September 26, 1908
MOTOR CAR USED IN A KIDNAPING.
MRS. THOMAS SPIRITED HER SON OUT OF LEAVENWORTH.
BROUGHT CHILD TO
THIS CITY.
ATTORNEY JOHN HAYES, JR., AR- RESTED BY KANSAS OFFICERS.
Was Mistaken for a Detective Who Had Gone With Mrs. Thomas When She Kidnaped Her Child. 
MRS. AGNES BOSS THOMAS.
Kansas City Woman Who Kidnaped Her Child in Leavenworth Yesterday, Guarded by a Detective in an Automobile.
Agnes Boss Thomas, who was a witness in the Humes-Richards alienation of affection suit, yesterday, under guard of a private detective patrol, went to Leavenworth in an automobile and carried off her baby, Theodore C. Thomas, Jr., while the 5-year-old child's school teacher looked on, powerless to do anything. Mrs. Thomas brought the baby to her home, 119 East Thirty-fourth street, where Theodore, Jr., is still resting and awaiting a probable habeas corpus proceeding. The little fellow's attorneys, Kelly, Brewster & Buchholz, are in waiting, too, and John Hayes, Jr., who was mistaken for a detective by the Leavenworth police force, is out on bond.
Mrs. Thomas was divorced from her husband in July, 1906. Mr. Thomas received the divorce while his wife was abroad, both being represented by attorneys. In the settlement by the court at Pawnee, Ok., it was stipulated that Mr. Thomas was to have the custody of the child except one month in each year and that if the mother wished the child during this month she should go after and return him at the proper time.
THEODORE C. THOMAS.
The Kidnaped Child
Recently when Mr. Thomas wished to go to Mexico he left Theodore, Jr., with the child's grandmother in Leavenworth. When the time rolled around for Mrs. Thomas to have the child for her one month of the year, the baby's grandmother decided she should not have him. On account of her connection with the Humes-Richards case, the grandmother said Mrs. Thomas could not have the baby for the one month provided for by Judge Baynard T. Hainer in the Oklahoma courts.
Yesterday Mrs. Thomas decided to get her baby, and employed an automobile and a bodyguard and went after him. Living strictly up to the letter of the decree, which said she could get the baby by going after him, Mrs. Thomas employed F. H. Tillotson of the Hayes-Tillotson Detective Agency, to see that no force was used against her. The two went to Leavenworth and called at the school house where the baby, Theodore, Jr., is receiving his first lessons. Mrs. Thomas stepped to the door, asked the child's teacher to see him, and then simply carried him home, as she claims the court said she has a right to do.
In the meantime, John Hayes, Jr., an attorney of Kansas City and son of former Kansas City Police Chief John Hayes, was in Leavenworth on legal business. The police force of Leavenworth, recalling that the big man in the automobile was of the Hayes-Tillotson agency, just arrested young Hayes and held him for ransom. He proved his innocence and was finally let go on bond.
Mrs. Theodore Thomas, the mother of the child, was formerly Agnes Boss, the daughter of a prominent Congregational minister here, and was reputed to be the most beautiful and most accomplished girl in the city. After being educated in the high school here she went to Vassar. She was a splendid musician, an artist of some ability, and was a leader of society here.
She was married to Theodore Thomas, son of a wealthy and very prominent Leavenworth physician, about eight years ago. Six years ago the son was born to them. At that time Mr. Thomas was conducting an ice plant in Atchison, Kas. Later they moved to Oklahoma, and at Pawnee, Ok., a divorce suit was instituted by the husband.
The decree was granted Mr. Thomas, giving him also the custody of the child.
After the divorce, Mr. Thomas brought his boy to Leavenworth and placed him in the care of his mother, Mrs. M. S. Thomas. She has become very much attached to the child and was prostrated with grief this afternoon. The little boy was just 6 years old a few weeks ago and started going to school last Monday. The mother has come here on several occasions with different attorneys and attempted to get the grandmother to give up the child.
Several months ago Mrs. Theodore Thomas came into prominence by starting to lecture on theosophy. She is well educated and speaks well, and it is said she made quite a hit. Mrs. Thomas is still a very beautiful woman.
Labels: attorney, automobiles, children, custody, detectives, Divorce, ice, kidnapping, Leavenworth, oklahoma, Police Chief Hayes, women September 12, 1908 CHARGES HUSBAND WITH ASSAULT.
MRS. WILLIAM JOHNSON FILES PETITION FOR DIVORCE.
Buckner Woman Says Her Husband Either Struck the Blow Himself, or Knew Who Did It -- She Is Recovering.
Just four days previous to his preliminary hearing on a charge of assaulting his wife with intent to kill, William Johnson of Buckner, Mo., was served with a copy of his wife's petition for divorce which was filed in the circuit court yesterday.
While sleeping in the same room with her husband at their home near Buckner on the night of August 20, Mrs. Mina Johnson was dangerously injured by being struck on the head with a heavy bludgeon. For days it was feared that Mrs. Johnson would die from her injuries, but she is now recovering. Several days after the assault her husband, William Johnson, who had acted peculiarly since the attack, was arrested and brought to Kansas City. He was locked up in the county jail for only a short time, being allowed to go to the Baltimore hotel to sleep.
He was under close police surveillance all the time and was granted permission to visit his wife. He was never released on bond, as it would not then have been possible to keep detectives with him. His preliminary hearing will come up Tuesday morning in Buckner before Judge James Adams.
NAMES ANOTHER WOMAN.
Mrs. Johnson, in her petition for a divorce, recites that she was married to William Johnson November 22, 1877, at Independence. She accuses him of traveling around the country in company of another woman, and states that he represented the woman to his niece. She also charges that he either struck her himself or that it was done with his knowledge and consent. She asks that he be restrained from going near her, as she fears he will attempt to do her an injury.
The petition sets forth the fact that Johnson is possessed of a large amount of land, and the court is prayed to restrain him from selling or otherwise disposing of his property. The wife asks for temporary alimony and, if granted a divorce, permanent alimony. She names a Miss M. B. Howard, 1603 East Eighth street, Kansas City, as the woman with whom her husband went to Denver, Col, and Roswell, N. M.
HER FIRST ACCUSATION.
While Mrs. Johnson has intimated on previous occasions that she believed her husband had knowledge of the party who so brutally assaulted her, she never directly admitted it until she filed her petition for divorce.
Nearly six months ago Mrs. Johnson decided to sue for a divorce and came to Kansas City to consult a lawyer. Without knowing it she went to a lawyer who was acting as Johnson's attorney. The attorney finally prevailed upon Mrs. Johnson to return home and again try to live with her husband. This she did without bringing a suit. At that time she wanted to file a suit because of her husband's action regarding the Howard woman.
