Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-08-12
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was made acquainted with the kidnapping
OF, the child, she was almost erased with
grief and wonld have started afoot for
Goshen, but for The, interfersnee.l of her
friends .ls became the universal opinion
at once that if Goodale had received tue
letters heprefcssed to have received, they
were written blythe Coursdn q relatives
who, by the kidnapping of the CHILD, at
once revenged themyehcso son-AErs. CoursOn
and on MIS-. io'ffaHh fot hefl 'acfensc. of
the former 50 JaeJ5HpSs aeJ5HpS was Vas tn, y popular
indignation, that petition was drawn up
signed by every Clergyman, lawyer aud
prominent citizen in Newton, asking Lfor
the return Of the chic, and staahtqPai e the
statements as 70 tho III treatment Of the
child as false in every particular This
paper was prtsented to 'GtJodalo, who
snubbod The c6nhittdS presenting ~ and
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said lie had TIE child and intended to
keep her. All 'Gfofts Of citizens Of New
ton to regajnthe child, or see her, wtelre
unayailing, and they finally gaeSs lier up,
and the affair became no lodgeF one Of
public Interest, ana was forgotten. The
adopted parents did rot aforgetlts how
lever, nor give up their efforts to ta'loF
50. 7eF RECOVER THE oHihD.a7 s1f
when the efforts made by,tlreir frieads
failed to recover the child, Mrs. " IIara
took-the caselin hand herself sdShes went
to the7, pnhsa, county almshouseJ and
begged to have her child, 81 gbs, supsriu-
tendeptetold ,hernlhatlit lwasfposelshere,i
1t having been sent out .ofthen reschsiof
the o. Haras, he said, and they would
peyer'sed II ags6. "9sBsthSai SpbIied to
Father QbHas. Of fths.Gesbsp Catholic
church. Hst0ld Mrs o. Hara that he
haa been deceived by, the, letters from
Newton. aud pledged himself TO find
the child. lMss O'Hara went back
home and waited 10 patience tho making
good Of the priests pledge, At his
suggestion they gave up their home, in
Newton and removed to, Middleton, New
York, Father O'flara telling them that
they would balmere liable to obtain word
Of the kidnapped child there. Both Mr..
and Mrs. QIlara went about tho country
in all directions, sometimes on foot and
sometimes aided by, friends in Z wagons,
inqulriDg ofeyery one. they met and at
every house for tidihgs Of little Mary.oL
Months Mouths past in this way, and the fruitless
search began TO have its effect on the
minds ofboth Mr4 and Mrs. s0'IIara.
The The loss child was the ,su aa,,ssqsR
az BURDEN oFsALL THEIR fTA1Kiisu
and ever move they made was secondary
to The purposeiof 6nding,her. The week !
before last young lady of Niiddletowp, !
who had''been teaching school IN the |
vicinity of Goshen hearing the story o s |
Mrs. O'ilara's search for the chilli an |
sweriDg the deSeriptio Of Mary was
lastwinter living with "a Mrs. Murphy. !
an old lady, near Goshen but had been
sentsomewhere into Pennsylvania. Mrs. |
O'Iara proceeded at once to Goshen and
found Mrs. Murphy, but all her tears
and pleadings could not prevail upon her
to disclose anything in relation to the
child. Inquiry among the d neishbors,
however, ELECTED the fact that o Child
answering the description Of the lost girl
bad been sent to liveiwith a daughter Of
hers, Mrs Peter Burke, somewhere in
Wayre county, Pennsylvania. Witl1this
clewrto work on. Mr.. and Mrs. o. Hara,
alone and uuaided by legal or other ad.
vice, started at once for Wayne county to
make ifdftheri investigation. uFhgyD al
rived at Honesdale Tuesday evening.
jaded7and almost exhausted with 3rayel,
and vert TO Coyne' IIotel. Before fes6-
ing or eating they proceedcd' to secure
knowledge as to,the wbereabouts Of The
residence of4'eter Bpfkcg. They learned
that there was a lsetef' Burke living
eighteen miles from Honesdsle, but that, I
as he had SIX or seven children in the
family, il was'not likely that the lost
ehila was there.g The ..d0Hara's
determined to- visit Burke's however.
and after attending mission services at
st. Jthn's Catholic church, they~ hired
livery 'stables keeper EN-
Honesdale, to drive them to Burke,s
On the way, early Wednesday morn
lng,g they told Eggleston their story and
showed him Newton papers containing an
account of'thekidnarping7 which enlisted
him heartily ! ia I tteiF cause. As they P
drew eyt near ' TO Burke's i was, with difficulty
that EggglsstOu could keep. Airs. lO'Hara
in the wa.rnn sn ;nfansA ,r.a. La-......;l.