Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-12-24
A Religious Question.

day has the following:
An interesting case relating to the
guardianship of Eve Crennian, a bright
and pretty little girl of fourteen sum-
mers, was heard to-day by Judge Finn
of the Superior Court, Department
Probate. There is history connected
with the proceedings, and in order to
make the reader somewhat familiar
with it, events in the Crennian family
must be noted. Crennian and wife, the
father and mother of Eva, were married
in Australia fifteen years ngo. Crennian
came to California shortly after
the marriage, and subsequently, his wife
and Eva came. The mother and child
happened to be fellow passengers of
James H. Dean, and during the long
passage by sail lasting friendship was
formed between the passengers above
mentioned.
Several years later Mrs. Crennian
died, leaving two children, Eva and
Annie. They were placed in the
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum short
ly after their mothers death, but the
father not being satisfied with the treat
ment which they had received while
there, took them out. The next event
in the family was the death Of Mr..
Crennian. He died at st. Mary's Hos
pital, but was buried in the Masonic
Cemetery. 1t was his request that his
children be adopted-Annie by Mr..
Dunn and Eva by Mr.. Deane. II ap-
pears that Mr.. Dunn is a Catholic and
M. Deane an Episcopalian.
About the time letters of guardian
ship were issued to Mr.. Deane, Charles
d. CASTOR and Anne CASTOR SISTER OF
Mrs. Crennian, deceased) of Australia
instituted measures to get control of
Eva. They were sustained by Rev.
Bishop Quinn of Australia, Archbishop
Alemany of California, and John P.
Campbell. Hearing that letters of
guardianship had been granted to Mr..
Deane, the Australian aunt and uncle
petitioned for revocation of that guard
ianship. The petition alleges that
the temporal, mental and moral welfare
of the child will be benefited by revok-
ing the letters. It is alleged that Mr..
Deane is not in circumstances which
will allow him to give said Eva an ed
ucation in a religious and worldly. sense,
such as the parents and relatives would
desire. The petitioners further assert
that they are desirous of having the
child sent to one Of her relatives, the
Lady Superioress of the Dominican
Convent, Dunedin, New Zealand, where
she will secure the mental and moral
training they so much desire, and
from which they believe temporal
benefits will flow. 1t is set forth also
in the petition that the parents of Eva
were of the Roman Catholic persuasion
and educated their children in such
faith.
The petition moreover, contains a
statement that the parents were SUBJ
ject Of Great Bri tian, and never re-
nounced, nor intended to renounce, al
legiance to her Majesty's government.
Another allegation in the petition is
to the effect that Johh R. Campbell was
never notified of the proceedings of the
of Mr.. Deane as guardian
of the child.
This morning Eva, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Deane, was in Court, and
replied readily and intelligently to
questions asked by Judge Finn. When
asked if she preferred to leave the pub
lie schools and 60 to convent, she re-
Piled in the negative, and also, in re-
spouse to other inquiries, said she pre-
ferred to remain with Mr.. and Mrs.
Deane.
The case, on behalf Of the petitioners,
was conducted by F. J. Sullivan. Mr..
Deane, who is an att0rney-at-law him.
self, resisted the demand: for revoca-
ton of the guardianship. Judge Finn,
after hearing the testimony and state