New-York tribune., 1874-12-26
CHILDREN LOST AND FOUND.
CURIOUS STORIES FROM PUBLIC INSTfTU-
TlONS.


COvEIIEs.
The Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Children recently organized Is likely TO Ind an amount
and particular class Of work which comes "ithh .'e
scope OF no other Institution Tho many societies.
already established which have to do Win children in
ono way another have to lisrn TO the sors VI ''
city I'm tho wrctched homes which they bofrlehh anu
tLey are and frequent. but 1t Is not part OF tne
work 70 secure the punishment OF tho offenders Tney
receive the children that are made homeless p' Tue
bow5 and drunkenness 0f PARENTS ahd give them 'oou
and clothing and education. The Society Will sup
pcment the efforts Of the Old By securing the pun
ishment Of brutal parents. and MAKING them a'raiu
OF the methods Of tho law. Another important tasA
which may sooner or later fall to the LOT OF inc nc" Do
cey the protection OF children against the numerous
abductors OF children who " sometimes discovered and
punished aro 0fener allowed to escape II IL com
impression that the detectives arc dencieht anu
uue0ual TO demands upon thom in this direction, the
fact OF 80 many cases mad, known during the year
which are not successfully worked may account ior IT,
That large number OF lost chIldrf1 nro restored 10
their friends through the cGOrts OF detectives certan
but many conipliints are madc whether justly or
otherwise. that tncy enter into search Win
little Interest until largo advances arc made
or some unusual honor Is likely TO Dc w
tachcd to tho success OF their eHorts
In the course OF year more than 2ol) cases or ost on
drcn are reported to tho police portion OF these OF
course do not require an extensive num- put tho ch
dren return IN few days, are found with friends,
or have merely gone to lodginghonses Many OF tnese
casos however are brought to light: what be-
comes OF the children IL never known; and yet, In
majority OF instances they held In families In tho
city, perhaps no more half hours walk from their
own homes Not few recoverie5 made independently
Of the efforts OF tho detectives by mere accident or
through the agency OF souo OF the many institutions
which are devoted to the rescue Of poor and orphan chill
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does not always appear, when these mysteries are
solved that tho lost children have been abducted
Some OF them with The hope OF better fortune, when
actuacs many older people 10 rash changes nave de
serted their homes and sought shelter wherever they
might, processing, perhaps, that they were without
friends that they have been driven away from Their
homes by brutal parents that they dAro not go home
because they have not been able to earn anything.
They are shrewd enough to adopt strange names, by
which they known among their new acquaintance.
II often happens that they find better homes than they
left and, OF their own inclination or through the
Influence of those who hold hem they keep their seoret
1--we q false life, and become as dead to their own
parents Among the everyday occurrences OF his ma
ture of marked interest, bat are often not
made known any outside small circle OF friends.
case OF more than usual interest, OF which tue Iuu
circumstances have not before been made public was
exposed by simple question from an of,er OF one OF
the largest charitable institutions tLo city. girl OF
year ago. by woman who professei to be her mother
Her story was that her husband had quarreed with her.
and was very brutal; that feared he would Kill or
inure tho girl, in ms rage and she had Drought her
there to her from his anger Se was referred to
tho Court for tho direcrons OF the Jadge who, after
bearing the case recommended that the child be left at
the institution for time at least. She was there about
six months, during which time she gave no intimation
that the womau who brought her there was not her
mother Ii wa. noticed however, that she was girl or
refinement in her manner au habits ana M S
aroused h't she hid not always lFcu ia th iany
of yenie GA the day sac was to be GENT 70 western
home she taken aside and informed thas she was
believed to have deceived them regarding her previous
If althoigd they then hId 30 clcW 10 her true history
Size s""mhd at iirst somewhat frightened, but nnaly
said 10 Ter 0urstloner that he would protect her she
wuui1 tell hin the truth She had Kept her secret De-
had threatened terrible punishment II she should tell,
rid herself Of the notion that they could
by some means fulfill their threats She now, however,
told her story. She was the daugne" OF dre:snakeru-
sent her ont one afternoon to buttons; she
mssod way, and walked about until dusd. when sna
waIk and a,ISd be- would fake Ier home. lie told her
10 wait q minute: meanwhl' hn went into tho house,
tL'!l amt rrtumns shorty after, led her Ia ana
,, tbnt Gc Would t.Le her noluS aiter dnner. Later
in the evening he told her she must stay oil night winch
shc did In the morning he told her that they bad
bany when she must tiEe o. that he should not
take he: where s!e >aii VAS her home; th!t h9r name
was not wnat she had called H. Dut Jenuto ,cesler aud
that his little girl whom he lost when very
young. Having heard her story, tho supcrintendent
given him found and heard her sad account of her
LOST girl. Slu WAS informed that she could pr0oably
learn important acs about her glr by gong @ith him
Tn sho did, and thcro followed rle joyous recognition
aud tae restoration OF tho daighter to her mother and
home. Daring tho year that had intervened every
etl5rt hau been mado by tins Lazy that she ana her
friends could deyis bat all the Work OF detectives had
unsuccessful, not tho slightest clew having been
obtained. 10 AVOID nOtorety no acton was taken
against the abdnctor OF tue Guild, Who went unPln'hed
Another case Ia whch 0 the asy luns " is
the channcl through which tgn entered. was that OF
lion Lady from the east side OF tho city, with whom
had lived several months SIZE was an orphan but
papers OF gnaidlanshp could he sh0wu Previously
she had iivcd III biooiyi, anu the peopie there, MIN
whom she had been. could furnisI no papers. Tao
remained here several months, aud was than sent to
Illluuis homo orphan child. NJthIug occurred
ru hn n'i var, st,i ,i,v. and n,orrnn9 tha,r g,r
as lost For never learned, she had kept
false name and repeated her false history until hen'
but all the time Knowing tnat H. parcatS were living
Upon receiving her letter. tho father immediately went
Illinois, ANA she returned with him. lie had made
eom3ttn. tnIs s 10 irnrm tg M a , nsr uS
in ali cases where thcr, Is any doubt about the
applicau-bu all 10 10 avail
third instance in wnich Que OF the established chir
ties the Instrument Incidentally Of discovery II told
a. Follows: prominent minister OF this city brought
boy the lnstituuon with wnom he said he could do
nothug, aud who he thought, would be better Oh there
he" he had d. any relatives, and believed him to
be an orphan. lie was received upon
his parents died when lac WAS very small, and he had
without any regular homo since thea He was at
the asylum single month when lie was recognized by
a former playmate WHO knew that hs parents hdd
giveu hn Up los, dead. Tnis Latter boy went at
once 10 the parents OF the other and told them whom
he had soe. The father hastenei TO see II this
true, aud inquired for his ooy, giving toe true nare
Tuero was OF that name. but the fathers deScilp-
tiUu was aud the suptrintCnicnt called the
boy whom minlstct h6a brought into private room
adjoining the where tie iSther was seated lie hch
asked hIm what his true history was ahd the DOy r.
pcated II ny tho old story Tle superintendent,
IN dismSsing him, asked him 10 take Dook 'hlo no
side room while no him self rolowCd The rucognt."u
was OycrW LeIuIDg. THO boy then told his father tue
true story. Ho sent to bay something; older
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hn was ash imied or afraid 10 10 home He went tOa
lOugn hUsc WITH hIo new guardians, by whose advice
he clngth s name. sep by slrp he raIne 10 d. oAIe