The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-08-18
b. r. .'tarns, Of Holden, Search =
Ir1g through Sedalia and
other Missouri Towns,
for his Missing
Daughters.
When his Patience Was Upon the
Point of Failing, the Father
finds one of his Children
In M0berly.

following story, which is OF local in.
! terest, as Stsrns was recently in this
city searching for his children and
the BAzoo at that time wrote up the
story of their disappearance
"Abyut the middle Of last January,
two daughters of B. F. Stsrns Of
Holden, Mo-, mysteriously dissppe IT
ed, and since then the father has in
dustriously searched for the missing
children and bis vigilance and patience
have been rewarded by the finding of
one of the daughters and Information
that will probably lead to the recovery
of the other. The following from the
Salisbury Democrat of August 7th.
will be Of interest to the readers of the
Sentinel.
"On the 18th day of January this
year, there disappeared from the par
entail roof Of B. F. Starns of Holden,
johnson county, two daughters, Mag
gle and Matilda, aged respectively 8
and ID years. For several hours cause
of their absence was quite q mystery,
but information had been obtains d
that they had been kidnapped by one
August Hultz, a theatrical man. A
states warrant was sworn out for the
arrest Of Hultz and placed in the
hands Of the constable. who after
some little search returned to Mr..
Starns stating that Hultz was not to be
found and advising StarDs to leave
town. Mr.. Starns determined to find
bis children and from that day, hss
travelled over the state in company
with his wife and two sons in a wspoa |
in hope of asce'taining some informs
ton as to the whereabouts of the two
girls. The governor was 7isited and
entreated to Offer a reward for their
discovery. Notices were published in
the leading dsiIies and clipped by
rural papers all over the state but TO
no avail.
On Monday of last week Mr..
Starns passed through this place.
He was seen and interviewed by a
representative of this paper, and from
whom We learned the above and iol-
lowing facts: We asked him it be
had any idea of their Whereabouts :
when he replied he had, stating that
he had heard that one could be found
either in Chilicothe, Brunswick. 4
Moberly or Fayette. IL
These towns we're visited in their order G
aud while at Brunswick Mr.. S,arns '
was told that a girl answering the
description of the Oldest one was in
hat city in March seeking employ.
ment, but was not there now.
Keytesville was next and while there
was Informed that his girl could now I
be found at Moberly. With a great
leal of encouragement the quartette
started for Moberly, passing through
,ere on Monday evening fast week
md returning on Wednesday with
he long sought daughter, having
ound her at some house at Moberly. Ii
The girl states that she and her sis Al
er were Kidnapped by one August "
dultz and were with him when the
constable of Holden came to arrest Sc
lin. She states that Hultz gave the "
s37. so not to arrest him, h.
tut to endeavor to induce the "old
nan" tc leave town. They we're 81
AIKEN up near Orrick where the Il
'ounger girl was left at some Springs, u
nd she was taken to st. Louis and
here left penniless about the last Of o!
february. She says she was treated W
cry badly and severely punished on r.
everal occasions. In March she was
D Brunswick seeking employment, CT
aving no means she was neces.itated h,
D ask for assistance and shelter. A m
tile over two weeks sgo she was here 70
ut did not tarry long but went on to as
lOberly. She is of the opinion that III
er sister can yet be found near Or th
lex. lei
From all reports and available in-
'rmation the girl was all right in kl
anuary but since then she has been at
wing rather fast life. Her parents th
ere in humble circumstances and Ill
id not have the means to follow
[ultz to regain his children, by tele. su
raphic communications or on the ur
ain. and having a wagon and team, jo'
e and bis family have not lost oc
ngle day since the 18th of January. in
heir team is now about gone, the va
'mily have endured all kinds of hard. no
lips, and the mothers mind is B<
fought to be unbalanced. They left
rs place Thursday morning greatly en-
lcouraged and expect to find their Ii
her child near Orrick. We
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