The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-10-07
Recovery By the Parents OF a daughter StoI'
tnTWenty Years Ago.

A correspondent OF Inc MliWahkce
Sentinel, W ltIng from Durand, WiScon-
sin, under date "f August Il. gives an
interesting account Of I'm incident which
lately occurred there. lie says: On the
18th of July.lS54 Mr.. Timothy Stokin,
now of this place, had little girl le
months old stolen from him. lie WIS
then living at Merton, WaukeSha county.
Mrs. St"kin was in the garden at The
Time picking cucumbers, leaving, the
.hild in the house with Otter children.
Her husband was some Is miles away
from home. When drs. Stokin returned
ia the house she asked whore hue En-
ma WAS. and the children answered "oui
IN the flower he'd" She called her, but
received no amswc:', and never saw the
..iild again until "a -IAt before last, when
Mr. Stokin returnei with a lady from
Red Cedar Falls, Dunn county. This
proved to be the chlld who was stolen 20
years | month AMI = days before. The
girl had been teaching school during The
summer at Red River Falls. The his
tory of the chilli and her subsequent
movements are interesting.
After the child disappeared the father
aroused the ntighborhood, and long
search was made. He firmly believed
The child had been abducted, ami left no
stone unturned Ia find her. lie tracked
two men To Ripon under the belief that
they had the child, but there he lost
track of them. The father and his son
entered the army, the son was Killed,
4. 4 IA urA tha
~ moved to Duraud, where he had lived
tor ten years.
OF the adventures Of the child nothing
is known up To her sixth y ear. She re-
members that III that aye she WAS ilHlhg
in 81. Louis with a woman whom she re
garticd as her mother. The woman
was taken i'll, aud 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 10 keep her.
The woman did not die, aud the girl re-
manned with her III 81. Louis until she
was | | wears old Al that Time Capt. IL.
ID. Bartlett of Hudson, Wisconsin,, cap
tain "t the steamer Viola. WIS ia II
lyOulS Win lllN Nifts ME- WV INV
the girl, liked her and made arrange
mehis with the woman by which The
girl passed into the hands oi the Bar
tletts and came 10 Wisconsin 10 live.
bout II year ago Capt. Bartlett removed
to Indiana, and Fannie johnson, as the
girl was known, took charge al the
school in Dunn county, as mentioned
above.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Nasty of this
place visited Cedar Falls and became
acquainted with Emma. She was i'm
mrdiatcly siru,k with the resemblance
of the girl To thr Slukin family, and
knowing the story of the lost child. con
c uded that this might be her. She nc
quainird the SI"kIn family with her be-
lief, and Mr.. StolIn at once visited the
girl, and after interviewing her lett AS
sured that she was his daughter. lie
persuaded her To accompany him home,
aud they reached here Thursday night.
The meeting between other and daugh
ter was affecting, and so deep were the
mothers feelings that she swooncd away
on seeing her long lost child. Ali doubt
of the identity of the child il removed.
The y"ung lady has been we'll educated,
and is a very interesting person. She
has been well cared for, aud especially
dnrng her residence i'm Hudson, where
she was universally liked. Her parents
are in moderate circumstances, but are
honest and industrious people, and have !
the highest respect of the entire com
muniiy.
Ii seems that year or so ago the /
girl received information from 81. Louis 1
that her parents had been disco :errd, /
and was urged la visit St. Louis, but /
her Hartford friends advised herto wal, I.
until references gwen Were found TO be
genuine. As no clue 10 the parties al
vIsing her return Ia 81. Louis could be-
found, il was concluded that il was an
effort on the part of some questionable
persons Ia get possession of the young
laiv. aud she remained at Hudson.
Mr.. Stokin. the father, has this theory
in regard 10 the abduction A man
named Charles Taylor was en,or Tor
he hand Of Mrs. Siokin. Her marriage
i led him with rage and he vowed r.
rcngc. He followed them from Ohio
10 Wisconsin aud stole the child