The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-25
FATHER AND SON
MEET after g
YEARS SEPARATION
Pathetic Scene When They Net II
Fathers Little Shoe Shop at
Mound City.
THE FATHER RESIDED IN
CAIRO FOR TWELVE YEARS
Son Prominent Business Man II Mil
waukee-Bo.h Had Adver-
tised for Years.

Probably more dramatic Incident
than any on record in this vicinity
took place Friday afternoon IL the
little shoe repairing shoD "crateC
by Anton Nelson at Mound City thc
was formerly of Cairo, when Franz
A. Evans, o prominent business man
of Milwa kee, met his father, Anton
Nelson, the first time in thirty-two
years.
Fruitless cndeayors to lccatc eacl
other mad been made during the las
fifteen years but always ending Il
anxiety, with no results nor inform2
ton
The father recently decided t
pursue another course. 80 wrote IT,
pastor Of the Danish G"thero
church at Clinton. Ia, Of which h"
had Iecn a member when residing in
that city in the early eighties, and
where the boy, at that time only
six years old, had been left IN charge
Of family named Diet2, who six
months later adopted him having OBJ
tanned the fathers permission before
his departure from the city.
The present pastor of the churCl
investigated the records of thirty
two years ago and finally located the
Dietz family, who gave the deSircC
information.
At $40 o'clock last Thursda'
afternoon in Milwaukee the son re
ooived a letter fr m his foster moth
c6' cor tanning also the letter fror
his father to the minister and at thu
same time the father received a let
ter from the pastor telling him that
his son had been located.
Son Hurries to Meet Mather.
Two hours later the son was on
his way to Mound City arriving
there at 100 Friday afternoon an3
the scene was most pathetic as eacl
recognized in the other the long lost
one.
Anton Nelson came from Veile.
Denmark, in 1881 with his wife ant
two sons of whom this one was thc
younger ana located at Port Huron
Mich, finally drifting to Clinton, la.
where on account of family differ
ences he was left with three chill
dren, daughter having been Dor
III Michigan. When the D.etz fan
lily offered to take the younger sof
Dcns Anton, the father, considerin
the childs welfare, left him wit
them. This was before adoptiC
qapers had been secured With hi
other children he left Clinton on
houseboa, and a few years later h
landed on the point below Cairo.
Another Son Shot Near Cairo
When leaving Cairo point to
farther south his son. John, 13 year
old. was accidentally sh,t presum
ably by a hunter in the woods nea
Birds Point, Mo He VS. brough
to Cairo by his father who'e he die,
the following morning at 81; Mary
lnhrmary after difficult one ati.
performed by Drs. Stevenson i.
Gordon.
The father secured a position a
clerk with the Woodward Hardwar
company and remained in Carr
twelve years, going to Mound CIT
ten years ago, His daughter. VIII
had married and resided in Padu
cab, died at his home at Mound Cit
two years ago. 1t was due to his
advanced age and his loneliness tha'
the father made this last and re
markably successful search for hi.
son.
Lost Son Changes Name.
About sixteen years ago the sOr
changed his name to Frank A. Evans
and had his foster mother not beer
cognizant OF this fact mis- whereabout.
would probably never have beer
known. He learned few years ag,
his real name and advertised in al
the paper in large cities for hi:
father but all to no avail and h
had given UP hopes of ever seem
him.
He is state manager of the Ma
tional Casualty company with of
fees in Milwaukee. lie is married
and has two children. His father
may, in the near future, leave tC
make his nome with him.