The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-09-10
A Mother Separate
From Her Baby
Daughter
At Last Meet In Denye
Where They Will Remain
With Each
Other

This is the story OF mothers !
tempt to regain her daughter. lost
infancy through poverty and afiictloI
the refusal Of the foster parents
give up the baby, and her vain n
peal to the courts for relief. AT
21 years the mothers love and dew
tion triumphed. and, according to \
ports, a reunion in Denver, Colo. M
followed.
Mrs. George Faber of Denver. is M
mother and the daughter, Miss Gel
trude Faber. is said to have bee
adopted by Sidney b. Jones, now clt|
ticket agent Of the Monon route
Chicago, and to have been reared
him. Recently she is said to have al
covered her identity and the reunt
OF mother and child followed.
Twenty-one years ago Mrs. Fabe
with her 6.weeks-old baby. was I'd
serted In Cincinnati Ohio. by her hui
band. Without money and unable \
support herself because OF slcknesl
the mother appealed to the, ,authoritld
of an orphan asylum TO care for nd
child. AS she was destitute and hal
only her marriage certificate 10 prov
her identity. the superintendent wa
at first unwilling to admit the bah
girl At last, however. he yields'
and Mrs. Faber. being taken violet,
ly III almost Immediately. was a
moved to n hospital.
Baby Finds Foster Parents.
When after an illness lasting ID
months she was able TO leave the hol
pital she went to claim her baby, anI
learned II had been taken for ado1
ton by a Mrs. Jones OF ChillIcothl
Ohio Friends advanced the mothd
money to make the journey to Chill
cothe. but on arriving there she foun
that Mr.. and Mrs, Jopss had becouI
attached to little vida. as they I'D
named the child, and in spite OF Nd
Faber's heartbroken appeals, II
said. refused 10 give her up.
In vain the mother appealed to N
courts for redress. She was penn
less and none would aid her In a 4
OF desperation she made one effort
kidnap her daughter, and was a
rested. For weeks she was a prisone
in Chillicothe, and when the polio
finally let her go she Joined a wed
bound emigr0nt train, eventuahl
reaching Denver. Here she tried 4
forget her child, and. regaining in
measure her strength. took a positoI
as a domestic. Lator she becam'
governess In a wealthy family, stiI
hiding her trouble.
Renews Efforts 10 Regain Daughis1
AT last. by dint of economy and uc,
cessful speculrtions In real estaid
she was able TO give up her positioi
as a servant, and renewed her EFFORT
to recover her daughter.
During the years OF her destitutioI
she had heard once from Chillicoths
but seven years elapsed before shl
heard again, and then her information
was to the effect that Mrs. Jones hal
died. and that the foster father VIII
his family had moved away from IN
Ohio town.
More successful speculation CAV
the mother an Increased income viii
which TO prosecute her search. ShI
hired detectives 10 find her daughte'
but II was only recently that Sidne
b. Jones OF Chicago was connects
with the Jones who had formerly live.
in Chillicothe. and the theory al
vanced that Miss Vida Jones was 4
reality Gertrude Faber.
Mother and Child Reunited.
Meantime Miss Jones, or Miss Fa
ber. had learned that Jones was no
her real name. Il is reported. and NJ
on attaining her majority left tn
home OF her foster parent and starte
To earn her living as a seamstres'
Then, through detective agencies, sh
learned OF her mothers whereabouts
and made efforts to find her Tn
trip to Denver and the reunIon 70
lowed.
Mother and daughter, II Is said
have planned 10 make their home q
gether after years Of separation q
2420 Fifteenth street. Denver.