Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-08-22
WHO WAS ARAPAH0E
JOHNNY?

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"a ms mother. next ] remember my life
wlt' t7% Arap',''9s ass''la.,s, FNua ,l
took 't.N ~ ~ ~, ,gss eeldon with her AZ
M ,r,. pheu he had been long absent
she gave ne a ioelset attached TO q yold
ehaa ~ one M, s. r., ~ .y 'S,ure ~ ,,a.s
n'sn Oh ' reass5 ~ rsons, Letters N. ~
:. 81 case. She also gave TOE some bits
OF q cn.idr clothing, eaeuonlhs me not 70
tell her nnspp 49,, 49, 80. i's
ca .'....'..',., The soldiers followed very
49, s}eer. there was a fight; the Indians
wcre to.ted. the sauaw ", man wss taken
AMI ,'al',u =" ,-, y sccins ysss a white
sS, ,.,,,, me- 10 Fort Leavenwcrth. where
/ became drummer. | must have been
takcn from my p'.4e,isa 49, ss go sso.
whea T. va ,sa q, tssse facts 10 AN occur
&c v, viii obllgo
ARAPAHoE JOHNNY.
The hoy furnished an order drawn by
,be colonel commanding at Fort Beav-
enwarth 20 insert any advertisement
he desired. TO he charged TO the colonel.
The ts1y vas 50 handsome. so manly
and so Intelligent that became inter
es,el in his case at once. | won his
eonRdegre. and he coniidcd to me that
he had conceived boys love for the
little daughter of one of the captains
a, the fort: hence his desire to learn Of
his IDENTITY. The girl, be told me. was
hfte,n. / wrote an article about the
mystery attending the boys birth, and
II was copied far aud wide.
Letters came from all over the coun-
try giving an so.1s OF disappearance
and suggestions for clews, but none of
them fitted INTO the circumstances at
tending the boys life and memory.
Finally one morning man walked In
10 nv Office aud said that he was
the father of the boy who had adj
yertised. suspected him from the
first He did not resemble the picture
OF the man tn the iocket, and he could
give no proof whatever of his claim.
The boy felt as did about II, and VIC
advised him 10 go back TO Baltimore.
where he said he came from.
Instead Of doing so he remained In
the town several days and one day
came into the office with n gentleman
who produced evidence that he repre-
sented one Of the most respectable law
firms in Philadelphia. Arapahoe John
nv met him In our Office, and when the
attorney looked at the locket he pro
ducei other pictures OF the man and
woman whose likenesses were In the
case.
MY boy" he said, ''you are Norman
flaming. SON of Norman Tanning and
Rosallnd Bernard. his wife You come
OF an old and wealthy family of Phila-
delphia TUere was black sheep In
your fathers famlIy-Maurice Tanning.
his younger brothcr--who was disin-
herited by his father. nave no doubt
that. you being the only person except
your father. who was la bad health.
between Maurice and the estate, he
kidnapped Won brought Won 10 the west
and put you In charge OF bis squaw. A
man answering his description was
hanged when you were taken by the
soldiers. lie had committed so many
crimes that II is wonder he dI1a't
kill you. This man who claimed 10 be
your father was In some way In league
with Maurice Tanning or cognlxant OF
his doings. we don't know which. and,
seeing your advertisement came here
to get you under his control. Finding
that impossible he wrote me that he
had found you and I. as executor of
your estate. have agreed "a nav him
$4,000 for his information. II correct.
You are heir 10 fine estate left Won by
your father proy,dei Won shall claim IL
before You come OF age II you had not
appeared nv that time n was IN 90 tn
charity
"You had hattar snn,v for a dis
charge nj once for ~ vii, reonire somc
time TO 90, ono and 7 need vour pres.
ence in pb,laasInhi. Resides /, Ia
high time you were beginning vour
education