The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

scription. At last, IN the summer loiLoN
OF the hoy was discovered. II came In the form
of a letter, saying that the boy wa, IN the pos
session Of two men, and news could he hnd OF
him in Denver. 4 picture of the hid was
scnt, and no doubt Nas left ~ the, minds ~
Mrs. Dickinson started ut once for the meeting
place. n southern city, and arrived thrfH ,nnlN
q i nh hns oraV !" ne eam neI y /, ri,nsc tInt
lnsted several weeks, From town to town she
followed the men, Jus, missing them by gay
after Il Journey all over the eastern nnrt OF the
country, She found them AZ thnuinrqua, IN this
meats made that Mrs. Dickinson should 20 90
n house. get the boy, and pny The money, ana
nsk no questions whatever. She consented.
and going to the house saw the boy. As she
described IL attcrward, her heart stood sun.
WIIiina.. and sfrp ySIth disnppo,ntincnt shc re
turned 10 hor home ~ Wisconsin.
About this time Mrs. Dickinson learned 70
shoot n revolver. because. knowing what risks
she ran. she felt the necessity Of being prepared
for whatever might happen. Day after day, she
shot a. II mnrk dntil she became the best pistol
shot in that IHrt of the country. II was NJ
long after that sho had good reason TO be glad
OF her skin. A letter came from II man In Chi,
cago saying that lie had the boy, aud would
turn him over for the reward. \ correspond
enco followed. and nrrnngcincnts VIZ" 'npme
Dickinson should come TO IL certain address IN
Chicago, alone and with, the money, a. 5
the beginning she and her husband felt that II
was but q same PIT NJ, to act her ,moheg, hnt
against capt. lIltklnSDn = ulN4ct tue Illu'N'I
mace up her mind to 60. for she was ready 20
grasp at any clue, no matter how small the
She went % Chicago and To- thc Grand Pacific,
where she always stayed. When night cn'ne
she started out alone. taking with her nnl o
she left she wrote a letter. telling whore she
was going and why. and gave II TO the clerk:
instructing him to open II at hnlf.paSt l0 If
she had not returned. and to notify the police.
Then. she started for the RENDEZVOUS.
Chicago to-day Is nm unsafe place for n man
to 20 about alone Mt night. much more so Tor
n woman. and thirteen. years ngo IT was even
filthy streets she went that rainy winter night,
iostied by drunkards, und thugs. her ears con
often than not directed at her; but not once
did she falter or lose her courage, She reached
was n tall, disieputahle tenement, filthy and
iu-smelltnR, In the vilcst part OF ill.," sI!!ins OF
and Snlca ~ IL. a e nnrr0%, s d%rk i tIa @Sn IeM wh l@'G W.T. NJ;
waiting for her. lie asked her to follow him
up stairs. When she told the story aftcrward
she said that then She hesitatcd, The horri-
BILE place, the man whose fncc she had not seen,
the thought Of what might hapren to her, made
thought that her child might be IN the house,
and Az her fer disappeared. Her revolver
firmly she followed the man.
They went up five lights of stairs and into
e fnrRi li' bGsn Hf birsd H1 5nr his oGc r9Gm thai Wh l.d
she entered. the man lit n candle and locked
the door; All the while Mrs. Dickinson did
ii'I -t'tNC Y > VI vi nm, anu hfII "a lll'l Glll
on her revolver, ready to shoot through her
coat If necessary. In the dim light of the
One glance was enough to tell her that she mad
come on a FOOLS errand, and into great danger.
Win was q b a Ila9T hsa squat sd:d powerfully e rrotr n iag fr,ioW,
typical criminal. Mrs. Dickinson was the first
well, said she. calmly, where is the boy?"
The boy? What boyf' asked the rascal
with a laugh. lets see your money first
my rS SON. es sait S Ni4.' BE t:nIE%sy t toll you give me
Il guess not" laughed the man; then chang
and you don't, get out, Of here TN do yet it."
When. he thought he could brighten the wo-
Of his life; Mrs. Dickinson looked at him and
open the h"sS door or and irqiie et me so out S'""' WI" you
The hell you haven't! Now. don't want
no foolinS; You don't get out of here tn you
her as II to strike.
out came the revolver in a flash. and the ras-
Now. look here; my man. said Mrs. Dick
Y quietly " have have no money; Moreover,
revolver. she added: II have notified the people
at the hotel to send the police for me If do not
past o now, and II. will take me an hour to get
tsck; Do you wish to wait or will you open
The ruflan was thoroughly cowel by the
plucky woman and he shuficd toward the door
anu unlocked IT,.
GO out now, damn you. :, he said.
went down stairs. followed by Mrs. Dickin-
son. who still covered him with her revolver.
AT the door she left him and went back ~ the
hotel, arriving. there Just as the clerk was GO
Ing to notify the police, for. having become
worried at her long absence, he had opened the
note before the appointed time. and. seeing
where she was going, had become alarmed.
That was only one of many experiences she
went through. She went through the sluns
this city and of Boston, following will-o-the-
wlsp clues; Once she went into u "stockade''
house in Peshtigo. Wis. where 1t was said
been stolen, but it was not hcrs, and she found
parents and returned him 10 them. As
years rolled on hope gradually Disappeared,
although reports that the boy had been found
were continually coming in. Investigation
always showed that there was nothing in them.
In the summer of 1883 n rifle. knife. n few
pieces of clothing. n piece of jaw bone, and a
teeth were found about n mile from the
mine, all that remained Of II man who had
gone out hunting one November day six years
before. Nothing had been discovered Of his
tate up to that time, although, careful search
lad been made for him, 10 we'll did the forest
conceal his BODY. This brought IN again the
theory that the child had straycd Into the
woods and had been missed in the search. A
days later an excited man came in say
on near Spread Eagle Lakes, ten miles away.
\ senrch was made about the spot, but only n
ew whiteucd bnughs were found, and the mans
discovery was laid to buck fever
The probabilities are that the child was stO-
ell 10y tho men who had plotted to steal the
or revenge. The hoy was probably Killed or
lied years ago. and tho case Is likely always to
emain a mystery.