The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-04

stance and Every Little Detail Is
Proof which Is Unchallengeable.
Mrs. Julia Anderson Is i'm Doubt.
A Woman Betrayed and Her Sad
Experience.
The kidnapping of child when
made public has always aroused in
dignation as we'll as sympathy. In
dignaton over the very thought
that some one, depraved indeed,
should take from its parents child
helpless and defenseless and SYM
patty for the parents who would be
comforted in the realization that
their child is dead and by them has
been buried and where they may
visit the grave when so inclined
than to be held in the crucial, in
! describable anxiety and suspense
and of uncertainty as to the where
abouts, the fate of their offspring
Child stealing is one Of the most
! abhorrent of crimes. From the
stealing of Joseph by his brothers
and his sale to the Egyptians this
crime has been frequently repeated.
We may recall the stealing of Char
ley Ross, a winsome child of five
years, which at the time, more than
twenty years ago, aroused the con-
tinent. The abduction of Charles
Ross from near his home at Ger
mantown near Philadelphia, has
been mystery, for which there was
promise of unravelment by the
notorious house breaker Mosher,
who was killed before he could tell
what he knew. And recently the
continent was again stirred by the
abduction of Lamana's child, who
after weary searching was found
lifeless in a swamp near New Or
leans
In the Ross case the parents, then
wealthy, were pauperized and died
of broken hearts, and Lamana died
from the grief he could not over
come. It was after the abduction of
Lamana's child that the death pen
atty was provided for child stealing
in Louisiana.
The abduction of Bobbie Dunbay
aged 4 years has aroused public in
terest which has been intensified by
the claims of two mothers arising
over the uncertainty of direct
recognition at sight when confront
ed with the child abducted.
The Dunbar child was missed
from its home in Opelousas in Au-
gust of last year. About that time
there was seen in Opelousas tink-
er who, after tarrying day or two,
disappeared. Citizens of Opelousas
who have seen Walters photograph
declare that the picture is in every
essential reproduction Of the man
seen by them when he was in Ope-
lousas.
From the day the Dunbars missed
their child they have with the at
sistance OF their relatives and their
friends exerted every effort to re-
cover their child, who was found in
the company of tinker and stove
repairer at Columbia, Miss, where
he was held on suspicion.
HavinSbeen notified, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dunbar fastened to Columbia.
When they reached the home OF
Sheriff Day the child was asleep. 1t
was determined to not awake him,
but Mr.. Dunbar carefully viewed
the body and from visible marks
identified the child as being his own.
The following morning Mrs. Dun
bar, almost overwhelmed in her
anxiety and fearing that she was
about to experience disappoint-
ment, hesitated. The child was I'M
kempt, sunburned and more or less
rough-looking from exposure and
his experience on the roads with
the tinker, but after the child had
been given a bath and attired In
clean clothes there was no longer
hesitation. On recognizing her child
Mrs. Dunbar tainted and little
later when Mrs. Dunbar put sandals
on his feet he remarked Mama,
they're like the ones / had when |
left home"
Is it surprising that this child was
more or less dazed after his wan
dering and experience with Wal
tiers?
Against the child being Dunbar's
there are many who are not only
doubtful yet have been positive in
the assertion, but these can no
longer resist the facts as they have
developed. From careful linking
of all the circumstances and the lit
tie details attending the child, the
proof is patent that he is the son of
the Dunbars.