In company with the detective who has guarded him since his arrest, Johnson passed through Independence last night on his way to Kansas City. He was asked about the divorce proceedings brought against him by his wife. He said: "I did not expect divorce proceedings to be brought. It came as a surprise to me. Further than that I do not care to discuss the matter at the present time." Johnson has lost his air of confidence and determination usually apparent, and looks worn and haggard.
TO HOLD COURT IN BEDROOM.
When Johnson's preliminary hearing comes off next Tuesday, the justice will hear the testimony of all the witnesses in his court room in Buckner. Then the judge and his clerk, accompanied by the attorneys, will travel by wagon to the home of Mrs. Johnson, where the court will be reconvened in her bedroom and her testimony taken. After that the justice court will then be transferred to Buckner.Labels: Buckner, Divorce, domestic violence, Hotel Baltimore, women September 10, 1908 WAS DISCOURTEOUS TO WOMEN.
So Policeman H. C. Johnson Was Dropped From the Force.
Henry C. Johnson, a probation officer walking a beat in the East Bottoms, No. 8 district, was yesterday ordered dropped from the department by the board of police commissioners. Johnson was one of the last batch of forty-one men added to the force. Charges of conduct unbecoming an officer had been filed against him by several women.
It was agreed by the board yesterday that the place to try the case of Patrolman E. F. Stockdale, charged by his wife with abandonment, non-support and cruelty, was in divorce court. When the patrolman's attorney informed the board that suit for divorce had been filed August 25, the case was ordered continued indefinitely.Labels: Divorce, police, police board August 6, 1908 TOOK POISON WHILE EATING HIS SUPPER.
Fred Guy Died in Front of "Saffire" Restaurant.
Frequenting regularly the "Saffire" restaurant, 908 Walnut street, where his divorced wife, Frances, was employed as a waitress, Fred Guy, 31 years old, about 9 o'clock last night ended his troubles by drinking nearly two ounces of carbolic acid and dying a few moments later on the sidewalk just outside of the restaurant door, where he had been removed by the proprietor, J. W. McCracken.
Guy entered the restaurant about 8 o'clock last night and was given a seat near the center of the room. He ordered a light meal from Mrs. Belle Smith, a waitress, and then motioned to his wife to come to his table.
When she reached his side she smelled the carbolic acid, which he had evidently drunk before entering the restaurant. She asked him what he had done and he replied by shaking his head, but did not speak. She ran to the front of the restaurant and informed Mr. McCracken that the man had taken poison. The manager said he believed the man was drunk and led him out of the restaurant. On reaching the street Guy dropped a bottle which had contained the acid, and then McCracken summoned the ambulance.
Dr. George H. Pipken of the emergency hospital gave emergency treatment to Guy on the street where he had fallen, but he was beyond relief when the doctor arrived. Mrs. Guy said last night that she had married Fred Guy in Leavenworth, Kas., nearly three years ago, but had obtained a divorce from him about four months ago.
She said that he daily importuned her to return, but that she had refused to listen to his peleading.Labels: Divorce, doctors, Leavenworth, poison, restaurants, Suicide, Walnut Street August 4, 1908 RALSTON SUES FOR DIVORCE.
Brother-in-Law of Frank James Says His Wife Has a Temper.
Harry M. Ralston brought suit for divorce in the circuit court at Independence yesterday against his wife, Alice E. Ralston. Harry Ralston is a brother-in-law of Frank James. He was married to his present wife in 1892. A divorce followed in August, 1907. Mrs. Ralston went to California and there married a man by the name of Kenney. Soon after this marriage she was divorced from her California husband and she again met Ralston.
About two years ago they were remarried and seemed to live happily. June 14, 1908, they separated again. They have two children. The husband claims abusive conduct upon the part of his wife.Labels: Divorce, Independence, James Gang August 1, 1908 HE WAS AFRAID TO GO HOME.
Robert Parker, Suing for Divorce, Often "Sat Alone at Y. M. C. A."
In the divorce suit against his wife, Sidney, filed by Robert Parker in the circuit court at Independence yesterday, Mr. Parker states that when he returned home late at night, after attending to business affairs, his wife was always waiting for him, but not with love and kisses. He avers that the bric-a-brac and small articles of furniture often greeted him.
The evening volley from the front door got to be such a regular thing that Mr. Parker says he was really afraid to go home in the dark. Like the man in the song, his only refuge was the Y. M. C. A., and he often stayed there all night, he says, instead of risking his head by going home.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, domestic violence, Independence, YMCA July 3, 1908 MARRIED THROUGH AN AGENT.
Mrs. Benjamin Was Unhappy, but Court Refused to Interfere.
Mrs. Rebecca Benjamin, who says she is divorced from her first husband according to the law of Moses, was refused a divorce from her present husband yesterday by Judge McCune, who said he would not separate where love did not enter into the courtship of the contracting parties Mrs. Benjamin's present domestic life was arranged by a Chicago junk dealer who collected fees from both she and Benjamin before he introduced them, and then only by mail.
After Mrs. Benjamin recited the manner in which she sought and found her husband, Judge McCune assured her that nothing but misery could result from such a union and stated that he did not propose to help her find a way out. Judge McCune added that his court did not recognize the law of Moses, which gives divorce simply by the written consent of one person to another.Labels: Chicago, courtroom, Divorce, Judge McCune, marriage June 20, 1908 SHE'S AS COLD AS STONE.
Hugh Hyromus Says He Is Unable to Warm His Wife.
Hugh and Lizzie Hyromus were married on November 29, 1908. Yesterday Mr. Hyrmus filed suit, through his attorney, Samuel Miller, for divorce charging his wife with having a mania for staying out nights attending parties and dances . She is also charged with being possessed with a temper that she cannot control. In Mr. Hyroums's petition he alleges:
"When not from home and not giving vent to her temper she sits in my company, but is as mute and cold as a statue of stone . The treatment thus received by the plaintiff from the defendant renders his life miserable in the extreme and causes him to suffer almost constant mental pain and anguish, and by his constant fretting has impaired him physically and filled his home with sorrow and gloom instead of mirth and sunshine; that he has exhausted his persuasive powers in attempting to change career, but all words of kindness had no more effect on her than the few drops of water from a passing cloud would have upon the sands of a desert.
The plaintiff asks for and disillusion decree of divorce and the custody of their 19-months-old child.Labels: custody, Divorce May 20, 1908 SUES HER FORMER HUSBAND.
Mrs. Smith Avers That T. W. Glynn Falsely Accused Her of Bigamy.
