Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-01
AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
A Brooklyn Boy of 6 Years Abducted and
 Sold in Indiana for S25.

A Brooklyn Boy of 6 Years Abducted and
 Sold in Indiana for S25.
 One bleak evening in the fall of 1863 a small boy, 6 years of age, was hurrying through a street in Brooklyn with a basket of shavings on his arm, which he had obtained at factory near by. As he ran on he was seized by big. burly man, hurried into a cab and driven swiftly away. All night long the mother of the Kidnapped boy wrung her hands in grief, for the police, who had been notified of the little fellows disap- pearance, brought no tidings to give her joy. Days, weeks, months and years went by. The mother had good living and spent hum dreds of dollars in search of her missing boy. She finally settled in the belief that he had strayed away and fallen of the pier.
 Meanwhile Charlie, for that was his name, was brought to Indiana with a score or more of other children, and all were disposed of at various prices to cover expenses Charlie fell into the hands of farmer named Allen, who resided in Benton County. Allen paid the agent $25 The farmer was gruf and mean, and his wife was very unkind. He ran away from his cruel home to go he knew not where. He set out and managed to get as far as Lewisburg, in the eastern part of Cass county. He was overtaken and returned to Farmer Allen. Allen and his two sons took
 
 him with rope by the neck. Neighbors in- terfered and Charley's life was saved. Allen and both his sons were sent to the peniten- tiary for attempting murder.
 That was over twenty years ago After that Charlie had many homes He finally drifted to this city. He was married and settled in 0 comfortable home, and tho hus- band and father was constant student of the Bible and hoped to enter the ministry One day gentleman whom he had known in Benton county approached him and said: "Your name is not Charlie Allen. It is Charles Lispenard and your people live in Brooklyn, New York" The gentleman would say nothing more and left.
 The name sounded peculiarly strange now, and revived memories that had slumbered long. young lawyer, who resides in sub- urb of Brooklyn, made search, but could find no person by the name of Lispenard He found that family had lived in a certain ward there but had moved away long since With this much as a starter, the record of the ward school was examined for the year as63 There was the name Charlie Lispenard Citizens were found who remembered the circumstance. It was, also learned that a brother of the missing boy had lived ii tho ward until he was a young man.
 By diligent inquiry George w. Lispenard was found occupying position of trust in large jewelry store ill Brooklyn. He had often heard his mother bemoaning the sud- den and strange loss of her boy, who was two years older than George.
 The story was quickly toldt the mother. In the joyful hope of discovering long lost son and brother each wrote letter detailing little incidents of the missing boys child hood. The identity was completely estab- lished. Charles L. Allen is the abducted Charlie Lispenard. MT. Allen Lispenard at once left for Brooklyn, and there was a meeting that brought joy too full and too deep to be measured by words.-Logansport dpd,y Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer, -