The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-11
EATON BOY SEEKS
RECREANT PARENTS
Father and Mother Who Left
Him in Orphans Home
Are Forgiven.
FAMILY DRIFTED APART
YOUNG MAN LOCATES THREE
eIsTgRS, BUT A SEARCH
THROUGH MISSOURI FAILED TO
FIND THE MISSING FATHER.

Eaton. o., July 1l.-Love OF his par
ents. by whom he was abandoned
when but q small child, has spurred on
the efforts OF Charles Scherr I locate
the whereabouts of Louis and Mary
Scherr. his mother and father.
Previous to 1897 they lived at Ham,
ilton, O.. and were surrounded by q
family of Ave little tots. care free and
exceptionally bright. The children
we're four sisters. Lulu, Lizzie. Maude
and Ethel. and Charles. The father
a an energetic man and made
good wages. and was prospecting. He
fell a victim to drink. and the habit
gradually grew upon him. until most
Of his earnings were exhausted. The
amount used o the support OF his
family gradually lessened, and differ.
ences between the father and mother
arose. bringing occasional clashes.
One day the father came home In an
intoxicated condition, and a row fol.
lowed that resulted in the mother
G8u1Iu8 ~ dITSSI VI W. uuSudIlu. III
police court he was given a fine. and
because his money was all gone. be
was sent to jail.
During his Incarceration. all the
children. with the exception OF Ethel
the youngest. were placed In a found.
lings home In that city. and the moth.
or IL said to have eloped with a man
named Jacob Haffner of Middletown,
Ohio.
Cd from prison. he looked up his chill
dren and took them from the home,
placing them in a boarding house.
Hero they were cared for until he
again was bested by drink. and their
return to the home was necessitated
In the course Of q few years each Of
the children was placed in a private
homo by the home oficials. During q
few years following all became separ-
ated and none knew the location OF
tho others.
About six years ago Charles. now
90 years OF age. took upon himself the
dificult task OF locating his sisters.
and a. . result succeeded In finding
the three eldest. Lizzie and Maude
were found In good homes in Cincin-
natl. and Lulu was found similarly
situated In the little town Of Berry.
Kentucky.
The task Of locating the father and
mother has proven more d~ificult, and
q search Of several years by the boy
has been In vain. The last communica-
ton from the father received by
one Of the girls was written in No
vember. 1905, dated at st. Louis. Mo.
Charles made q trip to that city and a
toru over the entire state. but did
not succeed In gaining the slightest
clew. No communication OF any
kind has ever been received from the
mother. but the father In the above
mentioned letter states that she is
still living with Haffner. and has the
youngest child. Ethel. who now Is
about IL years of age.
Charles 10 Of the opinion that his
father has become q tramp and Is
roaming about the country and is Just
as liable to be In n state as in IN.
other.
The boy came to Eaton a year ago
and since has been employed In the In
dianapolis Glove factory. where he
receives good wages.
His desire to once more re.unite the
family IL his chief aim. He and the
other children have forgiven and
forgotten the unkindly treatment
Of their parents: the thoughts Of the
past years have been overshadowed
by the happy picture Of the pleasures
to be gained In . reconciliation Of the
parents.