Alleging that T. W. Glynn, to whom she formerly was married, has unlawfully charged her with bigamy and as a result she suffered the pain and humiliation of having to spend fourteen days in jail before her trial and release, Mrs. Margaret Smith has filed suit in the circuit court asking $20,000 damages against Glynn. She aleges that it was entirely due to the information filed by Glynn in the justice coucrt that she was served with a warrant charging bigamy because she had married Smith, and that the information was filed with a malicious motive.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, jail, Lawsuit, marriage May 19, 1908 READ SONGS OF SOLOMON TO ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE.
B. C. Boyles Alleges That S. D. Bur- nett Thus Won the Love of Mrs. Boyles.
Reading passages from the Songs of Solomon and Old Testament romances to Mrs. B. C. Boyles was one means employed by S. D. Burnett to win the woman's affections, Boyles, the husband, yesterday declared on the stand in Judge J. H. Slover's division of the circuit court, where his suit against Burnett for $20,000 for the alienation of his wife's affections is on trial. Just what particular songs and stories Burnett read Boyles was unable to specify.
It was only a short while ago, Boyles said, that he discovered Burnett had been reading form the Scriptures to Mrs. Boyles. He might have seen them reading, he said but he gave no thought to it, because Burnett is a leader in the Presbyterian church at Independence, and Mrs. Boyles is a church woman. It was when he overheard, as he claims, Mrs. Boyles recalling to Burnett things he had once read to her, that he grew suspicious.
This will be denied today, probably, by Burnett, when his attorneys have their inning in which to present the defense. The plaintiff has beeen showing his side of the case to the jury for two days and it will take as long to give the defense.
Boyles is a brother of Mrs. Burnett The two families were intimate until last autumn when Boyles filed suit against his brother-in-law. Burnett owns a section or so of land north of Independence. Boyles operates a dairy farm at Seventy-third street and Brooklyn avenue. Boyles secured a divorce last June on the ground that his wife's love for him had waned. He did not mention Burnett in that suit.Labels: Brooklyn avenue, circuit court, Divorce, Judge Slover, Lawsuit, Seventy-third street April 29, 1908 WHEN THE WIFE WEPT.
Husband, Who Is Being Sued for Di- vorce, Comforted Her in Court.
During the progress of the trial of Mrs. Nellie Muschietty's suit for divorce from Louis Muschietty in Judge H. L. McCune's court yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Muschietty fell to weeping and her husband, after watching for a while, walked over to her chair and comforted her. Then, while witnesses went on telling what cruel things each had done to the other, husband and wife went outside the court room and had a quiet talk. There was a rumor last evening that when the case is called in court this morning, announcement will be made that the suit has been settled out of court.
Muschietty is president of the Woodlawn Granite Company at 4509 East Fifteenth street.Labels: Divorce, Fifteenth street, Judge McCune April 24, 1908
FORMER FRIENDS BITTER ENEMIES.
E. J. RICHARDS SEEKS BIG DAM- AGES OF J. C. HUMES.
President of Ginger Club Asks $100,000 for Alleged Alienation of Affections -- "Contemp- tible, Says Humes.
Ms. Emma Richards, wife of E. J. Richards, a hatter and president of the Ginger Club in the "300" block on Twelfth street, yesterday forenoon sued for divorce and a restraining order to prevent her husband from selling their household goods or disposing of his property. The Richardses live at 3910 Walrond avenue.
In the afternoon Mr. Richards brought suit against John C. Humes, president of the J. C. Humes Crockery Company, 1009 Walnut street, for $100,000 on a charge of alienating the affections of Mrs. Richards.
Enough charges and counter charges are made to fill a book. John T. Harding, Mrs. Richards's attorney in the first suit, also represents Humes in the second. Mrs. Richards charges that her husband has abandoned her many times and as many times has begged to be taken back. He has often accused her of improper conduct, she says, and has always later denied the truth of such charges. She also alleges cruelty. Three times, in his fits of suspicion that she wanted to talk to someone he did not wish her to talk to, she charges, he has torn the telephone from the wall of their house.
PARTNERS IN BUSINESS.
According to Richards's petition Humes and Mrs. Richards became acquainted April 25, 1907. Humes loaned Richards $6,000 and became a partner in the hat store. Last summer Mr. and Mrs. Humes spent in Europe. Richards alleges that Humes wrote a letter or a postcard daily to Mrs. Richards, in which he called her by pet names, and that Mrs. Richards answered daily.
John C.Humes, when seen at his home at 4006 McGee street, talked freely and frankly, saying:
"I loaned Richards $6,000 to keep his hat store afloat. He squandered it and now owes nearly as much more to various creditors. Because I wouldn't pay his bills he brings this suit. He offered to settle the case before he filed it.
"I have known Richards for years and thought he was a nice fellow and a promising young business man. I allowed him to live in my house rent free all of last summer, while I was in Europe. He and his wife have taken Sunday dinners with me and my wife and daughter, ever Sunday almost, until two weeks ago. I can only say now that he is a contemptible cur. I am innocent of everything he charges or hints at in his suit. I could not have settled for money, but did not because I am not afraid of a trial."
MAY NOT BE TRIED
Attorney John T. Harding of Brown, Harding & Brown says:
"I don't believe that Richards's suit against Humes will ever be tried. Richards came to my office last Friday at 2 o'clock and offered not to file the case. Humes was present and refused."
Battle McCardle, Richards's attorney, comes back with a flat denial of the statements that any offer has been made to settle the case.
"I talked with Harding and Humes on two afternoons of last week," McCardle says, "and urged humes to let Richards's wife alone. Humes wouldn't talk to me at all. There was nothing said about money."
Mrs. Emma Richards is living with her mother, Mrs. Martha Pursell of Indianapolis, Ind., and her 10-year-old son in the Doris apartments. All the windows were dark last night and repeated rings on the hall bell failed to bring an answer. A knock on the door, at the head of the first flight of stairs brought the troubled face of a pretty woman of about 30 years.
"You are Mrs. Richards?"
"Yes."
"Will you testify for or against your husband in the suit he today brought against John Humes?"
"Oh, I won't talk of that. I can not believe," she began, "I can not believe that Ed would use my name for --" Sobs finished the sentence.Labels: attorney, Divorce, Ginger Club, McGee street, retailers, Twelfth street, Walnut Street, Walrond avenue April 17, 1908 KNOWS THAT HUSBAND NOW.
Mrs. Lydia Erlewine Is Twice Di- vorced From the Same Man.
Mrs. Lydia Erelewine's fourth suit for divorce was tried before Judge H. L. McCune in the circuit court yesterday. Her last two suits have been against the same husband. When she had rested her case, Judge McCune recalled her to the stand and asked:
"Are you sure, Mrs. Erlewine, that if I give you another decree from this husband, that you will not make up your quarrel, remarry, and be coming in again next year for another separation?"
"I'm sure I will never marry Willard Erlewine again," she said. "He said before I left him the last time that he wouldn't work to support any woman. What's the use of having a man if he won't work?
