The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-12
1OTHER FINDS
 HER SONS, LOST ! TWELVE YEARS
4eSerted and Fearing Death, She Gave Up Paul and
 Tx. Arthur Haggerty.

4New York. Aug. 12-Mrs. Edward 1 Dunn,of sO5 West Twentieth street. 34Bmerlyi Mrs. J. J. ,Haggerty, saw her two sons, Paul and Arthur, yesterday for the first time int12 years In 1904, when deserted by her first husband nd informed by her physician that sAe was dying of consumption, she rive them up to social worker who pfQmised to have them adopted by a wealthy, woman.
 Mrs. Dunn, whose present husband 1T employed in a brewery, found two me looking, educated boys, who talk le4 with marked German accent. They 1 Gfeeted their mother affectionately when she met them at the Children's | 6pciety, although they were too young \ when they left her, years ago to have I aAy recollection ofther. Paul is now 11f and Arthur IA. In the 12 years tyey travelled all over the United States and Europe and lived 10 years III Eermany, earning their own living i abd that of their foster mother on the sl6Ee as musicians.
 z Mrs. Mary Nolan, a neighbor of 4 1&rb. Dunn, read in the newspapers ' tQ&t Paul and Arthur Haggerty, two nElBicians and globe-trotters, had ar |19&ed in this city on the Noordam on q &&day from Berlin with the help of \ z&bassador Gerard and Mrs. Gerard I &Re were now looking for their < MIfher, whom they had not seen for !1t years. Mrs. Nolan remembered I ithAt-Rkrs. Dunn, returning from a VGemekAry a few days ago where she haR put flowers on the grave of a \ 43ughter. had suddenly become dis cynsolate about her two long-lost sons.
 Mother Sees Her Sons. a v tShe told Mrs. Dunn, about the story n the newspapers and the mother hbrried to the Children's Society. Alter her story had been thoroughly Investigated to insure against a dis Appointment both for the boys and the woman, Mrs. Dunn and the chill dxen were permitted to meet yester- d&y. Her claim to the children was !. Completely verified, and was clenched by the strong resemblance of the two boys to an elder daughter of Mrs. Dunn.
 4The mother was delighted to see handsome boys with clear. pink com p1exions and yellow hair brushed
 
 WIS somewhat systified to find that they had been all over the world, talked several languages and were ac- complished musical performers. It took a good deal of explanation. to cellar all thissup.
 Instead of going into a wealthy family as the sick and forsaken mother had expected in 1904, the boys -~xI, <<f them was a vaudeville performer, known as Mme.i Berfino, whose real name was Mrs. w. w. Welsh. From the very first. at, the ages of years and 5, the boys said they were put through a severe training of several hours day and within few months <.were on the vaudeville stage with a third adopted son mayed David Mover, the three appearing as the Berlino Trio. At first the two boys only re- cited, but within a flew years they mastered musical instruments, and their act was changed into a musical one
 Ten years. ago Mime. ,Berlino took them to Germany, where%she managed to obtain music masters for the two boys free of charge In addition to < practicing several hours a day, their foster mother and manager saw, to it that they received a thorough all- around education. The rod was not spared on them. as they told the story yesterday. In time they became so proficient that they could appear be- fore German musical aud fence. For several years, Paul said yesterday. they earned $150 a. week for their foster mother. About a year ago, because of the war, Mime. Berlino found it difficult to get en- agreements for them and they had some violent quarrels with her owing to her refusal to give them a share of the money they were earning.
 Earned Their Living In Berlin.
 Paul said that about six months ago y Mime. Berlino ordered his younger | brother to leave the house where they were living. Paul went, too. He got q job playing piano in the Moltke < Cafe in Berlin, and the two boys lived together in a fat. After they had ' told their story quite frequently in Berlin Mime. Berlino was investigated. It was found that she had adopted !. several war orphans and had already begun to educate them. These were J taken away from her by child-caring authorities in Berlin, according to the two Haggerty boys, and she re- turned to this country.
 The history of the two boys was ': brought to the attention of the Ameri- can Consul and then to Ambassador Gerard. After questioning them as to their percentage. he decided that, as they were talented enough to get along anywhere, they should return to this country and seek their parents. He got their passports, and Mrs. Ger ard paid part of their fares. The Am bassador notified the State Depart n.ent, and it forwarded the message to Mayor Mitchell, who turned it over to the Children's Society. On the ar- rival of the Noordah1 last Sunday, the children were taken to the society's building.
 Walter L. Hawley, a representative of the society, went to Philadelphia and saw Mme. Berlino. She claimed the two children, and came to this city to induce them to return to her. She said she wanted to send them to Harvard, but both made it clear that after once escaping from eight hours Q day of musical practice, backed up hy the rod, they would not voluntarily go hack to it.
 The two boys are still at the Chill { dre1's Soctcty,-but will so to live xytfh f1oir y,,ofIar coo,, cl, Io q