The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
HAD RECEIVED TENDER CARE
The Rev. Theodore Volkert Who Found
the Little Girl on His Doorstep Brings
First Word to Parents in Kenosha
Had 'Phoned Saturday Night.

The mystery surrounding Jhe dlSap-
pearance of Agnes Hahn has been
solved and the thirteen year old girl
is back at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hahn on Bronson
street, again today gathering up the
broken threads of her home life and
probably seeking to forget that she
ran away from home.
The story Of the disappearance of
the little girl and her safe return to
the home of her parents, has none OF
the thrills which might have been ex-
pectedI 1t is just the story of little
girl who rebelled against parental rule
and started out in the world alone
Fortunately this little girl found peo-
pie who treated her with the tender
ness Of th6ir c5,n children aud listen
ed to her heart story and finally came
and told the police where she was
and what her complaint was.
The little girl was brought back to
Kenosha from Racine late Tuesday
night by Chief of Police O'Hare. He
found her at the home of the Rev.
Theodore Volkert, pastor of the First
Evangelical Lutheran Church, in that
city. She had come to the home of
the pastor foot-sore and weary, late
Saturday afternoon and had been cloth
cd and fed and treated as a member
of the family.
The first word of the whereabouts
of the little girl was brought to the
members of the Hahn family by the
Racine minister He had attended a
conference Of his church at Burlington
ON Tuesday and he came back to Keno
sha on Tuesday afternoon just after
five clock with the Rev. Carl Buen-
ger, pastor of the German Lutheran
Church here. He went at once to the
Hahn home and told the mother of the
little girl that she was safe and well in
Racine and IRIS. Hahn had prepared to
90 to Racine to find the little girl when
police officers came to the house and
detained the Racine minister pending
an investigation. Later Chief 0 Hare
went to Racine with the mother and
found the little girl. She had been
shown every care and the members of
the Volkert family made no objection
to her being brought back to Kenosha
The discovery of the whereabouts of
the child brought great relief to the
members Of the police department as
we'll as to her relatives. Since Satur-
day evening Chief O'Hare had given
practically his whole time to the search
for the child and be breathed sigh
OF relief as he delivered her to her
mother. Every member of the depart
ment had been active in the search for
the child, but the circumstances of t q
strange incident of child-lfe and dispo-
sition had made the case an almost inn
possible one for the officials to solve
Rev. Mr. Volkert was seen shortly af
ter the chief had left for Racine to
bring the little girl back to Kenosha
81 feel that there is nothing in this
case that should be concealed he
Aaid 'eThe little girl came to us foot
sore and weary on Saturday evening
and we took her in and cared for her
the best we could. She complained that
she had not liked conditions at her
home and that for that reason she had
run away. We notified her friends by
telephone Saturday evening that she
was being well cared for and that she
would be returned to her home.'
Rev Mr.. Volkert seemed to feel
deeply the confidence that the little
girl had placed in him. 81 had never
seen or heard of the child until / came
to my home late Saturday afternoon. 1
found her sitting on the back steps
leading to the kitchen door and my wife
had given her some food. She was
crying and it was evident that she was
suffering pain. l took her into the
house and asked her her name and she
told me her name and the name of her
parents. She admitted that she had
ran away from home and declared that
her parents did not want her any more
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