The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-11-22
BABY GIRL STOLEN,
Recovered. AgsIn K;dnappsd. and
Finally Found.
PLOT BEGAN in FLORIDA,
oonvenis Made Use OF by sha
Klc'nappers. How she Young
o;ri Finally Discovered
Her Idenalsy.

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A Sensational case Of ohild.stealing
has just developed in Columbia. IT
roads liko romsnoo and 10 full Of cx-
citing incidents and thrilling details.
Tho theatre of enaotmont embraces
several Ststes. The curtain rises show
ing the first aoeno on on orange grove
in the land Of flowera. It is q talo Of
Kidnapping, Of mothers hoartrending
years Of anaxiety, Of ohild's lost iden-
tity, life in convont, etc.; aud q final
happy donouement III Oolumbia We'd
noeday, resulting in the res toration Of
tho child to its mother after nine long
gears Of waiting and Watching and of
the many robuffs Of fate. The follow
lug psrticulars Of the case we tako
from The State Of last Thursday:
Lnula Wilson, dausbter of Mrs. i.
NJ. Wilson Of Tamps, Fla, aud grand
daughter Of the lato Capt. John Mo.
| Neil Of Dadc Oity, Fla, was atolan
from her homo in Dade City nearly
nine years ago, and Wa located in 90.
| Wednesday. Mrs. Wilson arrived in
the oity aud identified her long. lost
child snd>the tHo have returned to their
home in Florida.
The faess connected with this re-
markable case are stronger than fiction.
Mira. Wilson was widow living On en-
orsnge grove near Dade Jisy. She was
q woman OF moderate means, so she ro-
ateb the story, and stranger, g man
BY Tho name Of Miller, a northerner,
o.mo there to hoard. Ha WAS an au
thor aud wrose several books, ono while
living in Dade City, onsitied "For
fwonty Years Tramp" or IA T1lp
Though He'll, Hhioh purportod &c &c
a history OF his own llie an6 several
OF the Hocnes were laid In aud around
DAde City. Mr. Wilson dcscnhos
Miiier as sn errstlo follow He afoto
uncor tho non dc plume OF Poter Bum.
While as mr5. Wilson'S ho beosms
strongly iniatussed wish little LouiA,
who was then a0ouo Six yeard of age,
and Mrs. Wilson's youngest ohAid.
Ooo day ha and the ohild tuldenly
disappeared, and though the surround
Ing country VAS thoroughly sehrche4
no sraoo could be todad Of The mi sing
ones. Wocks grew into months and
I 3eyery. one al most despAirod OF ov or To-.
ostingith the onild. Finally, however, a
Ba cbfsd s,d ,.t O. obi i'd sWssi
i gun5 S I. iid sustIliJs
i Hla. Thta sFss GleYoa months afEor-
ward. Mrs. Wilson wens for her child,
but on arriving at tho convent che had
much trouble in recovering the little
ono SO il had been placed in the con-
vent nnd0r an assumed name, the
stranger who had left it there claim.
ing THAT tho ohilds parents were dead
xnd that tho deooasod fathor, friend
of his, had bequoathvd 1T to him. Mrs.
Wilson obtained tho child aftor court
proceeding and returned with it to
Dade City. All wont we'll now for q
few months. There was no trace of
Miller and ho was not poraeouted of
course.
But the story docs not ond hore. A
youag man by the nsme Of Henderson,
who had lived in o nearby village for q
number o., years and who was known
to the family, came ovor to Mrs. Viii.
sons with q letter from q married
daughter Of Mira. Wilson'S. requesting
that little Loula be aeut back With Mr.,
henderson to spend a week with her,
che having seon little Of tho child since
| its recovery. Mrs. Wilson not eus
peotlng anything wrong lot the ohf1d
60. But tho letter proved to be q
forgery. Henderson disappeared and.
no trace Of tho iittlo girl could be found.
After several years Mrs. Wilson learned
that hor child WAS in oonvent in Sol.
ma, Ala, but invoBtigatlon proved that
tho little girl had alrosdy gono from
there, and no one knew WHITTIER sho
wont. Mrs. Wilson during and after
this roceivod numerous Sletters purport-
Ing to give information COZ corning tho
Lost iittlo one, some Of them alleging to
90 from tho child and requesting tnat
bho pc Boht money TO pay her expenses
homo. She often took tho trips hor,
self and aont money at difforont times
IN anbWor to lottors purporsing to give
information, ctc., but all proved in
Vain. On ono occasion an Older deugh-
tor Of Mira. Wilson's mado trip to
Canada in tho seeming fruitless search,
and to no avail. Two years ago sho re,
ceived o photograph Of tho little girl,
whioh had been mailed on tho train
and gave no Glow as to whore she was,
but il WAS satisfaction to know that
ohio was still alive and sho still prsye I'd
for the return OF her little ono.
Somo months ago thero arrived in
Oolumbia girl In her toens who went
20 Ufhullno coDvent, whore sho pre-.
aentod letters Of reduction and re-.
com monaation froM Mr. w. u. Nil
ler OF Lsko City, Fla, who introduced
her ~ flary Young, Stating in his let
ter TO tho UrBuliao authOfltlus thattho
girl had boon lott to his ohsrgo by u
ooceas0d friend, aud that he usy poor
and unsbio to caro- Tor aid educate her;
.hst eho Wss Of good ohafaotpr, boaar.
aho snbltoue, aud fequostih. that they
oltler taka hes III Or nooufa nomo, for
hsr Hhsro chs could work her way
throtgn nchool. Hs aided in his ,les,
iss thas it vas her uesiro to come to
Suuth OaIUilna, az nor people had for
merry como from taia State, bus that
tho famiy kuenicd txiihoS AS thoIe
10 40 provision m,de for aash oaass In
The convcn, hey6 the sistcrs intofosiod
thoiaseiveG id fading q nome for her
aud bhe WAS soLt-to live with family
ia Wayeriy and has bean Attending tho
Wayeri2 school. :, "A Fs g sf
The girls yerhion Of tho story A1s ii
with that of her mother. Sho r0faotn.
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