Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-24
WOMAN, KIDNAPPED AS CHILD, STILL
 SEEKS IDENTITY
Kansas Has Been Trying Hard to Solve
 Mystery

Wichita, Kan, March 20.--kldnap- ed when she was a enid just old en- ough to talk, Mrs. Elizabeth Huffman, 154 North Market street, of this city, has been for nearly 50 years search ing. for her identity.
 Mrs. Huffman recently returned from Princeton Mo-, where she went in an effort to adnd someone who could give information that would throw some light on the question.
 She is ignorant of whether the name she has borne since childhood is her one or one her abductors gave her. She has been married some 26 years and has four children, three sons and daughter. Her husband died 15 years ago.
 For 30 years Mrs. Huffman has been conducting nationwide search.
 "I feel that the discovery of who l am is the most important thing in my life," she says. q believe every person ought to have the right to know his or her identity. Whenever l feel that l may be able to find out something about my parents I drop everything even though 1 am in the middle of days work, and start out"
 Tells of Trip to Princeton, Mo.
 Questioned as to her trip to Prince ton, she said:
 T went to Princeton because was told chat the Blachley family there knew something of the family who kept me when was little girl, and though they might give me some information"
 Tears came into her eyes as she told of her failure to find the Blach- Icy family in Princeton.
 But the trail is getting warmer" she declared. "At Trenton, Mo-, l saw man who appearance sent a .shivcr over me. Although it has taken from my home, this man ap- pcared to me as the one who stole me. can never forget that face. That man spoke to me and sat down by my side in Trenton, but I was : so unnerved that l could not speak to him. l am going back and stay until l satisfy myself as to, whether or not he is the kidnaper."
 Mrs. Huffman has three birthmarks by which she hopes to be identified.
  old, and says she is probably near that age. The people with whom she remembers first living, she declares, would tell her nothing. They said they would never permit her to know her true identity. It is her opinion they made a practice of Kidnapping children, as there were several oth- CTS reared in the same family with her who did not belong to her fos- ter parents.
 Her first recollection is of family by then anne of Ballard, some place in Ohio. She later remembers a French . family of Boulingers, near Brainbridgc or Londonderry, O. he also recalls Mrs. David Mann, and family of Pollards; also family of Polens who lived nearby.
 Tempted to Give Up Search.
 Sometimes, am tempted to give up the search" she says. My chill dfen beg me to settle down and for t get the past, but that cannot do. ! will never rest until find my peo- pie. believe owe it to my parents to find them if possible, to throw some little joy into their aged lives, and to my children, so they may know their mother's people," ma
 Recalling the circumstances of tho Kidnapping, she says:
 s'In my mind l sec comfortable home in the city. I believe my fa- thcr was a merchant. The day I was stolen l remember that l went to church with my father and mother. The church was beautifully decorat- cd with flowers and banners. l wore white dress and white shoes. When we can home l left my bonnet on a couch and went out on the front porch to get my doll A man step- ped up and threw a black cloak over my head. l kicked and cried as he carried me away. After a short trip we came to some water. There an other man met us, and they fought was dropped to the ground. scrambled out of my cover and wit messed the encounter, which I shall never forget. Then we crossed the water on flatboat. l remember well that long railway journey, and how tired I got. l cried until could cry no more.
 Saw Snow for First Time.
 "Wc went to a place where there was snow on the ground. That was the first snow had ever seen, which makes me believe that l was stolen from outhern city. At the house to which l was taken, remember q discussion as to what they would do with me. A young lady of the family suggested they put me in a sack with some rocks and drop me into the river. An older lady, how. a ever, objected and this saved my life.''
 Mrs. Huffman came to Wichita Is years ago, shortly after the death of her husband Her sons live here and her daughter in Sioux City, la.
 1t seems, says she, that my only chance is to sec that man in Trenton who looked so much like the man who stole nc. If my impression is right, may get him to talk But even if am wrong, will not give up the search; 1 cannot rest until know who lam"