Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-08-12
STORY. 7, (, ora, y; A,',N ,NAIF.
KIDNAPPING BY AN OFFICIAL. /,
Passionate Devotion ofa Child
less Couple to an Adop. 81.
..arg ted Child ' ''''
A Heartless superintendent and
aTreacherous Priest, ACoun-
Try Abandoned to Preserve
'"' t.' a Daughter. l's s-"aI

d lreacnerouS PrleSt, A,Coun-
| Try Abandoned to Preserve
i, $50, ~. a Daughter. ''s a..aI
-Four years ago this August thcir,o
was in the alms-house Of Orange county,
New York, a bright little girl, aged about
four years. She was founding, and
h9F rfsffu9sd ffu9da mqqId qffsatnrfs 9ga EGpaTki
able intelligence gave evidence that she
was ofno common larentagc. In the month
above mentioned, Mrs Samuel J, Cour.
sen, lady of a leading family of, Sussex
county, New dorsey ygelwas visiting the
family of Mr.. j. II. Gooddc, the super.
ip.eadent Of The Orange acdddty b6OrH.A
While tIere she saw the child, which was
called BY thename Of Mary, and formed
a apeculiar attachment for il. Before she
went away she obtaiheda gift Of the
C4lld from the SUPERINTENDENT, promising
to hud j, a good, home. i was at FIRST
the Intention of the lady to take the waif
into her own family, but objections being
made TO it by other mehbers,,sbe gave
the Child to a family named o'fIara, III
Newton, New Jersey The ,o'Ilara
family was inihumble circumstances, but.
honest, industrious, and well Thought Of,
Between, Mrs. Coursen and Mrs. LO'Ilara,
although there was arwide distinction in
their respective social conditions, a strong
friendship existed, the latter having long
beena faithful servant in The formers
family. The 0'Iiaras wcta cAildless, and
snowins their sterling qualities and their
desire for child to make their home
happy, Mrs. Ooursens placed little Mary
in their care, to be to them as their own
child The OHaras NJ ONCE manifested
ne>gfea'est aleotion lQfr the little one.
aud gave it the name of Mary Jane
OHara. They had-her baptized in the
Catholic faith, and it was common re,
mark among TIE neighbors that little
Mary. O'liara vas the happiest child in
Newton. She was always clothed as we'll
as any child, and when she was old
enous was sent to the public school in
Newton, where she madelsrapid progress
in her studies. sr9qr, uug,} o. uoiiaiu
Living in Newton we're relatives, Of
Mrs. Coursen's husband, who we're not on
good terms with ber.oThe affection mani.
tested by Mrs. Coursen for the child che
had brought from the almshouse and for
its foster parents was we'll known through
out Newton, and in vs. ~
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TUE FAMILY DIFFICULTIES t7sv
that then prevailed Mrs. Coursen had no
warmer, defender than. Mrs, O'Hayq, who
frequently gave the relatives above
mentioned piece f.her mind" These
relatives were particular friends of Su>
Perintendent 'Goodale. and the peoplesof
Newton put "this and that together,o and
accounted satisfactorily for the circum>
stances that eusued in the case Of the !
adopted child. .s7nla' ase85a 7i.drq |
.. In In the early Rprt~of October last, su>
perintepdeat Goodalc appeared iu New
ton 'On,aq The, little 0'HHara girl had ad., then
been oyer three years with its adopted
parents, aud was at school on the day
Goodale went to the New Jersey village; |
he drove up to the school house door,
ahghted and wentiu, asking for Mr..
Allen, the principal ofthe school, and
that gentleman appeared. p Mr.. Goodale
told him he had letters from Newton
which stated that the O'Haras were ILL
treating the child Nary and that
as Superintendent dffhe Orange County
he had come to take her away.
He refused to tell by whom the, letters
bad been written, or to show any author,
lty for his statements, and Mr.. Allen
declared that the alleged letters owere
false in the information they contained,
and that child could be taken away only /
At Goodale's peril. Little Mary was in
the room ,YbRiGh thsS SSppPriptspient had
entered, and she recognized hin. and
'hrank away from him at bis approach.
During the conversation between Goodale
lni the teacher they had retired 70 the
nall, taking the child with Them, Who
begged mob 70 be lssps5 sYsSl at the
lose Of the interview Mr.. Allen sent the
'hild back toits lFOqn, cand slosiag, the
lOor, bads tie Superintendent good day
md went up stairs. As soon as he was
,ut of sight, GOodale re entered the room
n which the child was sitting trembling T
n her class, took her mp bodily, despite
Ter cries and pitifOl appeals aud struggles
md carried her ont of the building to his
'arriage. Placing her in that, and GOV.