The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-11-20
Recovsre6. Again K'dnapps6' and
Finally Found.
PLOT BEGAN in FLORIDA.
Convsn?s Msds Use Of by the
Klcnappers. How The Young
Dir! Final y Discovered
Her idSn5sty.

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rasis like a romance aud is full Of ez-
citing in,!dorts ard thrilling detsils.
The theatre OF enactment embraces
se7ersl Sta es. The curtain rises sao7'
ing the first sceno on az orange grove
il the land Of hoEers. Il is tale Of
kidnapping, Of mothers hesrs.rendiug
years Ct anxiety, Ct child's lost ;den.
tity, life in convent, ETC.; sEd final
asppy aencusmeat N CoIum5is Wed
1csdsy, resulting in tie res sorstion Of
the child to its mother sitter zinc long
: sars OF wsi:i7g sd wa.ohios aid OF
.1;e ma3y rzouffs OF fsEe. Ile fellow
iaS pacl:cv ..1s OF the case No take
f.,m TIE Sac OF ia,s ThurSds}:
Lyuia Wi!so4, lZuShler Of Mrs. L
Il. Wi!~on OF Tsops, Fla a:d sraad-
4 ugater ot tie le;s Csps. Joan Nc
NJ. If Daae C4tj, Fla, was seoisn
Tram hec hou3 il DA1o Cay nealg
Dlne ye>rs ago, sad " s locz;so IL Co
Wednesday. Mrs. Wilson arrived II
she CITY acd identified her long. lost
child aud the $50 nave re.urued 20 thcl7
homs IL Fierida.
ine fae,s corrected viii this rs
psrkab!s cass sre stronger saan hcloa.
,drs. Wi:cca was ~idoN living oR an
ora go grove near DAde Jisy. Sac "&s
a Womsc o. moderate masns, so s1e rs-
;a;es the Story, aad stranger, nam
b. the naoe Of Miller, a portaerneE,
csne there 20 board. Ra was 81 au
thor and wrose several books, oDa vhilo
living in DAdo Gig, enti5ied For
twenty Years Tramp" or - Trip
GAToGsa Hen," which purpor.ed to Dc
a history Of lis own lie a1d several
Of sas scenes Were laid n and around
D4ds City. Mr5. Wilson describes
Miller ss an e1rstic fellow. He Hrote
under the non de plume OF Peter Blum.
While S. Mrs. Wilson's he becEms
ssroD ely infatuated wish little Loula,
p no 5Fss then a3ous six years Of age,
anG Mrs. Wilson's youngest child.
Oae dsy hs snd tie eal!i su3deDly
disappeared, snd though the surround,
iug country was thoroughly searched
10 trace could be found Of the missing
onss. Weeks grew into months AID
every one almost despsire0 Of ever TO-
eating the child. Finally, however, a
clew vas securad and tee child MAS
traced to a convent in St. Augustine,
Els. This wss ,levsa m0nths after
ward. Mrs. Wilson went for her child,
but On arriving ss the convent she hao
much trouble in recovering tha lisr!e
eae as il had been placed in the con-
vent under an assumed name, tho
stranger who had left it there claim.
ing that the ohild's parents were dead
and that the deceased fatho7, a friend
Of his, had bseuesthsd it to him. Mrs.
Wilson obtained the child after court
proceeding and returned with it to
Dade City. All went well noW for q
foR months. There was no trace Of
Miller and he WAS not psrsecuted Of
course.
BIT the story does not end here. a
young msn By the Dame Of Henderson,
" 40 had lived in nearby village for a
number Of years and who was known
to the family, came over to Mrs. vii
sons with lester from q married
daughter If Mrs. Wilson's requesting
6hst liltls LoulA be sent back With Ar.
Rendsrson to spero week with her,
she having seen little Of the child siucs
Us recovery. Mrs. Wilson lot sus:
pscslns anything wrong let the child
20. But tAo letser proved to be a
forgery. Henderson disappeared and
40 trace Of tie little giE! cauid be found.
After several years idrs. Wilson learned
thau her child VS. IA convent II Sal
ms, Ala, out Investigation proved hat
.he Little girl Lad siready gone from
lhsre, ald no oae AleW whittier she
went. Mrs. Wilson during an1 aTSsr
enis received lumervus sle.tscs pucport
lIg 10 give lGf.rlaalon oo-ee:n!ns tAa
lost !Ztsls o2e, som= Of Ihem slleslngeo
be from TIE cniia ald reqIessirZ ina:
Sic Dc seot uoaey 20 pay Aer expenses
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u aver - killers p1.p -r.iES i9 G'Te
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az 40 ..a:, YoG.s, s~a.l@g Il RS e.
er 20 i:.s U:5u:lu;; Su>av14.iaS SISS ne
81; i-sQ pta4 il,C 10 h:s c1&rse % e
IcoeasGd :33upG, AZC thaV &c Ssa pooS
a.G u12he - cars Ioc a9d eG1,ata IIeT;
:Gi2s sae Y:=3 c. s2gG caSr~o.er, sH-"1-
S1C &n0iI-92c: SEA E64 0es'-AS I1s- 10y
ei1Etc saSe hsc IG Or sac9cs = acme tor
hzc where SIC could work lsr way
;h1cvga school. Ha stded Il h:s ias-
L.: l.At Il was her desire TO GENE 10
SYu.A Casoiiaa, a. 5er people had for
me3j2 come f15In tGis otass, ous that
| tha family s=sDei ez:iac4. Is thaca
| Is so provision made Tor such czsas in
aas convent be1e the sisters interested
themselves Il finding home for her
; a;:a she s5a5 ScEt 30 i've with family
| "a Wa7e-!; and Las bsan attending the
Wsvsrly schcol.
Tie si1l's version cf the story hss in
1ith shst of her mother. She ramem-
! beEs OF her eh,ldhocd, OF her life IL &;f-
f.ye1t conyanss and oE her stay in L ske
/ Cisy with Gili.!er, waon SIZE ssye il q
| co5.cn n1arahan: si,re. thst he has g