She
says that she found the child between
three and four O'Clock on the afternoon
of Thursday, March 81, on fremont
street; near the Common, and asked her
where she lived. The child replied, ''In
the house." and 81 further questioning
the child said she wanted TO go home.
The woman then said she'd take her
home, and she carried her to
THE HOUSE on INSTITUTE PLACE.
This is one of two dirty editices occu-
pied by dozen or fifteen families The
room in which the Chase woman lived is
furnished with half broken fur
niture, and evidences of poverty arc
everywhere numerous. When the child
was found she was poorly clad and very
dirty, vermin being visible upon her per-
son. One other child was found in the
house, and the officers are engaged in
making inquiries about it, in order to as
certain whether or not it had been kid
mapped.
THE KIDNAPPERS HELD FOR TRIAL.
Mrs. Chase and the man Thomas Mall
ming were before the Municipal Court on
Thursday, charged with kidnapping and
were held in So, 900 bail each, for trial.
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