Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-23
Three Real Life Romanees,

There sailed in steamship for HAVE
Saturday, boy sixteen years old, who
goes from the Paurer Home for Cbildre,
in Tarrytown to be educated In Franc
The name he is known by is Gilbe,,
Lewis. His story Is as follows: In Issn
there lived luxuriously in the lower part
of Westchester County French family
with an infant son. Two weeks after kis
birth the mother wentto Charleston. s q
on business, expecting TO return soon
She was detained there until after the
breaking out Of the rebellion, and sbs
was unable to send for her child. Aher
several months she succeeded In re urninr
to this city, and on inquiry learned thai
her husband had given her child out ~
nurse, and, notwithstanding every effor,
she failed to find any trace OF it. The
despairing mother sailed for Europe hsy
ing almost abandoned every hope of apsin
seeing her offspring. She then proeecu,.
ed a search for her husband, which r.
suited in the discovery that he had com.
mitted suicide. Soon afterwsrd she went
to Russia, where she married nobleman
Meanwhile. Matilda Weber, of Wes;ches-
ter, the nurse, had cared for the child
year, but as no word came from the
lCAtby EhC, bCihS a Pcoi Wouidll, gave
him up 10 the Poormaster Last Septefnber
the Consul General received letter from
Mrs. Caroline Deiner, dated from ST
Petersburg, inquiring after her child,
which was soon followed by q communi.
cation from the Minister at Washington
Detectives at last found out the boy, who
was working on farm, whittier he had
gone from the pauper home. He knew
nothing of where he was going except in
a general way; was perfect stranger ~
bis parents, and would have been con.
tented to go back to the farm.
A singular story was brought out in
case in Justice Delmsr's Court, In Brook
lyn, last week Patrick Cahill and his
wife Margaret married in Ireland in 1870
He lived with her for about eighteen
months, and then disappeared. She sup
posed him to be dead until, finally, she
heard that he had come to this country.
She collected all her money and turned
her property into cash, and came here
with her daughter. For twenty years
she prosecuted an unceasing search, but
without success, until about two weeks
ago, when she learned that he lived al
Henry and Nelson streets, Brooklyn, and
| was carrying on lucrative milk bust
| ness. She sent hO daughter over 70 see
him, but he refused 10 have anything to
do with either his wife or daughter. Bee
ing that she could secure no redress ex.
cept through the court, she applied for a
warrant 70 Justice Delmar. Yesterday,
for the first time in nearly thirty five
years, the man and wife met. Justice
Delmar found Cahill guilty of abandon
ment, and held him in $500 bonds to pay
his wife weekly stipend of six dollars.
A third story of a reunited family comes
from New Jersey. Capt. George Bell, a
well-known citizen of Jersey City Heights,
while visiting Bayville, Ocean County,
N. j., on Wednesday of last week, met
his sister, whom he had incurred as dead
for the last twenty seven years. She is
married to William Hulshart, mer-
chant. Mrs. Hulshart wandered away
from home when little giri.-N. Y.
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