The Portland daily press., 1890-02-21
REUNITED AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
A Child Stolen BY Band Of Bad In
dIans From Maine
Grows to Womanhood and at Last
Finds Her Mother.
a Strange Story With a Portland
Woman for the Heroine.

BOSTON, February 20.-The Globe tonieh
prints the following despatch:
PROVIDENCE, r. l., February 20.-One OF
the most romantic and strange stories that ha
come to light here in a long time was re-
vealed today by the reunion of mother and
daughter, after separation Of % years. One
day last month Pawtucket mill girl, Miss
| Morris, went to work with her apron en-
| closed in copy of the Boston Globe. In a
| spare moment at noon she took up the paper
and saw an item from Portland, Me-, which
mentioned the fact that Miss Julia A. Samp-
son OF that city was very desirous of learn
| ing OF the whereabouts of her parents who
| were supposed to be in Rhode Island.
The Portland story mentioned the fact
| that when child, Miss Sampson was stolen
away by the Indians, who at the time had
an encampment at place Dear Providence.
Miss Morris had been acquainted In years
past with family named Sampson, and fire.
quently she had heard the name of Julia
mentioned; also that she had been stolen by
Indians years ago.
Miss Morris hunted for the Sampson fami-
ly here, and finally located them at IL Grant
street In this city, Mrs. Sampson is now
Mrs. Charles A. Smith. The paper was
shown to the mother of the lost-lost child
julia, and correspondence was at once op-
cuCu Will I6ELidnu.
Miss Sampson, who Is also married, her
present name being Moon, reached here last
night, and there was reunion at the GRAFT
street house that was an affecting one
Alonz0 Sampson lived in South Providence
% years ago. He had a brother William,
who was reckless fellow and who married
q afull-blooded Indian squaw from one of the
Maine reservations. William went there to
live, and visited Providence occasionally
lie had fallen out with his brother .Alonzo
and ne came to Providence with a band of
the men from the Indian reservation
and the child Julia was stolen and tax
en to Maine She was afterwards located at
Knightville In that State.
In the meantime the Sampson family here
separated. Alonzo died a short time after.
The brother William was also reported to
OF the stolen daughter was lost entirely
After the death of William Sampson little
Julia was cared for by the selectmen Of the
town OF Cape Elizabeth. She was beauti-
full child and always attracted attention.
In some way she fell into the hands of Port
land people who afterward went to Marion,
.. Then she came back to Maine in the
hope of finding her parents.
Six years ago she married Mr.. Moon and
her husband has assisted in the search since
that time. The long lost daughters story is
one Of suffering. She related the circumstan-
ces Of the death of William who abducted
her, and how she was beaten and ,ourged
by the Indians, who followed their white
leader and committed acts of violence aud
name Of Robbins.
When the child Julia was abducted the
Sampson family resided on Broad street and
lived in fashionable way. They were con-
sidered people of fortune, and vast amount
OF money was expended Of the missing child.