Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-03-16


from the ksokuk Constitution
We alluded in the Constitxtion, sevsra
days ego, to q case OF erin. con in which .
woman. who had resided in The family o
Judge Ballioeor, in Mon,rose tow nshp, ia
this coanty, for several years past, in III.
capacity Of servant, charged the Judge with
being the father OF an infant, lately born
unto her. At that time We also stated tina,
we learned thar the Judge had compromised
the matter with the woman by paying her q
SUN OF money. IN tina, sta, e,nent we were
in error. 30 far as rela,ed 10 the case being
settled. ! he tsrMs Of settlement were agreed
on by which the Judge wa< to pay the moth.
er 500 year for the support Of the child
until it arrived At the age Of seven years, and
TO deed to il ten acres Of land. But before
the agreement va. perfected, tbs Judge
chang-n his mind and insisted that it should
DO made . part Of The contract that # tn.
child died before il arrived At the age Of ma.
turity, the ten acres Of land shou! rover,
back to himself, alleging a. a reason there
for that be had conscientious scruples about
conveying the land in fee, lest it might ope-
rate As bride to induce the sister ,.f the
ch'lds mother to mu,d der it in order TO get
the property herself through it, moher.
Oh, Judge! Pious Judge Radical Judge!
CONSCIENTIOUS judge! What a tender con-
science you have, and how car, fni you mus
have felt for your LEGITIMATE offspring
Our eyes grow dun with tears in csntem-
plating your fa,herly sympathy for ,ha, po' r
little waif on the Cold world charity, Tor
whose welfare you we're 50 soicitous tha,
you refused to deed it ten acres OF land upon
which its mother could b.ilI use to live
in, FOR fear that it. precious l,le life would
be pu, i" jeopardy by its cruel maternal re-
a''ves III order to get the little h ,mestcsd in
their own right
y. the JuJg"s conscience compelled him
TO abandon his agreement the IL other of the
child ii ed in the nsme of the stare of Iowa,
complaint before our County Judge, agaius
the reverend BAllinser, under the law re-
'atng 70 bas'ariy. for an allowance for th+
"~'nta'na"ce oi he child by its puta,iv-
father,
This case WAS nisd befora the county
judge, al Fort Madison, on Friday last, j
+ Hor"ish. Esq, assisted by } NJ Case,
apparel for the r~o>ec tin. and J NJ Beck
John Van N~l.-nhnrs and Judye Ba'i;myer.
APPEARED fer thu defendant Zoe moth..r ct
The child was pu, on tie witness stand, arr
snore posnire'y tina, the Req judy BaIlir.
ger was the cL,lds father. and tina, he re-
fused 10 provit" for it's s.ppo; t. md that ~h.
was u poor l.hor,"g woman AID u"abls 10
maintain it herself
Judge BAliinger then looked the woma.,
spar. in the face. and sal 10 her with ON
o. tho-e Inland smiles he usually wars VIII,
preaching and hrpt,I p,"r suffers j.. IT,
waters Of the Mississippi: Now I'll On
i"nt you krow | p,id you five h"udr,l sol
lrs f." all ,hi. down IN Mr.. Dan Fer,
yard on The 21,h Of November hast T.
~hirh the witness answered frankly nn,
m"des'!y: " NJ sir. y II never pal; ma un.
cent, exrep, for my tabor in working .ry,
IN y'ur ki,+hes SIN or s"v-nyer r B"i. scr
yom did ofer Ia gle" me one hpu>da,I .Io!-
las i I uoutd tag tie c4id on your son
U,tster.'
Mo"str us as il nnst appear to everybody.
That father shou d propose to woman. t.,
whom he had gotten an i'I-g,t,mate ch,li
10 change the act upon his son. and ,ha, 500
too, married man, that i, the wo nan
statement on oath. if Ba lns-r NAL. ii
"der OF III usand dollars, b. nn,cr ir'r, q
I'd 10 pay one cen. o, A. Blu It'd Q
ma" accepted IT The al egrn '.snp 81 d.
sworn the chi on young Webster Ba.nn 60.
she would have been soppri from dcn,lu,
it afterwards, and ,he laIher " ull have -
eared paying Tor the support Of the iaan.
After hearing al! the testimony in tn.
case, the County Judge decided that The Rev
judge BalI'ngcr the sanity Juig" The ""n
srien ious -dge the cr, a, leader f !h-
radical God a"ihuuunty party in Ire ronn-
~. whr h Is based On great moral principles
shall pay Ellie" o Conn-l, the m,Aher u,
his bastard 'aby, for its support and MANI
,e"arce, as fellows: $50 cash in hard;
800 per year for six years; and aiier~arI
1925 year for seven years. and that he b.
required 10 give bond and security in the
sum Of - 81 0 f"r the pay ment Of the money
in accordance with the terms of tho order or
decree of the county Curt. 1t will thus be
seen ,ha. BY the time tine child arrives at the
age OF fourteen years, it will have received
from its christicA father 81 ,625, which sum-
Judge BsIineers wealth. is bu,
u moderate allowance for its proper support
and education.