Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-22
BY RICHARD G.. BALDWIN
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent,
(CcpYrlght bY the Urited Pc.esl

Copyright by the United Pross)
SAN FRANCISCO Fct. -
Soibing hys.erica an oyyrioyc1
mother today was reunited to her
faar year old daughter whom she
lad feared WIS kidnapped and mis-
treated H. " degenerate.
Through tine effoIts of tbc Jnit,d
Press and the san Francisco paily
News, Ms f. ! Murphy agHn held
i'm her arms Ter infant daughter
D7ris Virginia.
The mother. her face ag,alu witt
maternal joy, could not cohcrently
tell her gratitude; she muublcd
words of thanks - shc elasprl her
"lild to her bosom.
For seven days the little girl had
been listed as mystariously miss
ns and it was feared That She had
been Eiduapoi IL a degenerate and
uoyf. again would be seen alive,
1t was not uatil nervous, shabby
man wandered into the office of the
United Press with little Doris. tHat
one of The nations most ramarEs bile
mysteries was brought to an end.
Edward Sharp, a san Francisco
rack driver, told reporters q strange
.alc, iucoGgruous aud yet possible,
md the fate ef DORIS Virginia was
solved.
II. said that his wife had tahon
little Dori, from - d" dark man witt
black mousta,h,' in Vallejo, af
fer She Had received q strange note.
Thought Girl Her Own
The note, according to sharp, was
found underneath bis dnormat, and
requested Mrs Sharp to meet the
"dark mau with a black moustachc' -
and get her owr daughter, whom SHE
hal given TO the care of an orphan
asylum several wears ago
Maternal love and the desire TO
again possess her own child caused
Mrs Sharp to answer TIE note. Sh.
went TO Vallejo and cla>pad thg in.
tie child in her arms, believing it 20
bc her own,
Never thinking for minute that
thc child was not hers, Mrs. Sharp
travelled throughout the city with
the little girl. Visiting stores and cN-
hihitiug her newly " fomd' daugh-
ter 90 neighbor friends, sh" said.
She was ucvor questioned by po-
lice or citizens, although rewards
totaliug $4,000 had been offered Cor
information leading to the idcutifi-
cation of the kidnapor of little Doris.
Late last night came a realization
that brought despair to their hearts.
Photographs of the missing " Doris
Virginia - closely rcscmblcd their
newly found "daughtcr.
II was then that Sharp took the
child to the newspaper offices and
told his fantastic story, and the
child was recognized as the missing
girl.
Sharp Questioned
I.ycn ncWopapcrmcu were not Ger
tain that the little girl brought to
them by sharp was Doris until her
own mother had recognized her i'm
her arms, and collapsed. The step
father, Edward }. Murphy, also was
visibly effected.
Police admitted after they were
notified that the girl had been
found that the queer circumstances
under which Doris was returned to
her home completely mystified them.
They said it was possible that
Sharp had kidnapped the child and,
fearing that hi' act would be de-
tectcd, prevailed upon his wife to
enter with him upon Il plan to re
turn the child and collect reward
money.
Seven days ago little Doris disap-
pcarcd from Il playground near her
home Her disappearance was first
noted when she failed to return
home for her evening meal.
Margaret Boxer, a child ncighbor,
appeared at the Murphy home early
Sunday morning with a note which
she said she had found near the
Murphy residence.
The note was signed OK. *. "
and read: "You II never find her -
Then started the groateN child
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