The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-23
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At LAST.
rrro,n the Chicago Iutsr-Ocean, sep'ean'
Sitting In the Central staflon yesteeluu!
,,,ornoon a reporter for the !nteF-Ccedh
fouad trayel-stained man nursing sisep
;ns child. and, iearuing the pair aad an
axs,,f,,i history. the man was spoken VIII.
His name is william Price, aud he toImells
Eent q failorss shop here. In May, sIo' nc
rernoyed TO Aurora, Ill. His family con-
sisted Of himself. wife, and TWO cnaaut o. =
the older, Mary Emma Price reacnS |
age of six years in August iast. ou 50 80,
riiary 9th last, while Price was IN ttits osty
buyinc goods, this child was 'ost, eVluehIs
stolen. but for " bat purpose Is iny &c SC;
Returning to his desolated nome, ~ -.
was distracted at the loss Oh VAC liz
die one. and after searching me to"n
thnrouohlv determined 10 look else
Where. Without any definite idea where ne
ponld seek for clew, he put INTO us
norket all the money be had, some S2.eo9,
and started of. He went to Pittsburgh, ana
AT small restaurant opposite the raiiroau
den0f, he learned that such child as the one
no described had been seen there some GAYS
before in company with tall, DARK we'l-
Jrassod man. Following the trail, Price
,.emt ~ Altoona. thence to Philadelphia.
where, after q protracted search, he learned
that the man and child had been there elgnt
DAYS before, and had gone to Camden N.
+ Price went to Camden and thence 10
Now York. where he remained three weeks,
feeling confident the child was there. az
last he learned that the pair bad crossed
Hamilton ferry twenty-five days peiore;
Price went to Brooklyn, and there ioun9
where the child-stealer and his prey NAG
lodged, at a place kept by Thompson "
Henry, corner CT West and franklin stree,S.
Returning to New York and hunting the
vessel officers, he found that man ana cnlid
had sailed for Cuba OH the New Hamburg.
He went to Cuba and found that the vessel
would not touch there, but go TO the west
Indies and then sail for Liverpool, England.
TO LIVERPOOL the father went on the Little
Queen. and impatiently awaited the arrival
of the Hamburg. Three weeks passed,
mostly occupied by Price haunting the
docks and scanning the water Tor lnDound
vessels. On August Isl, the chlld's BIRTH
day. the father was sitting d;scons olately on
the Queens wharf, at Liverpool, when q
vessel hove in sight. He was despairing.
All bis money save $3.50 was spent, ana
during all bis wanderinHs for nearly seven
months he had not written home or heard
from his wife. He had seen so many vessels
come into port that the one in sight failed
to interest him much. Turning to pilot,
be asked:
"What ship is that?"
"That," was the answer, "is the New
Hamburg, from the Indies"
At last. Price had been so long around
and so persistent in his inquiries that he
t-n tn find
consul, with whom he had been in COM
munication, and summon a policeman to
assist him. occupied but few moments.
AS soon as the vessel reached the wharf
the party boarded, but Prices heart sank
within him when he learned that the pas
sengers had been landed at Gravesend
dock, below, sope thirty minutes pre-
viously. ga little girl?" said the captain,
when the object Of the visit was explained
to him; "why there is q little girl down
below IN the first cabin. A male passen-
ger went ashore ut Gravesend, and left his
baggage and the child on board. I sup
pose he will come here directly and claim
child and baggage"
They went below. and on entering the
cabin found a child sitting playing with a
doll. Price did not know her, but imme-
diately on seeing him the littIeone stretched
her arms and screamed, "My papa!" She
was dressed elegantly, but her luxuriant
hair had been cropped close. She bad been
we'll taken care OF in every respect, but had
grown thin. When the child spoke Price
lew to her, and she has rarely left his arms
since. He says she was very free child at
home, and would run to anybody, but since
her recovery she manifests great aversion
to strangers.
The police watched the baggage Of the
mysterious passenger, but he never claimed
it. 1t was searched, and found to consist
of rich clothing and some letters 90 ordi-
nary topics from James Flanagan, Bally-
mena, Ireland, to James O'Neill, Quincy,
III. The latter is the name the mysterious
passenger went under. Price says be does
not know the man, and has no idea OF the
object Of the kidnapping. He was at the
beSt Of times q comparatively poor man,
and money could not have prompted the
act. He supposes the child was stolen TO
personate another, and secure some amer
itance. @ .--
Price, now almost penniless, and the
child were given accommodations at the
White-Lion-Stree station, Liverpool, and
then furnished with passage-money. They
arrived here Thursday with seven cents in
their possession, and looked after some old
friends. They leave for Aurora to-day.
The mother has been notified of the re-
covery Of her child and the return OF her