New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1913-04-26

decide whether he should be tax
en- 10 Louisiana for trial.
There was prolonged applause
when Mr.. Mounger said: "l
know that the people Of Colombia
are too chivalrolE TO think Ol
claiming a reward from this poor
man. who has spent his all II
striving TO recover his child.
know that the sympathy Of caci
of MS for him and his wife Is
deep aud sincere, and ! feel sure
there viii b. no disposition TO re
st,l.n him from taking the chnJ
TO its home IL Opplousas.
lie said that the rendering 81
assistance TO the grief-strlckcn pa
rents was the plain duty Of every
citizen. and I've rcioicrd IN th,
generous spirit Of Deputy Sherl't
Day in refusing TO accept re-
mlIueration for his services
Gives Thanks to God.
Rev w. +. Farr. pastor of the
Baptist church here. spoke also
for some minutes. He rendered
fcrvcnt thanks to God for the re
storatiou Of the child to his pa
rents. aud said that the recovery
was modern miracle. lie con
Sidprcd that the search had been
directed by God. and he felt that
If would be a piece Of ingratltudc
10 God TO think of mob violeuc"
after the mercy that had been
shown IN the restoration Of the
boy. lie congratulated the peo-
pie Of Columbia on their demon
stration of rejoicing, and sand it
was GOOD to see the spirit of
brotherhood which prevailed
among them. Nothing had so
stirred the people Of Mississippi
and Louisiana in recent years as
the kidnapping of the tDunbar
child, and he felt that this ont
pouring Of sympathy to the pa
rents was the greatest tostlmon-
ial of friendship and good feeling
that had ever been seen in the
State.
There was n hush over the
,,,,.,,-l a., NJ, vo,p ,,,,ipInl thn
gathering of their sacred duty Of
THANKSGIVING to the Master. who
had proclaimed to the world.
His srccial love and care for lit
tie children.
Following the address Of Mr..
Farr. there was another hand
shaking with Mr.. and Mrs Dun
bar. and the father spoke with
tpar-dimmed eyes as he thanked
the people Of Columbia, Hub, and
other parts Of Mississippi for tn"
assistance rendered him in his
search.
TO add to the general good feel
ING Of the crowd the Columbia
band was present, and while the
throng was disrersine after con
gratulatine the parents, it PLAYED
numerous airs.
A pretty feature of the jubilee
was that when Mr.. Iampton and
Mr.. Dunbar took the child in their
arms to hold them up to the aa-
mirinp throngs, little Robert
threw kisses to the women and
waved his hands at them in greet
ing The crowd fairly went wild
with cheers. and not . few years
were seen to glistcn in the eyes
of fathers and mothers
Prironer Covers in Jail.
Meanwhile the prisoner was
towerino in his cell in the untv
jail. lie was thoroughly afraid.
and besought Jailer Fortonberry
to give him all the protection that
was possible. He said that NIL
he wanted was a chance to prove
his innocense. or at least TO prove
some Of the things he said were
true. lIe protested that the child
belongs to him and that the Dun
bars are mistaken and would live
to gone to hell. lie said he
didn t care whether he was
hanged or not, but he did want to
have a fair show at his trial and
n chance to get some of his
friends from Poularville to sub
stantiate some of his statements.
T. s.. Dale, a prominent local at
torney. who had been retained by
Walters, said he would withdraw
from the defense if Walters could
not bring witnesses to prove the
truth of his story abort having
been in the New Orleans Charity
Hospital at the time of the kid