Evening journal., 1911-03-17
FINDS NIECE
AFTER 20 YEARS
Miss BOStner, Taken From
Hospital When Child, is
Located Here
SEES PHOTOGRAPH OF
MOTHER LONG SINCE DEAD

After a search lasting over twenty
years and covering greater part Of
New York State. the mystery of the
disappearance Of baby from Meth
odist Hospital at Buffalo, n. Y, was
solved in this city a few days ago
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bosner live at
No. 512 Grant avenue. A few days ago
Mrs. Bostner was called to the door of
her home. and was confronted by a
strange woman who asked her if she
was speaking TO Mrs. Bostner, and be-
ing told she was, the woman said she
wanted to talk with Mrs. Bostner and
asked If she might come in. On being
invited in and seated, the stranger
without preliminary introduction in
formed Mrs. Bostner that she was her
mothers sister.
This was startling information TO
Mrs Bostner Ever since Mrs. Bostner
had been old enough to appreciate the
fact, she was apparently alone,no rela-
tives, and her parentage a mystery
She had been wishing for some news
of her family, to know whether any of
utI XIII were dAlNts It III AlAii lhdl hhOW~
ing she had been adopted and raised
by woman whom she said she always
regarded as her mother, she had no
/ knowledge of her relatives. She had
been told that her mother died when
she was but two years old, and sup
posed that all record of her birth and
parentage had been lost The appear
ance of woman claiming to be her
aunt. the sister of her mother, was
pleasing, if startling news, to Mrs.
/ Bostner. kind of resurrection from
| the dead The statement had unnerved
I her, and she had to ask her visitor to
wait until she could recover her poise.
Mother Born in BufialO.
Mrs Bostner's mother was
born i'm Buffalo, New York
/ She was Miss Tracey before
for Josiah BetchwOrth at Buffalo, and
left there to be married. Mrs. Letch-
worth was interested i'm the young
woman and kept track of her. Three
years later she received a message 10
come 10 her as she was in trouble. and
found her dying, and was asked 10
take charge OF her two children, the
younger Of which died a few days after
the mother, leaving the little girl ap-
parantly alone.
The child being in was placed in 2
Methodist hospital where she attracted
the attention of a charitable woman
who placed her in the care of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Briggs at Glenwood, on
Owasco Lake. n. Y.
Mrs Briggs having no daughters Of
her own agreed TO adopt the child
insisting that all records of her
whereabout should be destroyed and
that no attempt should be made TO
take the child from her care. The
child was known as Eva Briggs, the
daughter Of her adopted parents. Her
childhood was spent at Morovia. n. Y,
where she attended the local school,
finishing her education at the Morovia
High School
About seven years ago Mr.. and
Mrs Briggs moved to this city to
make their home with their son, W.
J. Briggs. manager of the National
Protective Legion, bringing Eva
Briggs with them. Two years later
Eva met and married Miles Bostner
an employe of the Pennsylyaia Rail-
road Company. They have now a
little daughter about the age of Mrs.
Bostner when she was taken from the
hospital at Buffalo.
Mrs. Bostner's visitor then told her
she was Miss Laura Tracey. her
mothers sister. and of the long
search her relatives had made since
, her disappearance from the hospital.
Miss Tracy says she is the younger
sister of a family of three daughters
| and two sons. She is employed by
the Government at Washington. One
{ sister, Miss Elva Tracey, is a Homeo-
, pathic physician. practicing at Yonk-
, ers, where her sister, Miss Eliza
Tracey has charge Of Or. Tracey's
; house William Tracey is an auditor
3 for the Pennsylvania railroad and
3 another brother. James Tracey. is a
business man in Buffalo, n. Y.
To establish her identity Miss
2 Tracey brought to Mrs Bostner the
: marriage certificate of her parents.
3 the certificate Of her baptism which
e reveals for the first time her bap-
tismal name. Miss Tracey also
brought a portrait of Mrs. Bostners
mother
Mrs. Bostners relatives located her
d by inquiry of Mrs. Letchworth. who
was instrumental in the removal OF
the child from the hospital. Mrs.
. Letchworth referred Miss Tracey 10
Mrs. Charles Briggs. of Moravia. n
Ell Y, who gave them Mrs. Bostner's
/. present address.