The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-07-12
now MAY STEVENS LED LIFE WITH
SHOW.


Taken BY VIC. !. U. and 0iven Home.
From FL Paso Daily News. Tex, Mar "a. 1901.
This morning News repc rter
learned from Mrs. Stevens that
Sheriff Boone was on a quiet hunt
for her lost child over two years be-
fore he located her at the Hadley
Home, near Indianapolis, in De-
cember, 1900. On learning this a
News reporter called on the sheriff
and asked him for the story Of his
search.
ut was three years ago." said
the officer, "when Mrs. Stevens first
came to ask me if thought | could
do anything toward discovering the
whereabouts of her Child, whom she
said she had lost all hope Of ever
again seeing. | told Mrs. Stevens
not to give up and promised her l
would find the little one if she was
alive. Fom that day to this | have
consulted Mrs. Stevens almost
monthly on the subject Of my
search. thought had the little
one once located in New Orleans,
and went there on false scent. l
also went to San Antonio to see a
little girl, who proved not to be the
object of my search. A report
came from Vera Cruz, Mexico, that
caused me to investigate there with
out satisfactory results. l Kept
Mrs. Stevens informed of all these
hopes and failures.
"In December, 1900, located
the lost child at the Hadley Home,
I25 miles from indianapolis, and
hers is lette. l received from the
child's sister, Miss Josie Stevens,
who was teaching school at Duran
|go, Mexico, at the time. The letter
lis dated December %, 1900, and is
in answer to my letter informing
her Of the finding Of little May
Stevens.
In this letter she tells me to 60 at
once for the child and that her
mother would come on to FL Paso.
"But at that time my official
business would not allow me to
leave here; and besides there was
no necessity for hurry, as | had sat
isfied myself the girl was located
permanently where could put my
hand on her at any time.
Here is u telegram from Mrs.
Stevens, dated December 20, 1909,
in which she urges that | 60 at once
for her child. But on discovering
that haste was not necessary, | went
to work in my own way to satisfy
myself there could be no possible
mistake as to identity Of the girl in
the Hadley institute.
"When | reached indianapolis
few days ago, went at once to the
Hadley Industrial School and met
the long lost child. She renem-
bered El Paso, and her mother and
sisters, end told me the story Of her
departure with Mrs. Taylor. This
woman had trained the child as a
trapeze performer, and was perform !,
ing with a circus in little town
near Indianapolis when Mrs. +,
Brazier, one Of the patrons Of the
Hadley School, took an interest in
he little girl, and, taking her away !
rom Mrs. Taylor, placed her in the {
school where she has been since. !,
The school is the property Of and is
by the w. G. 7. u, and I
he ladies Of that organization are {
ioing a noble work in rescuing lit I
lie girls and educating them; briug- .
ng them up TO be refined christian '
women. Miss Hobart and Mrs. :
president and secresa ary OF
hs BOARD controlling the Hadley|
school, are noble christian women, =
IS are also their associates, and they b
howed me every attention and I
,ipdness. Besides the Fl Paso girl
here are 35 other girls, ranging'i I,
lom to Is years Of age in the
chool; and want to say that the .
v. G. T. U. which is doing this 9
vork Of love for little girls is an
,onor to American institutions. n
II had to deal altogether with the Il
ndies. and while thew did not want =