"Decree granted," commented the court.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, Judge McCune April 16, 1908 WANTED TO WHIP SON-IN-LAW.
Alfred Smith Asked Court to Grant Him Permission.
"If the court will let me, I will take him out now and clean him up, right now. I am sorry for the day the ship landed that Dutchman in America," delcared Alfred Smith, father-in-law of Alfonso Weis, on the witness stand in Judge McCune's division of the circuit court yesterday, in the trial of Weis for divorce from Emma Weis. This was the second day of the trial, and it will continue today.
Smith is about 60 years of age, has gray hair and clearly shows his age. As he sat on the witness stand he related the trouble between his daughter and Weis, and showed positive hatred for his son-in-law. Mrs. Smith also testified on the stand, the principal part of her testimony being that Weis told her not to spend money for beer because that beverage would make her become fat. Although she looked as though she weighed about ninety-five pounds, she stated that she preferred to remain slim.
Many witnesses were called for both sides of the case, and when court closed, Judge McCune had apparently made little progress in deciding in his mind whether the divorce should be granted. Most of the testimony was about the character of Mrs. Weis, and all of the witnesses disputed each other. Mrs. Weis stated that when she was away from home she was at a spiritualist meeting, which was corroborated by other witnesses.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, immigrants, Judge McCune March 10, 1908 SHE WOULDN'T BUY BEER.
So Giles Haynes Beat His Wife -- She Is Suing for Divorce.
One of the reasons given in a petition in the district court in Kansas City, Kas., by Rosa Haynes against Giles Haynes, for divorce, is that the defendant cruelly beat the plaintiff because she refused to go to the state line and get him a bucket of beer. Mrs. Haynes also charges her husband with destroying her photographs, breaking up the dishes and furniture, and cutting up her clothing.
The other mismated couples applied to the court for legal separation. Emma Fletcher asks for a divorce from Ezra; Belle Hazelbridge from George; and Goldie G. Griffin from Oliver.Labels: alcohol, Divorce, domestic violence, Kansas City Kas, State line February 29, 1908 WHEN PENSION STOPPED.
Mrs. Bevelle Went Out to Look for Husband Who Had Divorced Her.
In his suit for divorce Benjamin T. Bevelle, an old soldier, alleged that at Topeka, Kas. his wife drove him from home with a stout club and added that she was "glad to get rid of him." Mr. Bevelle fled to Independence, where he obtained a divorce by publication. Mrs. Bevelle was unaware that the matrimonial ties had been severed until she received notice from Washington, D. C., to the effect that Mr. Bevelle's pension money would all go to Mr. Bevelle thereafter. Mrs. Bevelle previously had been getting a share of the money.
Mrs. Bevelle brought an action in the circuit court at Independence to have Bevelle's divorce decree set aside. Yesterday the court held up Mr. Bevelle's end of the case.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, Independence, Topeka, veterans February 26, 1908 ADMITS HE KISSED THE WIDOW.
Any Other Married Man Would Have Done the Same, Says Murphy.
"Everyone knows that I, or any other married man, would kiss a grass widow if he had a chance, and I do not deny that I did. In fact, I do not deny anything that my wife might say in her petition for divorce, nor do I care to confirm it," said Albert Murphy, owner of the Monarch hotel, at Twelfth and Charlotte streets, yesterday, as he leaned over the desk in his hotel. His wife filed suit for divorce, charging that he kissed a grass widow at the hotel.
"When I became of age people knew from then on that I would kiss a grass widow. What married man wouldn't? I defy any man in the city to name one that would not. My wife has sued me for divorce, and I would not walk to the door to prevent it. I do not care whether she gets a divorce or not. I never even called up an attorney about the matter.
"I do not care what she charges against me. I will not say anything more about the affair. My friends knew all about this affair long ago, and I do not care what other people hear about it. But I do want to say that I will never deny kissing grass widows."Labels: Charlotte street, Divorce, hotels, romance, Twelfth street February 25, 1908
DID HE KISS A GRASS WIDOW?
Mrs. Murphy Says He Did, and She Is Asking for a Divorce.
On the charge that her husband, Albert E Murphy of the Monarch hotel, had kissed a grass widow at the hotel, Mrs. Murphy sued yesterday for a divorce. Albert Murphy owns the Monarch hotel, at Twelfth and Charlotte streets, and the wife secured a temporary order from Judge Seehorn of the circuit court which forbids Murphy's disposing of the property until the divorce suit is settled and her application for alimony is heard.
Mr. Murphy was not in his hotel when a reporter called. The clerk howeevr, said:
"I do not believe that Mr. Murphy kissed a grass widow in the hotel. I never saw any widows here and I've been a clerk here for over a year."
Both of the night bellboys gave it as their opinion that Mr. Murphy had never kissed a grass widow in the hotel.
"I guess I would have known it if he had," admits one of the boys, whose name is Ephriam. "There's mightly little kissing going on around here, and I keeps an eye on that little."
Mr. Murphy's attorney, who was in room 124, stated that Mr. Murphy had never kissed a grass widow in the hotel.Labels: Charlotte street, circuit court, Divorce, hotels, Judge Seehorn, Twelfth street February 11, 1908 SHE LIES DOWN AND SCREAMS.
And When Neighbors Run in Says Henry Struck Her.
In Henry Donohoe's petition for divorce from Lizzie E. Donohoe, filed yesterday in the circuit court, he says that she has a bad temper and a habit of lying down on the floor and screaming at the top of her voice. Then, when the neighbors rush in, she explains her position by stating that he has knocked her down. He says she does this every month or two. They were married in Clay County seven years ago, when Donohoe lived on a farm, and have five children, of whom she askes for custody.Labels: circuit court, Divorce February 8, 1908 DIDN'T APPRECIATE AN EXCELLENT WIFE
BUT FROGUE, A HONK-HONK, RE- SENTED COURT'S CENSURE.
Tearful Ending of a Hasty Mar- riage, and She Goes Back to Parents.
As a preliminary to heart mending week, scheduled to begin in the circuit court Monday, ten divorces were granted by two judges yesterday and one suit was dismissed. Nine of the decrees were granted by default. Three new suits were filed. One recently divorced couple secured a license to remarry.
The contested case, that of Arthur G. Frogue against Mayme D. Frogue, was concluded by Judge John G. Park remarking to the plaintiff husband:
"You are like a good many other men I have heard of. You married a woman too good for you, and haven't enough sense to appreciate her."
Frogue, who is a chauffeur, heard but a portion of the court's remark, and called out angrily to hear it again. Judge Park accommodated him by repeating the same words in a very loud voice. When Frogue jumped from his chair and started to reply, his attorney made him sit down and be silent.
