Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-05-14
DOESN'T KNOW HIMSELF.
The Strange PredScamatt OF an
1ndiSnS Han


There resides AAHSIGS1ille;p tnd., i
main whosdoes n6Ai MISREPRESENTATION
or hia parents, and: wkcskFfa1AhAi&&
ever aimee he camoe4o the4yeaG&ASH9s
aerEtGndfn&s h&AEheen to HEJsShd1hs
himself. He has gnne by hanSSs
of James Wilson, bpt Il il SefAainihSSt
is not his name. Edr,I5syeaFEheASa
sought his relatives to. ideHtfS .hirAs
SELF. and has stfiven tIdslvedntoathe
innermost recssseS OF his once Eiikdif4r
memory. to ttryyan6' End somH:Sc1csn
to aid him inahis search: HonhasSH6-
ured prominently in the: Cfaaey.sRaSs
case, having once beenrtaEen 'foriake
lost boy. AS near as Wilson, tSho aS
now 80 years old, can ascertain, he was
stolen from his parents rShehfohfTFears
old. He believes hfrneeIf .tot be wells
connected, andsi it rvagRelysiingersyh-
his mind thstshis home waS near. ia
large river. " y&es IL A.,
He remembers his home as filled with
kind faces. Besides his father! and
mother, there were two sisters. in the
family. But from the day he was
stolen he has not since heard Of them.
Wilson remembers the circumstances
of his abduction distinctly. A strange.
and well-dressed man one day invited
him to take n ride in a buggy. lie,
climbed in with the man, eager for.
the treat" He was driven to a neigh
boring town, where a train was board
cd. After q ride of a few hours the.
man took the child from the train, and
gave him to an old woman to keep.
This woman seemed to have strict in
structions about allowing young Will
son to play with other boys, or go
from the premises. He remembers that
the old oma lived nea a large river.
During the four years or more that
Wilson was in the custody of the old
woman, he was kept locked in n dark
med room most of the time. One day
he saw two men enter the yard, and
although he was locked securely in his
room, he heard a great quarrel between
the men and the old From
the conversation which he heard, he
Gained the belief that these two men
"erc his friends or relatives. Shortly
after this occurrence, the strange man,
"ho had stolen him, put in his appear
..ncc, and the boy was taken to a coun-
cry place. ~"
From this time on the abductor never
lgain made his appearance. Wilson's
memory does not furnish him the loca-
ion of his new home, but it vas but Il
'GW .SiQfB" until the family rem0ycd
10 indianapolis. Sickness and poverty
&oon compelled his foster parents to
place him insthe Catholic orphanage asv.
iuIn at Vincennes, Ind. lie was now at
an age when5he began to realize his
peculiar situation. He was entered in
the asylum simply as James Wilson,,
10 parents" and by this change, the
Door fellow lost track of the. only per-
.ons who might give hing clew to his
;rigin. He has spent his life toiling
rs a farm hand,as u miner, and anything
1t which he could make aliving. Etery
cent was saved, that possibly could be,
ior the purpose of prosecuting the
carch for his relatives. This one desire
consumes him, but now. at the age. Of
y years, his hope has begun to wane,
md he walks the. streets with. the ap-
learanoe of being a broken-heartcd
,Gan. lie possesses remarkable T ural
itelligcnce, and leads u life that wins
ne admiration of those. who know him.
| .Je has never married.
The father of the lost Charley Ross,
{ Philadelphia, recently phid-Mr. Will
IN a visit, and although the circtm-
t@nces Of the two ahductions were sim
'ar, it was well established that vii.
on was not Charley Ross. Being d
an Of some sentiment and natural re-
.ncment, Wilson realizes the sadness al
IS fate. His outcaststatc.has weighed
cavity upon him, and those who would
easur his misery can dose by imagin.
.ng themselves in his place.-Cincin'
nati Enquirer.
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