St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-04-18

After the jury was chosen, Mr..
Dunbar was the first witness
called, in this sensational case.
He testified that he recognized
| the child when he found him at
Columbia, after travelling all over
the south searching for Bobbie.
| He recognized some of the marks
but not all, as he did not know
them all. He warned his wife
not identify the child because he
feared trouble.
Mr.. Wallace Dunbar said that
the boy could not have been
drowned, as the banks of the
lake were too soft and footprints
would have been visible.
Mr.. John Ogee identified the
child as the one who disappeared
on the fishing trip. He gave a
description of the place.
DIR. Lawrance DAILY, another of
| the party, also identified the boy
Paul Mizzi, who was a pal to
the little fellow and who had
warned Bobbie not to follow Mr..
Dunbar, when he went to pass a
sale, claims that he is positive of
the child's identity.
e. J. Richard, president of the
levee board, testified that there
was a secret passWay in the
woods by which it might be pos
sisible for the kidnapDer to ar
rive at the camp.
/ DR.. H. S. Anderson told OF
Deputy Sheriff Wallace refusing
| to turn the child over to the Dun
bars until he would be given the
| S6, 900 reward. He said that Mr..
| hampton assured Wallace that
| the reward would be forthcom-
| ing If any was still offered.
On Friday morning Deputy
/ Sheriff Day testified that he had
arrested Walters three times pre-
vious to the last arrest as sus-
picious character but had let him
loose. The last time he held the
prisoner until the Dunbars lden-
titled their child.
Mrs. C. P. Dunbar, mother OF
the lost child, was next to be
called on the witness stand.
lSobbingly she claimed the child
as hers, saying, He is my child
Robert, and I would have nc
Iother. Mrs. Dunbar wept dur.
ling the examination and the au.
1 dience was sympathizing with
Iher for all the worry and sorrow
she went through during the
unknown whereabouts of hel
son.
! DR.. r. G. Hawkins, of Palmet
| to. claimed to have discovered {
mans tracks about three-quar-
!. tiers of a mile from the sand pii
1 where the chId's tracks had beer
identified by the mother. On ae
count of the land being high ant
i dry the doctor could not follow
/. the footprints very far.
J.L. Johnston, A. VI. Ricthie ant
IE. E. Morgan testified that the,
were in the Mel Comb City depot Oh
the 18th of December, 1912, Whel
Walters told them that he wa
on his way to 0pelousas with th,
i Dunbar child to claim the reward
! Theyidenti6ed child now with tn,
| Dunbars as the same they say
| the night they saw Walters, VIII
claimed to be a service man.
w. A. Cogner, of TylertoWn
Miss, testified that Walters toll
him that he was in the neighbor
hood of Swayze Lake when tn
Dunbar child disappeared.
Several ladies and men appear
led on the witness stand ol
Thursday night testifying tha
they had discovered Bobbie'
Identity by divers statement
made BY him to them, and by hi
actions, which were the same q
| he was in the custom of doing
before he was lost.
William Mallet said that b
4 had seen Walters in Forest Hill
/ Rapides parish, La. as late a
/ July %, 1912, and that Wa
tiers had his name On the Wago