The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-05
SON FINDS MOTHER
AFTER 20 YEARS
Search Ends Here After
Chase Around Globe.
BOYS PARENTS DIVORCED
Separated When Lad Was an Infant.
Many Clues Run
Down.
BOYS PARENTS DIVORCED

OF Austria ana now a resident of Will
mington, Del. found his aged and long
lost mother. Mrs. A. Friedman, in this
city last Sunday al the home OF Mrs
Philip Beavers, 627 1 street northwest.
The story of the bereaved sons trav-
els in search OF his wandering mother
reads like a fairy tale, starts him in
Austria, with the divorce of his par
ents as the first cause of the trouble
leads him across the Atlantic, and then
IN turn, TO majority of the large cities
or the United States.
The meeting OF mother and son after
their separation OF tWenty-eight years
was affecting In the extreme. When the
son confronted the mother in the parior
on | street incTedulity battled with the
mother love for the lost child. It was
with difficulty that the aged woman
could be convinced Of the truth of her
sons story. Persuaded at last, she
threw her arms around his neck and
TAINTED with sheer joy at the reunion.
Goes to Sons Home.
Yesterday the couple left for the sons
home in Wilmington, Del.
His success in locating his mother
was almost a miracle. Cropping In the
dark of absolute uncertainty and fear
for fifteen years. ne has pursued for the
last five years clue upon clue, slight and
intangible often, travelling from city TO
CITY, and aided by a friend, until at
last he was successful
Young Eintracht when he was six
years old. was separated from his mo-
Their by the divorce of the Eintrachts
the boy being awarded TO the custody of
his father. This was at Krakay, Aus
IRA He lived with his father eight
years. At the end of that time the old
er Eintracht died
In the meantime. Mrs. Eintracat had
married "A. Friedman. with whom she
ff-yy in II 1aly
1p their residence in Denver. Col. Again
the finger of misfortune was pointed at
the woman, and, through some misun-
Outstanding, she was separated from
this second husband.
This occurred in 1879. Since that time
MRS. Friedman has lived in many cities
or the United States, leaving behind
her clues 50 faint as to battle for years
the searching efforts of her son.
Twenty Years Search.
Young Eintracht came to this coun-
try about twenty years ago, and set
tied in Philadelphia. Pa, where he be-
gan this long search for his mother
AT first it appeared 10 him TO be al
most impossible 10 getseven an inkling
as to her Whereabouts. but neverthe-
less he hung doggedly on andswith the
assistance of DR.. w. H. Kunz, OF New
castle, Pa, he began a systematic
search. through writing TO the officials
of the different towns where it became
known TO him that his mother had
lived
The first information he got of her
whereabouts was about five years ago.
when he learned that she had been liv-
ing in Denver, Col. and thither DR..
Kunz journeyed, only TO learn that she
had gone to San Francisco, Cal. He
again renewed his efforts in trying to
have the officials of that town ascer-
tain any news of her at that place.
hal fga Il t.ssgr
1890 she had moved to ST. Louis, Mo-,
from thence she was traced 10 Chicago,
H.; Cleveland. Ohio; New York, Brad
deck. Pa; Philadelphia, and finally to
Washington, ID. c., where ii seemed all
trace was lost.
Eintracht visited New York and OBJ
tanned. by chance. the information that
she had lived with an old schoolmate
from Austria, Mrs. kreiger, but upon
inquiry learned that a year prior she
had gone 70 live with a friend at Pitts
turg, Pa
Nearly Despaired
At this point he became downhearted.
as IL seemed that he was unable to IN
rayeI the mystery of her travels.
Last Sunday he decided to come to
Washington and make thorough
search. with the hope of obtaining a
possible clue. He went to the house OF
AIr Hassock. in Seventh street north
west. where he learned that his mother
had lived here during the winter. but
had again made one of her mysterious
moves.
He then went TO the number on Sixth
street northwest where Hassock said
she had lived. hoping against hope that
lie might find some one who could tell
him where she had gone. 1t was not
until he questioned Mrs. Cameron. aI
l2lo Sixth street northwest that he oD-
tanned any encouragement.
Hot On Trial.
Mrs. cameron said Mrs Friedman had
Seen there the night before, but she did
not know her present address, but
thought il was on / street, between
Sixth and Seventh. Eientracht being a
stranger in the town, could not make
very great headway alone. so he pre-
vailed upon Mrs. Cameron to allow her
tWelVe-year-old son, Raymond, to ac-
company him on a house-to-house can
Yass of I street.
II was not long before little Raymond
had proved his worth as a detective and
ended this long and almost incompre-
hensible search of Israel isiertracht.
Today Mrs. Friedman leaves this city
fer Wilmington, Del. to take up her
home with her son Whe had spent SO
much time and money IN his endeaVors
TO find his mother whom IL might be
said he had never seen. Nor did Mrs
Friedman know that he was IN the
country or whether he was dead or alive.
Mother Tells Her Joy.
Words fail TO express the joy that
feel at thus having my only child re-
stored to me" was all that Mrs. Fried
man would say. when asked to give an
account of the incidents leading up to
the reunion.
Dr. A. II. Taylor. who happened to be
an eyewitness TO the meeting OF mother
and son, said the old lady al nrst would
not believe that the man she then saw
was the little child she had left In Aus
tria twenty eight yes RS ago After re-
peated reassurances by Efentracht ana
the Beaur family that it could be no
one else she threw her arms around
his neck.
The shock proved too great fer her al
ready weak nerves and she tainted in
her sons arms.
Mrs. Friedman is woman who,
from facial expression. has had her
share Of trouble and owing TO her weak
condition would not reveal the history
OF the past twenty-eight years of wan
: dering.
About eighteen months ago she bur
led her daughter then a young woTni Il
of twenty-five and her only support.
Since she has nos been in the best of
health. either physically or mentally.