Frogue wanted a divorce on the ground that his wife had packed up and left him, after selling the kitchen stove and the china cabinet for money enough to pay her fare to her parents' home in Odessa, Mo. He proved this all right, but the wife had six witnesses who told how unhappy Frogue had made her before she left. Her best witness was Mrs. Sarah Starr, an aged, deaf and feeble woman in a black bonnet, with whom the Frogues lived at Eighteenth street and Tracy avenue, shortly after their marriage.
Thomas G. Foster of Odessa, Mrs. Frogue's father, wept copiously while on the stand telling about his daughter's troubles.
"I never saw Frogue before the wedding," Foster said. "My Mayme met him in Kansas City and the first time I knew of the marriage was when she told me of it by telephone. I hastened to the couple and Frogue promised me he would be kind to my girl. He said he was making plenty of money and could and would care for her.
"After Mayme came home and her baby was born I never saw the husband and heard from him but once. I am willing to care for the child in the future, as I have done in the past."
"Have you any income to afford it?" asked the court.
"I guess so. I've got more now than I ever had before in my life and I've raised eight children. They all are good children, too."
Foster is a retired farmer. His wife, Mrs. Frogue's mother, was present, but did not testify. The Frogues were divorced and the wife's parents secured possession of the child.
The case dismissed was that of Frank E. Howe against Mabel Gale Howe. The husband charged the wife with throwing a hot potato and hitting him in the eye, and with other acts showing temper. The case was dismissed at his request.Labels: Divorce, Eighteenth street, Judge Park, Tracy avenue February 8, 1908 FEARED MICROBES IN HIS KISS.
Martha Mead Refused to Salute Her Husband, So He Claims.
Because his wife Martha had refused to kiss him for fear of spreading microbes and germs, so he alleges in his petition, S. J. Mead filed suit for divorce in the Independence circuit court yesterday. They were married in 1887, and he alleges that on many occasions when he asked her to kiss him she was very "frosty" toward him, and refused to press her lips to his, stating that she was afraid of microbes.Labels: Divorce, Independence December 24, 1907 LOST HIS WOMEN PATIENTS.
Dr. Chapman Declares His Wife's Jealousy Was Disastrous.
Judge Hermann Brumbeck of the circuit court is being asked to decide whether or nt Mrs. Nettie R. Chapman has destroyed the medical practice of her husband, Dr. L. R. Chapman of Sheffield. That is the allegation in the divorce suit brought by Dr. Chapman and now being tried before Judge Brumback.
Dr. Chapman says that on the afternoon of the day he married in Eureka, Kas., his wife came to his office and stayed until closing time. That was on March 28, 1906. He says she came every day until the middle of August, when having lost all of his women patients, he moved to Kansas City.
He tried to attend medical college here last winter, he says, but as his wife insisted upon accompanying him to all clinics lest he might, unknown to her, meet a live woman student at the disinfecting table, he forsook the college.
He was carrying a newspaper route for a living, he said, and had sent his wife back to her parents in Eureka when he filed the suit.Labels: Divorce, doctors, sheffield December 22, 1907 ICE CREAM GIRL IS FREE.
Husband Sought the Divorce, but She Got It.
Eda Miles, who married John L. Miles at his request the day after she had served him a dish of ice cream at Forest park, was granted a divorce yesterday by a jury in Judge John G. Park's division of the circuit court. The husband, John L. Miles, brought the suit and the jury found for the defendant on her cross-bill.Labels: Divorce, forest park, Judge Park December 22, 1907 HE JUST KEPT ON MOVING.
So Fast and So Often That His Wife Couldn't Keep Up.
Mariam E. Toliver sues for divorce from Chester W. Toliver because he has moved so often, she alleges, since their marriage that she cannot keep up with him. They were wed November 7, 1906, she claims, and during the ten months following he lived in these towns: Leeds, Mo., Sedalia, Mo., Wichita, Kas., Abilene, Kas., Kansas City, Mo., Horton, Kas., and Kansas City again. The last time he came to Kansas City, September 7, 1907, she stayed here, while he, she swears, kept on moving and is now somewhere in Iowa.Labels: Divorce, Sedalia December 19, 1907 DIVORCEES ARE ALWAYS PLEASANT.
Judge Goodrich Gathers Fashion Notes as He Cuts Knots.
After granting twenty-eight divorce decrees in the circuit court at Kansas City yesterday, Judge James E. Goodrich remarked:
"I have been looking forward to this day with expectancy for many weeks. Divorce day is the occasion of the great semi-annual millinery display in the court house, and I always pick out a model for a new hat for my wife from the lids worn by the crowd of dissatisfied brides and their friends.
"There have been some wonderful hats in court today. One lady, whom her husband failed to feed, wore a top piece with seven ostrich feathers and a basket of fruit. It's the most astonishing lid I've seen in court in three years.
"Did I see a hat to suit me? No, not exactly, but I got ideas of the kind not to buy."
Divorce day always brings pleasant thoughts to judges and clerks. The wives and husbands always smile so kindly and their thanks are so sincere after the knots have been cut. As Hinton H. Noland, clerk to Judge Hermann Brumback, says:
"Next to getting married, a woman finds most joy in getting a divorce. At least that's what I glean from seeing them here on divorce day matinees, wearing their glad rags and chattering like a flock of school girls. Well, the judge made a bunch of them happy today."
The new dresses, rustling petticoats, chattering tongues and gay hats, cheered everybody in the court house. Even Joseph Goodykuntz, who had to write up all the decrees on the record, was caught humming:
"I wish the girls were all transported,
Far beyond the Northern sea."Labels: circuit court, clothing, Divorce, Judge Goodrich, Judges November 30, 1907 SHE LOVED THE LEADING MAN.
But That Was Not E. S. Hancock, So He Sued for Divorce.
Alleging that his wife, after her appearance in the glamour of the footlights, had fallen in love with the curly-haired leading man of the company, E. S. Hancock, a printer, yesterday filed suit in the circuit court for divorce. While working in the mechanical department of the local paper Hancock says that his health became so poor that he was forced to change his employment. Listening to the pleadings of his wife, he consented that they should both attend a local dramatic school. After a few weeks' course they were both presented with sheepskin diplomas, properly decorated with large gold seals, and then they searched for employment. Finally they found it, the wife going on as an ingenue, and he taking a small speaking part with with lots of hard work in shifting scenes in between acts thrown in.
The company which had engaged both played the kerosene circuit with more or less success for several weeks. All the time, "Miss" Metta Hancock, as she appeared on the bills, "the peerless, perfect queen of ingenues," became more and more fascinated with the thespian art, while Hancock longed more and more for the familiar feel of his type case and the rush of "make-up."
