Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1876 — Mysterious Kidnaping and Return of a Boy. [ARTICLE]

Mysterious Kidnaping and Return of a Boy.

Some time ago the people of Marianna, Fla., were excited over something like a Charlie Ross case in their midst. A little boy named Charlie Burgess was kidnaped and no trace could be found subsequently of either him or those who had carried him off, though every search was made. An account of the aflair lias traveled through tire newspapers of the country and the sorrow of the bereaved family has been shared by many. Now comes the sequel to the story, which is pleasant. On one Sunday night lately the family from which the boy was stolen were gathered in the house with doors and windows closed against a bitterly cold wind which was shrieking outside and were wondering, it may be, of the whereabouts on such a night of the missing boy. All at once some one heard a cry, which was repeated; it came from the front of the house. A search was made to learn the cause of the strange sound, and the mother peering out into the darkness saw something upon»the front steps. In another moment sMe hau her lost boy in her arms. At the same time a man who had been concealed in the shrubbery of the garden darted away and could not be overtaken. That is the whole of the Story and the entire affair is a mystery. It re supposed that the man who brought the chikfback wasoneof'thekidnapers, but the original cause of the abduction and of the child’s return remain alike unknown. The mother is satisfied with her Christmas gift, though.— St. Louis Republican.