How Credible Is a Mother in Grief?
Reporters had already gone ahead and printed stories about Ms. Anderson’s hesitation when seeing the boy, and this didn’t do well for the woman. They called her illiterate and a woman of ‘loose morals,’ discrediting her claims. It was entirely unfair, considering Mrs. Dunbar had also been unsure at first, but Mrs. Dunbar had had the support of her people. After being tried in court, Julia Anderson returned to Mississippi, with final custody of the child falling into the hands of the Dunbars.
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The Dunbars raised the boy as their own son, Bobby, and had a few more kids. Though it was all said and done, the story of Bobby Dunbar went around the country and raised many questions about whether or not he was truly a Dunbar. Had the child Louisiana authorities found really been Bobby? It was going to be a long, long time – nine whole decades – before anybody would know for sure.