Finally Hancock began to notice that there seemed to be less and less inclination on the part of his wife to give up the historic profession, as he urged her to do, and he promptly decided that it was because of her friendship with the leading man of the company. So last week he came back to his old job and yesterday filed divorce proceedings.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, theater November 1, 1907 ONLY 14 WHEN SHE MARRIED.
Louella Babcock Sues for a Divorce and Asks for Her Former Name.
Luella M. Babcock, who sued for divorce from Al W. Babcock in Independence this morning, says that when she was married in 1894 she was 14 years old and he was 40. She askes for her former name of Handy. Other suits for divorce were brought in Independence this morning as follows: Pansy against Charles B. Adkins and Helga against Earl Burchfield.Labels: Divorce, Independence October 31, 1907 STENOGRAPHER WAS PRETTY.
That Led Mrs. John D. Hamrick to Secure a Divorce.
Mrs. Nellie Hamrick, who quarreled with her husband, John D. Hamrick, Jr., some months ago because she thought one of the stenographers employed in the Hamrick Remedy Company's offices, 214 East Eleventh street, was too pretty, was granted a divorce yesterday afternoon by Judge T. J. Seehorn of the district court. The husband is to pay her $25 a month permanent alimony. Hamrick was owner of the Alkano Remedy Company until its failure about a year ago, and is now president of the company which bears his name. The Hamricks live at 2419 East Thirteenth street.
Other divorces granted yesterday in the circuit court were: Mrs. Beula Edwards of the Densmore hotel from Wilkie L. Edwards, Maggie O'Moore from Edward K. Moore and Hiram F. Adams from Mary Adams.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, Eleventh street, Judge Seehorn, Thirteenth street October 19, 1907 COMBED ANOTHER MAN'S HAIR.
Charge Joseph Anderson Brings Against Wife in Divorce Suit.
In a suit for divorce filed yesterday at Independence, Joseph H. Anderson says he returned home one evening from work and found his wife combing another man's hair. He also alleges that he had to sew on his own buttons and sometimes get up on winter mornings while the floor was still cold and cook breakfast.
Other divorce suits filed at Independence yesterday are: Effie D. Curmutt from Rolla G. Curmutt and Rosa Bethers from Fred K. Bethers.Labels: Divorce, Independence October 16, 1907 WHILE SHE WAS ON CRUTCHES.
Woman Says Her Energetic Husband Made Her Work Even Then.
Christiana A. Johnon, who alleges that her husband, Alantison Johnson, compelled her to work when she was using crutches as the result of an injury, sued for divorce yesterday in the ciruit court at Independence. Ohters asking for divorce are Minnie Turner from Samuel Turner, Bertha from Harry Heffler, Clyde T. from Myrtle Neal and Maud from Elmer Moss.Labels: Divorce, Independence October 1, 1907 SAYS HUSBAND IS CRUEL.
Daughter of Latter Day Saints' Dig- nitary Seeks Divorce.
The divorce suit of Emma B. Kennedy against W. F. Kennedy occupied the time of the circuit court at Independence yesterday. The taking of testimony will be resumed again in the circuit court today. Mrs. Kennedy charges her husband with indignities. She is a daughter of Alexander Smith, one of the dignitaries of the Latter Day Saints church. Kennedy, she says, treated her cruelly. They have two children. The husband enters a general denial to all of the charges.
Suits for divorce granted yesterday were Esther Darnall from Ernest Darnall; Clyde T. Knapp from Muriel Knapp; Robert from Lilly Wasson; Ora from H. C. Johnson; Linnie from John Nixon; Zella from Charles Kolp, and Helen from Richard McKubbin.Labels: churches, circuit court, Divorce, Independence September 21, 1907 TOLD TROUBLE BY SIGNS.
Lizzie Hatcher, a Mute, Given a Di- vorce for Infelicity.
The wheels of justice were stopped yesterday in Judge Powell's Independence division of the circuit court for a time. Lizzie Hatcher, a mute, sued Edwin Hatcher, her husband, for divorce. Neither of them being able to talk, an interpreter was secured, but the interpreter could not do justice to the sign language when Mrs. Hatcher commenced to tell her troubles. The stenographer grew worried and finally the whole business was stopped until one more expert in sign language could be secured.
The little son of Mrs. Hatcher was made interpreter and then fingers flew and expressive features told the story of domestic infelicity. The result was Mrs. Hatcher was given a divorce and the defendant was told to pay $8 each moth at a stated time.
Other divorces granted were: Emma Goldsby from John E. Goldsby; John A. McCollough from Althea McCollough; Albert E. Hill from Nora Hill; Etta C. Dunkel from George W. Dunkel.Labels: courtroom, Divorce, Independence September 1, 1907 AGAIN HIS WIFE.
JOHN AND ELLEN ROBERTS RE- MARRY AT 75 YEARS. THEY WERE ONCE DIVORCED.
MET ACCIDENTALLY AND EV- ERYTHING WAS FORGIVEN.
Went to the Preacher and Vowed Eternal Love and Obedience. Start for Oklahoma, Where Roberts Is a Wealthy Cotton Planter.
John O. Roberts, a farmer, who has lately grown rich in the Oklahoma cotton-planting district, came to the city yesterday to see his children and unexpectedly met his divorced wife, Mrs. Ellen Roberts, at the home of his daughter, Margaret J. Roberts, 1206 Oak street. The old folks are 75 years old, respectively. There was a reconciliation, a hasty marriage and the two left for Oklahoma City last night.
Some years ago, when the Roberts family was not so well fixed financially, there was a quarrel and a separation and the aged wife returned to her girlhood home at Braymer, Mo., That was nine years ago. After giving up all hope of a reconciliation, Mrs. Roberts, six years ago, asked and was granted a divorce.
In the meantime John O. Roberts was too busy in the cotton fields to think about his broken home. The industry was new in Oklahoma, and he put his heart and soul and a little money in the planting. Crops were good and the cotton district began to reek with wealth. Roberts was tehn an aged man nbut he toiled night and day, and after laying by a good store in his home bank, set out for Kansas City to look up his children. He arrived yesterday.
By chance Mrs. Roberts had come from Braymer to visit their daughter at 1206 Oak street and she confronted the aged husband when he called. It did not take long for Roberts and his former wife to make up the old quarrel and they sought the marriage license clerk. The clerk recorded the age of each at 75 years.
The Rev. Barclay Meador, pastor of the First Christian church, performed the ceremony in his study at 11 o'clock in the morning and the two had luncheon together -- once more husband and wife, they parted last night for the Oklahoma farm which made it possible for them to be reunited.Labels: Divorce, marriage, ministers, Oak street, oklahoma August 15, 1907 BLAMES THE WIFE'S SISTER.
