Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-04-25

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CIDED AGAIN. IN THE COURT.'
Some ingenious news editor ought /
make In bookio Il collection of tn
romantic stories that no finds in his cS
changes for the tales of crime, advcn
ture and intrigue therein would furnisl
an incxhaustible magazine Of material
for future novelists. What Boccacci
has been to tho poets such an edito
would be to the writers OF prose fiction
From time to time we are tempted Il
notice some of the curious incident
that enliven American society, ant
suggest rare lights and shadows o
dramatic interest, oven when rehearset
in the matter offact-style of the aver
age reporter. The Chicago Inter
Ocean tells sach a tale, which may
provo worth reading even at second
hand. A wealthy old man named Hull
living at Kalamazoo, Mich, offered :
prize Of $4,000 for the first grand sol
that should be presented to him. He
had to wait an unreasonable time befor,
the reward was claimed, but finally The
wife of bis son, while on visit to Kan
sas City, telcgraphed to him that au
heir had been born to him, lie made
hasty visit TO her, as in duty bound
and the ausplciOus event was made the
occasion OF great family rejoicings. The
unusual joy probably led TO an exposure
OF the fraud on which there is reason ia
suspect it was based. A young woman
in the Home for the Fricndless, named
Wiley, claimed to be the true mother
of the baby in possession of Mrs. Hull,
and her title to the child was vouched
for by the ladies who were patrons and
managers OF tholnstitution. ltappears,
according to their story, that Mrs. Hull
had adopted the child from the Home
with the purpose of satisfying her own
maternal instincts and deceiving her
husband into the belief that there was
u new bond OF affection between them
and the fond mother and charitable
woman who had no compunctious Wis.
things of conscience about giving her
the baby were outraged at the thought
Of the use to which she had turned ii,
The husband, like the man in Caliior.
mia upon whom II similar trick was
played not long since, left bis wife and
began suit for divorce Us soon as he
discovered what he deemed the imposi-
tion that had been practiced in this
case, however, serious complications
arose, as the wife, instead OF coniessing
her guilt, stcadiastly maintained that
she was the mother of the child, and
that tho inmate Of the Home Of the
Fnendess who claimed it, had any
title to the infant whatever. The suit
for the possession of the child, which
became OF importance in the settlement
of the divorce suit, was brought tc trial
at Leavenworth, Kan, and us the baby
had to be produced in court, the Sheriff
took possession of 1t at Kansas City,
and brought IL away, allowing Mrs.
Hull and her nurse TO take care of il
on the journey. The spectacle Of a
Sheriff watching all night beside the
crib of an infan: four months old, and
it forward in courtroom on
a writ OF hdbedS corpus, was something
worth looking at The baby, clad in
fine white raiment richly embroidered,
was brought into the awful presence of
Justice in his nurses arms and set be-
tween the two women who claimed TO
be its mother, obivious OF the terrors
of the place, Of the issue of its own
late and of the staring crowd. Only
alter the lawyers stood up and made
their arguments, disputing concerning
lis maternity with words of learned
ength and laundering sound, it became
discouraged and lifted up its voice aud
wcpt. The spectators watched with
ynx.likc attention the behavior of the
rival clients, and it was noticed that
Mrs. Hull displayed great deal OF
anxious sollcitude, while Mrs. Wiley
was quite cool during the proceedings,
md only became deinonstrative when
ihe had an opportunity TO take it in
Ter arms for II moment after the case
VAS adjourned. While she was carcss.
ny IL Ia the ante-roOm, Mrs Hull was
,leading with the Judge not TO commit
lcr baby, which is TO remain IN the
iustody Of the Court until u final decS-
ON Of the question ut issue, to an
Isylum and ut her solicitation il was
ent to u hotel where she could have
ontlol Of il under the Supervision OF
he Sheriff. The Court Is still, how.
ver, by fiction Of law, its dly nurse
'lrs. Hull says that she never was near
he Home for the Frlendless at Kansas
,ity, and that the child is her own, us
he can readily prove while Mrs. Wiley
Icclarcs that she recognizes the baby
S hers, and recognizes Mrs. Hull us
he woman to whom il was given. The
uriOus point OF the case Is the lnc0n-
lslency of the latter, and the ladies
Who support her claim in surrcndering
he child to a stranger and then at
emptlng TO take it away again, al
hough II seems to be well provided
or Perhaps, however they set the
Welfare of the. baby lower than the
of justice. II Mrs. Wiley be
he true mother she deserves little
ifshe loses the child, and the
bild deserves much sympathy If she
Wins 1t. II Mrs. Hull be the true
mother, the loss OF tho baby so long
esrcd and so iondly cherished, would
10 an incxprcssible torment TO her aud