The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-02-21

A few days ago The Journal pub
lished an account of the loss Of the
little son of DR.. S. l.. Byers, of Seeley-
Vile, Ind, who was believed to have
been stolen from his home one year
ago last May and whose father has
spent nearly his entire fortune in a
futile search for the missing lad
The publication of the description
OF the lost boy led to the discovery
Of an adopted child in Pensacola and,
so well old he answer the description
that his foster parents and several
of their neighbOrs Immediately wrote
to DR.. Byers with the result thar that
gentleman arrived in Pensacola yes
terday and Immediately sought out
the child whose description had been
sent him.
Only Another Disappointment.
The trip, however, only proved an
other disappointment and the broken
hearted father was again. as he has
done so many times before. compelled
To telegraph home to the mother that
his errand was frIitless.
A Singular Coincidence.
The boy who answers so clearly the
description Of the lost chfbil is little
Jimmie SchOenstein, adopted son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. SchOenstein Of so T..
ZaTragOssa street. He will be six
years old next summer, the same age
as that Of the missing Ooy, and his
foster praents received him from an
orphans home IN Mobile one year
ago last July, or about two months af-
ter the disappearance Of the Indiana
lad. The boys hair, eyes, features, :
and even a V-shaped nick in the edge
of the left ear all answer the descrip-
ton Of the lost boy. bat. while THIS IS
so. the father after careful investigs-
ton, decided that it was not his son
The similarity of the description is.
However, a remarkable coincfaencsi
and one that is hard to account for.
When DR.. Byers called to see the
boy yesterday morning he was accom-
panied by f. W Elliot, of this city;
whom he had met after reaching here
and who directed him TO the street.
and number. The doctor proceeded
Immediately 10 the place and was
greatly affected as he examined the
boy and compared the little fellows.
features with a photograph Of hrs lost
son. On becoming cOnvinceyT that.
the boy waz not his, Dr.. Bvers fmme-
diately telegraphed bis wife and left
on the noon train for HIS home.
A Long Futile Search.
Before leaving, DR.. Byers called &C
The Journal Office 70 thank the paper
for its efforts To help him recover hisl
boy. one Of the letters in reference to
the Pensacola boy having been writ
ten by The journal He has, he SAYS.
during the past two years exhausted
every effort which love and money
combined can devise to locate his sou.
and out Of an ample fortune has left
only 25e0 with which to continue the
search. He has travelled thousands OF
miles and investigated many clues,
several times being convinced that he
was about to locate the little fellow,
but in each case nothing but bitter
disappointment has resulted. He be-
lieves that his boy was stolen by some
one. but by whom or for what reason
he does not know
The case is one Of the saddest IN
the history Of lost children. and every
fathers heart viii throb with sympa,
thy for the gTay-haired, brOken-heart-
ed gentleman whose departure from
Pensacola on yesterdays train marked
only one more of the bitter disappOint-
ments which he has suffered during
the past two years.