| Show SJUEFFOJlAMUOTHKtt OliN WELSH HAS UEEN GONE FOR SEVENTEEN YCAHS If Kild In use lIn Ihn1 llll 11 11 so III CIllo Thoue la Ileluns Tneu Tul snd hon lh Ooally V I K John Welsh tor merly of Haratog Is I alive and tills should < l meet ids rye or the attention 01 any ono who knows f him thn Inform t lion thai he Is I IIv ° Ing would bring Imppliie to one of Iho oldest and most respected famine In Haratoga County For sixteen jeora Ibo family and Its connection have lieen taunted by fellow lownemen with Ibe Imputation that young Welsh had keen hanged tor murder While It hi l rertnln that he did not die no disgrace hilly no word has over been received trom him since ho let home seventeen tear ago and many have taken lit Ions silence u proof of his guilt and Fireutlon The mining man falher I IA John Welsh of Raraloga once a farmer nnd now aged and retired Them were right children three boy and five girls and of tho taller Mr A n Hheppan nnd Mr S II Hayden have set aboul I lo find their toil brother Vo have been able to hear the mn llcloui hint and open nnwrtlon nil Ihcsn year raid Mr Hheppard to n New York World reporter the other lay but now all the girl are married md grandchildren are growing up iCe want 10 pave them from the alinmo ivo hnvo suffered and no must llnd our brother Wo have delayed giving the mailer publicity on molherH uctount I Hho hi nlwny believed 1 John would wine day como home of hla own accord toil set Iho Blander ut reel Hut now se hav o given up hope of hula voluntary return Ile > ond the allgmn of thin gnl low that n certain element In tho village vil-lage hAl east upon thn boy we Mare teen deeply grieved at his unexplained ibsctirp and wo shall never feel l a mo nienl peace until he Is I found I stud brought home John had nn ambition to own n big baking establishment and wa taught that buslneM In New York clip He paid n lall home Just utter his rlRh teenth birthday In 1878 and was soon followed by a woman twice hle age who nald she wn hula wife John declared that aha did not tell the truth but ho ho pads that woa ao deeply mortllled A a the woman could bring no proof of the marriage wo repudlaled her She left with Iho threat that she would make ua Buffer In the following aummer an article In a local paper said that our John wa to bo hanged nt Jefferson City Mo for a murder We were crushed by this terrible now nnd an uncle hastened Jefferson City Ilo found Iho story lobo lo-bo A hoax Several years later wo received re-ceived from Sheriff Thomas U Mahon and Clerk W II lusk of Jeffemon City n Idler which certified thaI not only had no ono of the name of Welsh I boon sentenced 1 to die Him but thai hero had not been an execution In the county for twenty enr Wo iniiln tho loiter public and It wa supposed that the tonguu of gossip would be silenced It was to cone extent ex-tent but there were persons no wicked and heartless Hint they would not bo lime It Ai children I and my slslcni and brother were constantly coming homo In tear t the rexult of jibe and taunts of other children and their elI tiers el-I tiersRver since the mUorublo day when thn atory appeared wo 1mvn been made to Buffer and I know that If John could know what baa been going on nothinG would prevent him from coming back to menace Ohio lerrlblo stain from hula mm our name Tho cruel part of It Is I thai I ucli a bofur ho waa thru barely l nineteen could bo accused of such n crime He wa i gentle and kind hearted and mother v i that a A n youngster ho wns always bringing homo nick and maimed calx nod olher nnlmal for Ircnlment and would go about caving Hie from drowning How could boy like that bo a murderer Wo could never trace tho uuthorshlp of tho idandcroii Item which gave no detail I of Iho alleged trlmr but coo know that It wa Inspired by some enemy and on no foundation whatever I Our brother na floe fret ten brims In height with broad ahouldrri erwt In bearing regular features fair skin dark brown hair and hazel brown eyes I The teller J W were pricked In India forearm Just below the Ink on his right elbow and there wu n car from n burn on Iho back of ills neck al Iho lop of Iho shirt collar When n boy John dream was togo to-go to Auslrallix to mako a fortune and wo think he I there now loo proud and loo much mortified about his racapado with that woman to let tee hear from him No doubt he Intend In Unto to return but hu not rondo up hula mind to 10 co yet HI father and mother aro getting very old and unions ho cornea Boon ha will not see them Tho constnnt prayer of bile sisters both ns lltllo Rlrln ana grown women Is I that ho will como home Wo will welcome him no matter what his condition may boo and will be Joyous at word of him no matter bow low ho may lime fallen or under whit circumstance he I living liv-ing |
