Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-09-15
A LIFE ROMANCE.
RECOVERY ny THE PARENTS OF A DAuaH.
TER STOLEN TWENTY YEARS AGO.


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A corresnondent Of tho M;lvankee
Senfjnel writ;no irt,m nurand W;scon.
sin. under date of Augun III o;ves an
intereslipg account of an incident which
lately occurred there. He saws On
the 17tb Of Julv- ls54 Mr. trimotbv
Stokin. now of his place. Ind little
pirl eighteen months old stolen from
him. He was then living at Merton.
Waukesha county. Mrs. Stokin was
in the garden at the time pickinp
cucumbers. leaving the child In the
house witt, older children. Her bus-
band was some eighteen miles away
from home. When Mrs. Stolsin re.
turned 10 the house she asked where
little Emma was and the children nm.
swered, aout on the fiower-bcdp She
called her. but received no answer. and
never saw the child aaain until night
before last. when Mr. Stokin returned
with n lady from Red Cedar Falls
Dunn county. This proved 10 be the
child who was stolen twenty wears one
month and two days before. The pirl
had been teaching school during the
summer at Red River Falls. The his.
tory of the loss of the child and her
subsequent movements ia interesting.
After the child disappeared the "a.
ther aroused the neigbborbood and A
long search was made He firmly he.
lieyed the child had been abducted and
left no stone unturned 10 find her He
tracked two men TO Ripon under the
belief that they had ibe child and
there he lost track of them Tho 20.
tber and his son entered the army the
son was killed the father returned
alone. and the family removed m Du.
rand where they have lived for ten
wears. - ''G
OF the adventures of the child moth.
ing is known up TO her sixth wear
She remembers that at that age she
was living in ST. Louis with woman
whom she regarded as her mother.
The woman was taken i'll and under
the impression that she would die she
confessed to the girl that she was NOT
her mother; that she had been stolen
and that she (the woman) had been
paid TO keep her The women did NOT
die. and the girl remained with her in
st. Louis until she was eleven wears
old. At that time Captain l.. ID. Bart
lett, of Hudson, Wisconsin, captain of
the steamer Viola. was in ST. Louis
with his wife. Mrs. Bartlett met the
girl, liked her and made arrangements
with the woman bv which The girl
passed into the hands of the Bartletts
and came to Wisconsin to live. About
a year ago CAPTAIN Bartlett removed
to Indiana. and Fanny johnson. as the
girl was known. took charge Of the
school in Dunn county, as mentioned
above.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Nasby. of
this place. visited Cedar Falls and he.
GENE acquainted with Emma. She
was Immediately struck with the re-
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