The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-23
each SEEKS THE OTHER.
Minnie Dominick's Father
Is Evidently in Search
of Her.
N ENDURING STRANGER IN NEWARK
The Mr.. DOminlck Who Enquired
There for a Daughter He
Had Not Seen in
Twenty Years.

Miss Dominick, the Linden avenue
governess, whose anxious search for her
father, from whom she was taken in
babyhood twenty years ago, is attracting
much newspaper attention, said in one Of
her interviews with me that it was from
family named jackson in Newark that
she had heard of the visit to that city of
stranger named Dominick. who was
seeking his long missing daughter.
called on the jackson family at New
ark yesterday. They reside at No. 159
Ogden street. right in the heart of lun-
Der region that crowds itself on the Pas
sale river front. Mr.. Jackson is a night
watchman at the Chaplin Hall lumber
works on Fourth avenue. This is one of
the largest establishments in the region
and is devoted to the manufacture sfN
packing cases.
jackson did not know a minnie Dig II
mick" when | inquired for her, nor w &
he ever heard OF strange man inqu1i
for girl of that name. He referred 3. 4
to his wife. Se. !.
found that lady Ill in bed. but whf Il
she learned the purport of my errand siss4Sa
reused herself sufficiently to tell me Whasss
she knew of Minnie Baker" whom she
knew to he Minnie Dominick."
THE SEARCH FOR A DAUGHTER
Some time ago, according to Mrs. Jack
son, when Mrs. Baker was reducing in
circumstances, she boarded at that house
with Mrs. Boh1man. Minnie was with
her, and though the old lady dotted on the
girl the two quarrelled with great fre-
quency.
Mrs. jackson was led to believe by Mrs.
Baker that Minnie was always sweet,
innocent, confiding child. She was
girl of great openneSs and frankness, and
the only reason that Mrs. jackson can
assign for their frequent quarrels is that
Minnie was led dull uninteresting ex-
istence by the old lady, who was fidgety
and fapciful, as most old people are.
Mr.. jackson thought great deal of Min
ME and was very sorry when she left
there.
About five weeks ago strange man
called at the Jackson homestead enquir-
| ing for minute Dominick." At that
| time Mrs. jackson did not know Minnie's
| right name and could give no informa-
| tion as to her whereabouts. The strange
man said he was her father and appeared
! to be well to do. He expressed regret at
the Jacksons' inability to locate the girl
and an intense passionate longing just to
! see her face again.
He did not say how he learned OF the
! Jacksons' acquaintance with her. but in
| timated that he intended continuing the
| search.
l. lisssi - idf fA.EH1LADE1FHlANE a.
Itappears ke kept his word. William
| Chesney is q saloonkeeper on Ogden
street. He is an Englishman and has
| been here only since February. About
! three weeks ago strange man called on
| him. He was low sized. respectable look
| ing and said that he was searching for
| his daughter, whom he had not seen for
twenty years. Chesney understood him
| to say that he came from Philadelphia,
| where he was in business.
The man appeared travel-stained and
remarked that he had for long time
been hunting for his daughter. His
| description of the girl he was searching
| for tallies with that of Miss Dominick-
Miss Dominick remarked to me that her
| father spoke German. The Newark
| stranger spoke German, and it appears
| highly probable that he is Miss Domi-
/ nick's father.
HER HOPES ARE HIGH.
Governess Dominick has received no
| tidings yet of her fathers whereabouts,
| but encouraged by the JERSEY CITY NEWS,
| efforts in her behalf she has come out Of
| the chaos of hope and fear in which she
has been living and her feelings now are
| of delirious joy. Now that the prospects
of reunion are somewhat bright Miss
| Dominick is becoming wildly impatient
| to meet and embrace her parent. She
was in q much happier mood this morn
| ing than at any time since the late change
/ in her life.
| She learned of my visit and partial sucs
cess at Newark yesterday with delight
| The new feelings of pleasure which
these bright prospects enkindle in Mits
Dominick have awakened her to new
memories of what she terms old wrongs.
She says that she repeatedly pleaded with
Mrs Baker to restore her to her father,
| but that she was curtly refused any in
| formation regarding him
! In despair, Miss Dominick at one time
| instituted search for him, but before
she could carry it to anv length she was
| taken i'll and for long time hovered be-
| tween life and death.