J. S. Evans Sues Nellie Edwards for $25,000 Damages.
J. S. Evans, owner of a livery barn at 8533 Independence avenue, brought suit in the circuit court yesterday afternoon for $25,000 damages against Miss Mellie Edwards, a sister of his wife, charging her with having alienated his wife's affections, and instigated a divorce suit sought by his wife on July 16, this year.
Miss Edwards lives in Bevier, Mo., but has visited her sister, Mrs. Evans, at the Evans home, 3617 Thompson avenue, frequently during the Evans' twenty-three years of married life. Miss Edwards owns considerable property in Bevier. She is now living with her sister at 3517 Thompson avenue, while Mr. Evans is rooming away from home.
"I have ordered Miss Edwards away from my house on more than one occasion," Evans said last evening, "but she is still there. She came in December on her last visit and I left home April 1. She is still in my house."
Mrs. Evans, in her petition for divorce, which is set for trial next fall, alleges that her husband drinks and uses abusive language toward her.Labels: Divorce, Independence avenue, Lawsuit, Thompson avenue August 14, 1907 WIFE WOULDN'T COME HERE.
William J. Howell Avers That Is Sufficient Grounds for Divorce.
William J. Howell brought suit in the circuit court yesterday for divorce from Bertha E. Howell, alleging abandonment. They were married in Indianapolis in 1901, but his wife refused to accompany or follow him to Kansas City when he came here thirteen months ago to find employment.Labels: Divorce July 24, 1907 NEEDN'T COME AT ALL NOW.
Woman, Whose Husband Was Absent Three Weeks, Sues.
Bertha Marshall, 2114 Wabash avenue, filed suit for divorce yesterday against John W. Marshall. She alleges that for the past four months he has spent an average of three nights a week away from home. She asks for an injunction to prevent him from coming home at all.
She asks for the custody of their two little children and for alimony. Marshall is employed by the Hughes-Purcell Paint Company.Labels: Divorce, Wabash avenue June 21, 1907 SAYS HIS THIRST WAS COSTLY.
Wife Alleges Husband Spent $1,000 a Year for Drink.
A decree of divorce and $500 alimony were given Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels, plaintiff in a suit against Harry G. Daniels, in Judge Cooper's division of the circuit court yesterday afternoon. The wife alleged that the husband during their two years of married life spent nearly $2,000 of her money in drink in addition to his salary.Labels: alcohol, circuit court, Divorce May 19, 1907 HAPPY FOR ONLY A DAY.
Bride Asks Probate Judge to Nullify Her Second Venture.
Alvin Thorp, 49 years old, and America Mallat, 5 years his junior, called at the office of the probate judge in Kansas City, Kas., last tuesday and were united in the holy bonds of wedlock by Judge Van prather. It was their second venture upon the sea of matrimony and they left the court house as happy as if it was their first flirtation with Cupid.
Yesterday Mrs. Thorpe, the bride of just four days, reappeared before the probate judge and with tears in her eyes begged Judge Prather to undo what he had done Tuesday. She declared that she was greatly disappointed in the man she had chosen for her second husband and desired to be separated from him just as soon as possible.
"He is not my kind of man," said Mrs. Thorpe. "My! I was certainly deceived in him. The next night after our marriage he came home under the influence of liquor and grossly abused me. He brought home with him a small vial containing some kind of dope and when I saw him take some of it I made up my mind right there and then we severed our companionship."
Judge Prather stated taht he was very sorry, but while he had tied the knot it was up to a court of higher jurisdiction to untie it. He referred her to the district court and a divorce suit is promised in the immediate future.Labels: alcohol, Divorce, Judge Prather, Kansas City Kas, narcotics, romance April 30, 1907 MRS GUY HOLMES SUES.
Asks Divorce and Alimony -- Other Cases in Independence.
Margaret J. Holmes commenced suit for divorce yesterday in the circuit court in Independence, against Guy Holmes, whom she charges with desertion. They were married September 23, 1896, and separated February 12, 1907. Mrs. Holmes askes for the custody of her 9-year old son, Robert Stone Holmes. She asks for alimony for the support of herself and child, and alleges that her husband is able to pay alimony, but does not specify his property in the petition.
Other suits for divorce filed in Independence were: Robert E. Aiken against Mollie Aiken, Lillian Bouldin against James B. Bouldin, Wilburn J. Phillips against Carrie Phillips, and Carrie Stewart against David C. Stewart.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, Independence April 28, 1907 BRIDE HOME AGAIN.
TEN DAYS OF MARRIED LIFE ENOUGH FOR MRS. SMITH. RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL.
WEDDED AGAINST THE WISHES OF HER PARENTS Father Gives Consent and She Returns to Home Where She Was Marguerite Jackels-- Ready to Get a Divorce, She Says.
Less than ten days of married life proved to Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Smith, 20 and 19 years old, respectively, that the path of matrimony may e a thorny one. Mrs. Smith, formerly Miss Marguerite Jackles, the daughter of Charles F. Jackels, 3653 Harrison, left the roof of her mother-in-law, 1809 East Seventh street, last Thursday evening and returned to the home of her parents, where she declares she will remain.
The marriage of the two, which, in reality, was an elopement, a week ago last Wednesday afternoon, created considerable interest on account of aid given them by young Smith's father, in the face of strong objections made by the young woman's parents.
The young woman was a student of Miss Bigelow's private school, and on the date of her elopement attended the morning session. Walter Smith, who is the son of Sigel D. Smith, a cigar salesman, had left Central high school in January. The two had been sweethearts since childhood, but several months before their elopement the Jackels had forbade him coming to their home. On the day of their marriage the couple met and went to the court house, where the elder Smith was waiting. After procuring the license, a drive to the home of Rev. George H. Combs, pastor of the Independence Boulevard Christian church, was made, and in the presence of the father and mother of young Smith the knot was tied. Mr. Jackels, who is a traveling salesman, was away at the time, but when Mrs. Jackels heard of the marriage, three hours after it had taken place, she hurried to police headquarters to enlist the services of the police in helping her to locate the two. She heard that they were at the Kupper hotel, and there she rushed, to find that they had taken dinner there and gone. There was nothing for her to do then but to send a telegram to her husband. This was done, and the father of the girl hurried back to Kansas City. The couple had gone to the home of young Smith's parents to live, and word was sent by the father to his daughter that he would never consent to his son-in-law entering his home, but for her the latchstring would always hang on the outside.
For several days there was not a ruffle to mar the happiness of the two, but about the fourth day the young bride began to show discontent. The Smiths did all in their power to make surroundings pleasant for her, but to no avail. Last Monday she called up her parents by telephone, and asked her father if she might return home and bring her husband.
The reply was firmly in the negative, the father repeating his edict against young Smith ever entering his home. Wednesday she called her father up again and asked if she could return home, this time alone.
