The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-05
lost AND FOUND
Brother and Sister Reunited
after Twenty Years.
Father GaveUp Harry Alexander
Robinson.
DIDN'T KNOW PARENTS.
Only When Sister Traced Him
Did he Learn Truth.
Boy is in Idaho and the Girl in
fIEiaeis.

Sedan, March S. melodrame fit
for the stage Of any Kerosene circuit
has just been enacted fnz the probate
court In this county. 1t involves. the
adoption of an infant child, the keep
ing OF him in ignorance of his true
parentage for twenty years. and his
dnal emancipation through a letter
from his long lost and hitherto I'M
known sister. The scenes embrace the
court room ia Sedan twenty years ago
when the child was given up by his
fathefE thence a journey to Colorado,
then to California and then back to
Idaho. The sister In. PARKWAY Illinois
first learns Of her brother and writes
him. He doubtfuIly replies to her mis-
sivss, and the probate court becomes
the medium once more to unite them
as It separated them long years ago.
The end is not yet. but 1t Is now prac-
ideally sure that the last act viii see
the brother and sister reunited and IL
is no strain of the imagination to see
them living happily ever after.
On October %, 1885, Harry Alexan-
der RObinosn was born near Peru and
his mother gave up her life to bear
him. dying q few hours after he was
bern. Th6 fathers name was Stephen
A. Robinson, still remembered by
was tenderlY cared for by a ueighbor
lady. Mrs. Maud L. Warheld. They
kept the little baby until February %,
1885 when its father went into pro-
bate court before Probate Judge W. r.
Fllman, and gave his consent for his
child to become the adopted child Of
William and Maud L. Wardeld On
March 6, 1886 journal entry was
made by Judge Hfllman giving the
child to the Warhelds. ~ sIts father,
Robinson. went doW1 into the Indian
Territory and remarked after few
years and died. The RobinsOns had
other children, but they were older and
no particular attention was paid to
them except to see that they found
good home B.
Ten or fifteen years ago the Warhelds
left Chautauqua county, and moved to
Colorado. There they lived many
years and then moved to California
From there they went to keteharn,
Blaine county. Idaho, where they now
i've During all these years the boy
never knew that he was not OF their
flesh and blood, for they treated him
as though he was and were as good to
him a. though he were their own boy
His name became Harry Alexander
Varied by adoption afld ne never Ql-
TIL week ago, knew the ffeHI truth.
a few weeks ago Judge custer re-
cetHad this letter.
Odin, III, Jan. y, 1yO6.-Couhly
judge. Sedan. KaIrzIflnd that have
a brother who was taken from Us nine
teenth or twenty years ago at Sedan.
wish to know IL he saadopCed or kid
Mapped from us. My parents are both
dead and j would ike to ind him If
possible. If he has been adopted you
gan send me q copy Of the record. It Is
Steve RobinsOn's infant son. want to
know If Mr.. Wardeld claims he was
adopted by him.
Judge Custer happened TO know the
facts of the matter personally. having
been q resident Of the Peru neighbor-
hood when the adoption was made He
knew both Robinson and Warheld
quite we'll He wrote to Miss Garrison
e BRIEF outline of the facts and told
her to write to the boy IN Idaho and
to address the letter to him personally,
as the Warhelds would probably not
want him to know the truth about his
parentage. The Instructions were
carried out and the other day this let
ter came 10 the Office:
Ketchum. Blaine Co, Idaho, Feb
90 1867 received a letter from Miss
Lizzie Garrison stating that I am an
adopted ohold, and that my right
name is Harry Robinson and this lady
claims she is nay sister. If this Is right
you would do me a great favor by let
ting me know the truth of this mat
ter. Write soon and oblige
HARRY A. WAKEFIELD.
Thus it can be seen that the boy,
who IS now almost twenty-one years
0l4r mas learned Tor EAl5 IAEsLa LlEf1e the
truth. Yet he doubts 1t and hesitates
about believing that the woman is his
sister. The probate court here is go
Ing to send him q copy of the records
and thus put him I'm possession Of the
faets. Then he can do as he pleases
after he is twenty-0ne. The Warhelds
have come to love him as one OF their
own children. for he has been the only
child that has ever come to them. They
VIII not want him to leave them after
they have kept him so long and he will
probably not do so.
From the sisters name 1t would ap-
pear that she. too. had been adopted,
although there IS no record Of such a
proceeding here. She probably learned
OF her brother through relatives OF
her mother who still live near Sedan.