The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-21
STOLEN WHEN A CHILD.
nc EEDERLITz TELLS a MOST
'1-'N' ROMANTIC STORY.

'1- ROMANTIC STORY.
Abducted From New YORK and Taken
tzsrland-Turnei Loose on the
rT,orld-Searcning for Fer Parents.
psrsscuted by Unknown Person
ages.
child Of supposedly wealthy New
,t--l,ars of her isolation in lonely spot in
,h - wild mountains of Switzerland. of her
',bssopent escape from her cruel keepers,
go, ,hor return to this city aud persecution
~. nv mysterious personages, has come to
49, through the following advertisement,
mb;o5 has appeared repeatedly in one of
~ local German newspapers, says a New
~, snecial to the st. Louis Republic.
"a Is5v who was abducted when child,
sbout thirty years ago, from New York
~ or vicinity, and taken to Switzerland,
W.. .ac.s her parents. Information may be OBJ
ed from Mrs. Enderlitz, No. 400 East
rftieth street.
renorter found Mrs. Enderlitz in a
,rasll neatly kept room on the second floor
- that number, with two pretty, dark
sved and swarthy looking children Juggling
a. her skirts and gazing at the intruder with
sasd establishment. Mrs. Enderlitz said
'bst she was the heroine of the story
rsgnely revealed in the advertisement. and
tben narrated her romantic history as she
had gathered it here and there by bits and
woven into coherent and plausible whole.
HER STRANGE STORY.
She saws she has a vague remembrance of
having been carried away from her parents
nv strangers and taken across wide ex-
nsnse Of restless water. She was q child at
at the time, perhaps two years of age
When she had grown up SO that she could
anpreciate her surroundings she found her
self in the hands of rough and cruel peas
ants away down in the dale OF an isolated
mountain in Switzerland. The nearest
village was about five miles off and could
be reached ouly by a primitive, dangerous
path along steep mountain peak. Thither
the Young girl had often to wander
in winter time through deep SHOWS,
with a basket full of butter and
eggs to take to merchant. While on
these errands she picked up from villagers
cow and then slender threads relating to
Der sudden mysterious appearance in the
household Of her keeper, and of occasional
visits TO the villa of well dressed foreigner,
supposedly an American, who would hold
differences with her mountain keeper and
I'VE him money. 1t was common gossip
smong the villagers that the Durrs THAT
vas the supposed name of her supposed
prents) were not her parents at all, as they
had given out to the village
pastor when he was called upon
70 christen Der Annie. Besides this, An
ME heard snatches of conversation between
her supposed parents now and then regard
ng Der and the money that the foreign
4lcy1r
New York and other points in the vicinity
for the keeping Of Annie. There came a
time whel this board money ceased TO come,
and the peasants treatment of Annie be,
came more and more cruel. One day Durr
told her that he would not keen her any
longer, aud caEe out with the story that
she vas the daughter OF some rich Amer1-
tcan.
Annie was 10 years old when she left her
Bondage and started out into the world with
tue yaguo hope of finding her real parents
She worked for awhile in hotels where
American tourists sojourn, hoping against
hope that she might learn something Of her
parentage through them. About ten years
asoshe met an honest, industrious young
painter named Dominick Enderlitz, who
vas ambitious to pursue his luck in "the
promised land" of America. Annie en-
couraged DominicS's attention to her and
eventually accepted his offer OF marriage.
They came 10 this city, but lack OF money
prevented Mrs. Enderlitz from at once in
stituting the search for her supposedly
wealthy parents. About two years ago she
Inserted the first advertisement in a news
paper.
ATTEMPTS TO STEAL HER CHILDREN.
To the amazement Of the honest couple,
Instead OF getting an iukliug Of the identity
and Whereabouts of the sought-for parents,
they found themselves prosecuted by Inys-
ferrous persons, who seemed to be intent
uDon stealing one of their pretty, dark
eyed children. Late one evening, upon
leaving the Atlantic Garden, on the Bowery
where they had gone with their two chill
dren to speEd a pleasant evening, Mrs.
Endsriit2 focud herself followed bv we'll
dressed, closet y-velled woman. Her nus
baud was 4 few PAGES ahead Of her,
CARRYING the younger of their two
cluli On, when the yelled woman rushed
silently up to her and tried to snatch from
A9r little Annie, who was walking at her
siler holding her hand. After that similar
attempts to steal one Of the children were
maze several times at their house. Mrs.
Ladeihtz, in her despair, finally went to
Inspector Byrnes for protection The in
siect1r advised her to move and never
quo" her children to run around on the
street The advice has been implicitly
followed. Mrs. Enderlitz believes that
lleSe attempts TO abduct one of her chill
uTeh have some mysterious relation to her
EFFORTS to lind her parents, but she fondly
o"tsrtains tie vague hope that she will be
ia Inc end successful, and that big fortune
Wi, Jet come to her.
one tells her romantic story in an inteli-
keI,' coherent and thoroughly plausible
lasnion. Neighbors corrooorste tho story
~ sle attempted abduction of her children.
t anu July believe i'll Mrs. Enderlitz's other