"I want to come home so badly, father," she pleaded. "I am sorry I did it. I wish I hadn't got married."
"Marguerite, I am sorry, too," replied the father, "but live with him a year, and then if you want to, come back you may."
Left alone Thursday morning by her husband, the girl brooded over her troubles, and, at last, declaring that she could no longer stand it, for the third time called up her father.
"Please let me come now," she said appealingly. "Let me get a divorce. I cannot stand this any longer."
The father finally gave in to his daughter's pleadings, and, accordingly to arrangements she met her father at the home of a girl friend, and the two returned home together.
"I am so happy to get back to my home," she declared. "It seems so good to have my mamma and papa, and be here right in my own home. I don't see whatever possessed me to do as I did. I will ever leave it again. I will never return to my husband under any circumstances."
Mr. Jackels said last night that so long as his daughter was happy he was satisfied with conditions.
"Of course, the marriage of my daughter was an unfortunate occurrence," he said. "it was a misstep on her part, but we are all ready to forgive her. Nothing has been decided as to what further will be done regarding obtaining a legal separation, but Marguerite will go back to school and complete her education. However, she will not go to school again in Kansas City. We had planned before to send her away to school next year and this former plan will be carried out."
Young Smith was out of the city last night. He went away Friday morning on business, according to his father, but will return within a few days.
"My son's wife received the best kind of treatment at our house," said Mr. Smith. "We treated her as if she were our own daughter and so far as her surroundings being made pleasant, everything possible was done by us to accomplish that end. Everything would have gone along nicely had not the influence of the girl's parents been brought so strongly to bear upon the young woman. Homesickness seized the girl."Labels: cigars, Divorce, Harrison street, Kupper hotel, ministers, police headquarters, romance, salesmen, Seventh street April 17, 1907 CHILDREN CHOOSE PARENTS.
Father Makes Offer in Filing a Suit for Divorce.
Jesse T. Moreman filed a petition in the circuit court yesterday for divorce from his wife, Lye Elizabeth Morman, charging her with ill treatment and other indignities. In his petition Moreman offers to let three children, Mabel, Thomas and Merriam, choose between the two litigants in open court, deciding with which parent they wish to make their respective homes.Labels: circuit court, custody, Divorce April 10, 1907 WRONG BOY FIRST
TWO ATTEMPTS IN ABDUCTION OF LITTLE CHARLES M'NEESE. GRANDMOTHER UNDER ARREST.
REFUSED TO STATE WHEN LAST SHE SAW DAUGHTER. Theory of Police That Lad Was Kid- naped Grows Stronger as Evidence of Hack Drivers Is Brought to Their Notice -- Three Persons Said to Be Involved.
Mrs. Annie L. Sadlier, grandmother of Charles H. McNeese, 2305 Brighton avenue, who disappeared on his way to the Ashland school last Friday, was arrested at her home, 1522 McGee street, by Detective W. H. Bates and Thomas Hayde yesterday afternoon. Though Mrs. Sadlier denies any part in the affair, she was positively identified yesterday afternoon by two hack drivers, one of whom said he hauled her twice while looking for the child and another one who says he drove the very carriage in which little Charles was taken away and that Mrs. Sadlier was a passenger as far as the Ashland school. Charles M. Howell, attorney for Mr. McNeese, said last night that an information would be filed against Mrs. Sadlier this morning, charging her with kidnaping.
There is still another hack driver in the case who has not been located and the police think that he will come forward and assist in identifying the woman under arrest when he learns that no charge will be placed against him. This is the man who drove the hack to the Irving school Twenty-fourth and Prospect, a week ago today, when Garrell Ash, the 6-year-old son of Mrs. Lou Ash, 2413 East Twenty-third street, was taken away protesting. Charles McNeeese used to attend that school and the kidnapers evidently made a mistake. Garrell was taken to a house at 1522 McGee street, questioned for a long time and then sent home on a car. It was this incident, given the detectives yesterday, which led to the first clue, as at that number lives the missing child's grandmother -- mother of McNees's divorced wife. Ash pointed out the house and will be given a chance to see Mrs. Sadler today.
MRS. SADLIER IDENTIFIED. "Tink" Williams, a driver from the Jackson livery barn, 1309 Walnut street, at once identified Mrs. Sadlier. He told the detectives that he had hauled Mrs. Sadlier and a younger woman with a baby on two occasions and that both times they drove out around the schools on the East side when the children were going to school. Charles Burch, a negro driver for the Eylar Bros.' livery barn, who also identified Mrs. Sadlier readily, said that it was he who drove the carriage the day young McNeese was stolen. He told of the same two women, one elderly, the other young and with her a baby. He drove them last Friday morning to the Ashland school, Twenty-fourth street and Elmwood avenue. "I was told to wait about a block form the school," said Burch, "as both women got out. Presently the younger woman and a man returned, leading and dragging a little boy, who didn't seem to want to go. This woman was still carrying her baby. I never saw the older woman until today at police headquarters." When they got in the cab again Burch was told to drive post-haste to Armourdale, where he was dismissed as the quartette boarded an electric car. They are believed to have transferred so as to reach the Leavenworth electric line in Kansas City, Kas. Mrs. Sadlier, when first arrested, told Detective Bates that she had seen her daughter, the former Mrs. McNeese, only last week. At the station she denied the statement and said she had not seen her in three years, but heard from her eight months ago in Montreal, Canada. She then said one of her nieces was at her house last week and followed that with a denial, saying that she had seen none of them for eight months. WOMAN MAKES STATEMENT. Her statement, taken later in the day, reads in part: My name is Annie L. Sadlier. My daughter's name now is Mrs. Annie Evans. She married Charles C. McNeese eleven years ago and they had one child, Charles Hiram McNeese. She and McNeese were divorced about four years ago and he given the custody of the child for one year by Judge Gibson, when it was to be given to its mother if she proved herself worthy. She married Bruce Evans afterwards and on March 1 three years ago moved away from here. Don't care to say when I last saw my daughter, if not compelled to answer now. Was home all day Friday, April 5, and not out of the house from 1 to 4 p. m. Don't remember anyone that day at all and don't remember when my brother got home. I am not going to answer the
question whether I saw my daughter Friday and will say no more until the
proper time. I positively declare that I was not in a hack last week at any time. Was not at any liver barn last week, either. I positively declare that I had noting to do with the kidnaping of Charles McNeese last week.
Labels: Armourdale, Brighton avenue, children, custody, detectives, Divorce, Elmwood avenue, Leavenworth, McGee street, police, police headquarters, Prospect avenue, Seniors, Twenty-fourth street, Twenty-third street, Walnut Street April 8, 1907 NO TRACE OF MISSING BOY.
Police Unable to Locate Charles McNeese Who Disappeared Friday.
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