The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-07-06
VIRGIL WH|TEI|N
HANDS OF SHERIFF
MISSING YOUNG MAN IN cusTo.
oY At GRAND ISLAND.
FATHER STARTS FOR THERE.
VIII Take Son Home N He is Wllllnu
to Go--Attraeted by ceiebra.
ton, Young White Is
located.

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Hon. Fred White, Of webster was
In oskaloosa yesterday afternoon. He
was en- route from Nebraska to his
home, having given up the search OF
his lost son, Virgil White, OF Des
Moines, when he was apprehended by
telegram In this city, calling MIN
back to Grand Island, Nebraska. The
message stated that the boy had been
discovered at Grand Island and placed
In the custody OF Sheriff Taylor, OF
that city. Virgil White went to Grand
Island from the farm where he was
working to see the celebration of In
dependence day. 1t was his undo
ing, for Sheriff Taylor spled him and
placed him in custody.
Mr.. White said while waiting for niH
train that he would try to get his son
to return home with nIm IL he would
not, then he expected to have him
turned over to the care of some good
physician VINO would see that he Ia
restored to nealth.
The father was greatly relieved by
the restoration Of his son and ex-
pressed his thanks to everyone who
had tried to help locate him.
Mr. White, during the few hours OF
his stay in this city, was the guest OF
Mr., ]. II. Thomas, superintendent OF
the Iowa Telephone company. The
gentleman, noting the exhausted con-
dition Of Mr. White, induced him TO
partake Of dinner immediately upon
coming from the train, and Mr. White
said ii was the first real meal ne had
eaten for days he mas been unable
to eat and could not sleep, spending
the nights in walking or In tossing
about II perchance he did retire.
Attorney Hume was at fault. so the
father feels, In leaving the boy at
Council Bluffs unguarded while he
came to deliver letter Ia person acs
|cording to promise. Eo ahDElA hpve
stayed by the side of the BOY ann
waited until the father could arrive.
or he should have placed someone
guard over him to prevent his going
away Instead Of this, Hume left the
boy when Virgil had stated that he
was going into Nebraska ana had be.\
gun studying the railway rouces upon
map while Hume was still in the
room. Mr. White has not seen his
boy ddring any Of the trouble, and he
feels that had he been able to find
him and talk to him he could have In
duced him to return home.
Mr.. White believes that the boy ls
suffering mentally, that there Is
some lorm Of obscession, that the boy
Is pursued by some halluclnatlon.
He believes that some form Of treat
ment would remove this from the boy
and that he would come out all right
II he could be found again and placed
In the right nands But under the eS
isting conditions, with the sufferer
lexposed to nameiess dangers and un.
known circumstances, the father feels
that the chances against his boy are
very great.
Mr.. White Is az much In Ignorance
as to the cause Of the strange acts OF
the son as have been all others. He
states that the boy IL In his right
mind would never for an instant cause
his mother the agony that she has suf-
fered on his account. Were he ra-
tlonal, the father believes the boy
knowing he had caused mis- mother
pain, would lose no time in making
amends for what he has done.
Young White, on the day following
his disappearance at Des Moines and
his supposed drowning, was to have
entered the court with case for trial.
He had all Of his papers and his argu.
ments prepared and ready and had
done much work. Whatever the cause
of the sudden action, 1t must have
taken him suddenly in the midst Of
his work.
Mr.. White states that the Identified
tion Of his boy will be an easy mat.
ter The boy Is positively marked on
account OF marked deformity OF one
OF his feet. There is an abnormal
growth Of the instep, causing what Ia
like club foot. The boy does not
snow the deformity In his walk to any
noticeable degree except when he is
very tired, and then there is per
ceptible limp. But the deformity Is
easily noticeable and anyone could
identify him by the mark beyond any
poagfbiIity Of dotlbt