, 1881-10-12
TILE COURTS.
A Fight for the Possession OF a
Little Girl.
Judge Moran Sits Dowu on MI Attcmpt
10 Delay II Hearing.
The Lamb Case VIII 90 to the Jury
Today-New SNits, Etc. =.


MIR. PARKER RECEIVERS Ills CrI1LD.
An Interesting hMtlnAs torpils tiso WIS tried
yesterday before 1''sEG Mornn, 1t bsnR that ef
8. Il. Parker ~, MytoH s'ulsh and Mrs. Myrnm
Smith, Uf tjt1vlIlerc, H., for tho custody of
Fnrkcr's chhl. From the facts III tho cuse It
nl'ptars tilat Inst Mnreh farknr, who Is printer
tn tho employ or Knight 1; feop,rs, Rnve his
little Rlr. urncle. to Mrs. isnbbltt, the Chairman
nf tho deception COMMITTEES nf tila Suite In.
dastraal scllool. who gnvc tho child to Mr.. md
Mrs. Msrun smith, who live OH a fnrn nonr
l5ctvhlcrc. Tho understanding w,t4 TINT tlloy
were to keop tho chilli, rs her stcpmothbr,
parkcrs seoontl wlto, wns unable 10 innnnEo
her. Last mouth Purkcr concluded he
would tako his little alrl back home,
Ahd, MS tho Sinlths refused 10 K1vp
hcr IN. Bworo out writ IT hlbcns corpus, ald
roilstubts went tU icviticrc anu tuuk tho child.
Tho casn cntne ui for n htArtng yesterday mDgt-
isY. Tho petition for tho tlatIens corpts alleged
thut Mira lsnnS!tt w,s 4 bhby. farmer, and picked
W. willis mid hlrcd the,n nllt
NJ; sncr'.nrne apneuret! for tho respondent,
ard Gen* Payne lar tho rdlntur. ntr. hhgrlurt,v
fss @ II s s ps1 " s1 s,a at vgS agSs h c IL
L Eela1n.'or rel.etass'i4 .liu ctiargos. '''>',
alst * Parker shs fnther of te shi]a was tho
seeor.l wifn fur Years. ,Thc ch!Id's mind hsd
LII hss beS es's M .sg Ssit Sa. t y nnq @ zs
Ut hbsencD sht would Olitgrow this fc1lIpX
the Sfppan apf1 spp aa aS rs Sn e. aTs
gnd tho lttter lady hn! roiarrca hltn to Mrs.
th.i,g aonttt shs bet sp"lsn 70 him of TIE sn
Temporary aonte. lie went tG rcciatnI hor
sept. Il nst, but the Smiths would nut allow her
TO him. Witnrss stuffed tint hn hid socr letter
from Mr.. sln!th to Mrs. IlaDbitt snyll9 that hu
a1 sog!a 10. afford to r"y weekly wases for tho
.sovenll rersons testified that they believed
Mr. Parker w wpn!1 trsat the ehIlt kindly.
stanu. She said. IN nnswer to T. Hlcstlon. TINT
sle preferred 70 live with her father rathcr thuli
sn 'L II tho NJ snhs: ~ th!s ot 1ge Norm
the child in his room, una talk With hor. Ths ho
Mrs. g. D. Marsh testified TINT sho heh first
met Mr, rhrker curly last spring ut his own
s,ls h1ns9 Yhe ch!la w@s re- WITH , a. ,he time: ife
piaee for her, Iie then toll ier that tho re!a-
mother were ,u!ortunnte, and he wanted to pint
hor somewhere: tnt he cottla nut afford 10 imy
noHr iis ~. ssa he hq trsatee
TINT night. Ehc then referred him to Mrs. lIub-
6itt, Chalrsnnn ct thclr Reception Cnmu,lttcc.
thnt he wished II portnaNent home for tho child,
=, NJ. l,nbbjit tesl'i'el thur be had met slr.
MarsS H. sn nKs s " ou gasa ID on Mrs
FSrEsr .hst sr. and Slrs smiti, u q nov t dore @
Esa ~ Nasa a Vita aSos ess, sue a,ste sae
0raeIc. The child wns sent. 10 i,clvdcre
SSvsSntiSsy Sys % and peasoa tho HgIhs Parker
bis child lhul ho 50 desired. Neither witness
@ nor hts wife nna eyer received auy rcm.,nera-
chtld. Witness indignantly denied the inaiuua-
tiOns OF Gen. paynu tint no WIS ~ tho habit ~
psklnE " walls and ano hiring tho,n out.
salnc Ms her husbands.
Mrs. Smith. Of 1iclsilcrc, tho custodian Of tho
child i,nl boom sent to her by Mrs. i}a,nItt with
n Te ss s1Ss e nc w. o to ~. keeP her
70 tho child. aud had treated hcr as hor own.
sho natl KIsen Up tho child when tho Sheriff and
snid That Mrs. Hab1!tt brought the writ OF
es ,a iS sSa aayIss Ss ah hs9tS IS = S6s sS snt s.
untess she hld received tho nAvIce
,,s Mri SscrbnrnS ,s, @ rsste hs easo by reading
counsel tho littIe girl stood with her arm around
her fnther,s acok mud her preference was
Judge Moran, in summing up tho evidence
sniIi the cIse w!.s peculiar ouo. as evory nl,u
Tho legal right Of tho father iii cuntrol1tg tho
child WAS recognized anu could not bo disputed.
aH aSa s Sa3 .1 sfS always to
denuo to SHOW Tint Mrs. parkar baa nbusna M tho
good, but ns tho legal sigat sesto,l win % sao
fnth0r hu was entitled to tho chilli. Mrs. MArsh
9ns 9nsy Mr. nStntt T., wers doing nob!e work ana
The Court thon ordered fhat Tho csiil De a.
lowed 70 10 wherc she chose, ulid she wont With
her fnthnr.
A DISGUsTED DEPENDANT,
Judge Norm yesterday morning, IN tho case
or Webster ss. Mitchell. nude II ruling which