The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-30
OLLIE WAS STOLEN
MYSTERY OF FAMOUS KIDNAPPING
SOLVED IN THIS CITY.

! fr,end OF Her Mothers Youth-Au
Amateur Fortune Teller Spoils the
Whole Thing and the Girl is Again Mis-
sinE-fifteen Years Search In Vain
Full Details of the Affair with Letter.
During the past two years Wichita
has had girl with quite a record
A few days ago Detective Harry SUIT
ton received the following letter which.
N measure, explains itself:
Browns Valley. MINI, July %. 1885.
To the Chief OF Police Of Wichita. Kansas.
Dear Sir:-There is a woman by the
name Of Tankgersly living in your city
whom We suspect Of having a girl who
belongs 10 my wife. The child was
| stolen from her mother in 1881. She
was then years old. We have traced
/ her for years but someway they would
! always dodge US as the people who stole
the child went by the name OF Works
/ The woman. Mrs. Works. is dead. At
her death she gave the child 10 a wo-
/ man by the name Of Wolf, who used 10
/ live in your city, and she gave the child
/ 10 Mrs. Tankgersly. The child's name
. Is Ollie German: that was the name OF
my wife's first husband; but this wo-
man calls the girl Lena We have n
/ lady friend who used 10 live in your
city who saw the girl and she was
I struck by the likness OF the child 10 the
one that was stolen and she asked
/ them about her and the woman said
she was given 10 her by this woman.
Mrs. Wolf, and she told her that the
/ child had been stolen from her mother.
! Now we would like 10 have you look
this woman UP and see if you can find
out anything. our friend correspond
ed with this Tankgersly woman for a
long time, but when the woman found
cut that we were hunting for the girl
she closed up like aclam and we cannot
get word out of her no way. The de-
scription of the child is: Eyes dark
brown. hair light; perhaps by this time
her hair would be dark; her brown hair
was very curly when a child. Please
see II you can find anything in regard
10 her and If so let us know. Perhaps
the woman may give You the true story
of IL all.
Please answer as soon as you can
find out about it and greatly oblige a
fond mother and father. Yours very
respectfully
c. D. OLDER,
Browns Valley. MINI.
P.S.-This woman used to live on
South Laura avenue of your city.
=
German was the talk OF Minnesota and
il was woven into half a dozen or more
romantic stories that had a wide circu-
lation.
When she was kidnapped she was 3
years of age and was a beautiful child
Ii is said that her father died from
grief a being unable TO find his child
and that when the widow married Mr..
Older the latter became nearly as much
interested in the fate of the child as her
own father did.
When Detective Sutton received the
letter he was busy himself. but ne sent
Major Burr TO Mrs. Tankersly with in
structions that If she had Ollie Ger
main, who is now II years of age TO
keep her at all hazards, as he would
hold her responsible If she got away.
Unfortunately Mrs. Tankersly did not
have the girl and to Major Burr she ex-
planed the matter in substance about
as follows:
When Mrs Tankersly heard the story
she proceeded to find out as much as
she could about the girl.
Mrs. Wolf was al her house frequent
~. She previously told Mrs. Tankersly
that the child was not hers, but that
when the child's mother was dying she
gave Ollie to her.
Some time ago Mrs Wolf visited
Mrs. Tankersly and the conversation
drifting on fortune telling Mrs. Wolf
asked Mrs Tankersly TO tell her fort
une. Mrs. Tankersly proceeded and
startled Mrs. Wolf by saying "the
mother of Ollie is not dead and will
come some day and claim her own" Mrs
Wolf became very nervous and said: II
CUES Ollie's mother must have got
we'll"
That was the last time either Mrs.
Wolf or Ollie We're seen in Wichita
Chandler. who was married previously
to Mrs. Wolf does not know where she
went.
Detective Sutton has taken a keen in
trest in the matter. He has traced
Mrs. Wolf-Chandler as far east as Jop-
lin. Mo. but at that place all trace OF
her has ended
night al the home of Mrs. Tankersly,
but she had gone 20 the temperance
meeting. She lives on South Laura
avenue about five doors from Douglas. /
in little house where she weaves car
pets.
Mrs. Tankersly's husband IS in the
penitentiary although she is. herself, a
very good, pure and industrious wo-
man who works hard 10 support her !
Of several children.
Tankersly IS the man who. II was /
said. fell heir 70 a fortune in England /
after being sentenced TO the peniien- /
Jiary.
Mrs WOlf-Chandler was married 4
four times. Il is not known what part. |
II any. she took IN the early history 81 I
the child. neither is II known here. al I
though ii might be remembered by 4
some readers. what was the cause as I
signed, or the object sought, for the 4
kidnapping Of Ollie GERMAN NJ. Sat 4
ton has written for all the particulars I
and expects 20 hear from BrOw's valley /
in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. \. Black entertained 4
Miss Love Of Kansas City. Miss Daisy I
Lynch. Miss Amy Hays and Mss Mar
gle knOrr from Friday afternoon til (
Saturday morning a their home on 4
North Topeka. y delightful time Il was