The New York herald., 1869-12-24
TEE BOSTON KIDNAPPING CASE

The Mother Follows Her Child and Begs
That She Be Restored to Hcr-Tbe Parties
in Conrt-Furthsr Postp0nement of the
| Case.
| Pursuant 10 adjournment from Tuesday the mat
ter oil the habeas corpus OF Corinna Lewis the in
10, esting ana fair-haired little girl whom, 1t is
claim ed, her father, Dr. Lewis. has kidnapped from
the moth n, came up before Judge Cardozo at Spe-
cal Term 0, the Supreme Court Tor hearing yester
day morning. The court room was densey crowded,
and the little girl, WHOSE naive and winning man
ners are fully calculated 10 win the iavor OF the
casual observer, was the centre OF attraction:
The mother and tathcr were a,s0 IN courf, and
also attracted good deal OF attention
Judge CardOzo took hs seat on the Dench punctu-
ally AT ten O'Clock, ana sad he WAS prepared to u.s.
ten to any remarks winch counsel might see nj TO
make touching The matter.
sir. Howell represent she mother OF the child.
who has come on here from Boston to claim her
daughter and who Degs thas she be restored TO her
| am ready to proceed, and first beg 10 hand in the
following return OF Captain Jourdan TO the writ:
sgrIgsE c9snr ss NEW yosx ,s John JouTdan captain
the writ OF habeas corpus served upon Napoleon Wool
the said writ o. hsbeas DO now produce tho
ody o d Sosa.s or EsT. her @ honorable
Dated DECEMBER s,sSs o,o q J9nS Of, S 10GRpAN ~ N
Mr.. Howe also read the following traverse to tho
return:-
surRnMr Counr. New yosK.-In the matter Of tho writ
Lewis sued our instance the application Of
a a a'oSs eon Sy wsy S to c %
turn herein says that the sad SoTinna Lewis Is Little sr
ea,or for divorce in the Supreme Court
a't
's as am oSdsr EGa appox s
relator guardian and sole sgstodian Of the said
any way interfering corinna that said
e4 he ss e % 9.
set and contrary to the statute q the state Of
the body Of The Cornna from this
the said Cornna into city county York
And the said reIa,or being The mother and lawfully sp
able Court that the said Conna may be Delivered 20 this
rento who her lawfully appointed and constituted guar
Dated the sad day of DecenbeMy Ell Isss sv vv,, r.,.
WILLIAM F. Howr, of Counsel for Reator.
Mr. Crosby on behalf or Dr. Lewis, desired to SEQ
the petition on which the naDeas corpus was granted.
He said he had sent hs clerk yesterday to the
County Clerks office to obtain copy OF IL, bat could
not procure II.
Judge Cardozo ordered the clerk OF the court to
procure the petition, which Was done forthwith and
produced before the court
Ex-Judge Birdseye, another Of DR.. Lewis' counsel.
said that he did not until this morning see the con-
tents Of the petition, and was not therefore, pre-
pared to attack It, They could show that some per-
else besides this lady would intervene in REFER
ence to a claim upon the cnild and they desired
time draw their traverse to the return and pre-
sent ailidavits in the matter.
Mir. Howe said that his client. Mrs. Lewis had,
after incurring great expense, traced her child to
this city, and, Notwithstanding her physical imbe-
cility and Ill health had come from Boston to estab-
lsh her claim and procure her CHILD. She was stop
ping at one OF our hotels. aud very anxious to
return to her home as soon as possible
Judge CardoZo said that II the other side could
show that other person would intervene III the
matter ne certainly thought time should be allowed
To enable them to establish that fact.
MIR. Howe said Mrs. Lewis was desirous OF having
full investigation and wished to procure her child
legally and that he did not oeslre TO throw any OBJ
stacle the way but wished the proceedings terml-
mated as rapidly as possible.
Judge Cardozo said he would adjourn the matter
until this morning at ten O'Clock, child to remain
in custody OF CAPTAIN Jourdan during the entire pro
ceedngs, unless otherwise specially ordered.