The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-25
A Dramatic Scene i'm Court.

\ dramatic scene was enacted yes.
terday afternoon in Judge Ferral's de-
partment of the Superior Court in the
habeas corpus proceedings instituted
by Anna Reider to regain the custody
of her nineteen-months-old baby from
Charles Buscher and wife. of No. 46s
of the mother of the infant was that
the child had been left with the Busch
ers for keeping ut twenty-five dollars a
month. and that she was owing them
some money on account. Mr.. BuscheI
appeared in propria persona for him.
self and wife and made an argumenta.
tive statement of his side of the case
He scorned the horrible idea that the
child was kept in pawn for board. The
infant had been rescued year ago
from a noisome den by his daughter.
young lady stylishly dressed in red
who was also in court. The mother
was not proper person to have the
child. She had no home and no money.
and was of decidedly vulgar nature,
argued the gentleman. The mother
said there was a mystery about the
child. and / think she ought to tel,
what the mystery is he continued. Il
was humanity that prompted him and
his wife to take. the child, and they haC
become so attached to the little cir
that they desired to adopt it as theiI
own. but Is vet had taken no legal steps
to effect such desire. This last admis
sion settled the controversy in its lega
aspect, and the court announced that
nothing could separate the mother anC
her offspring.
DO l understand that the law of the
State of California says that the chic
must go to mother who has got nc
home and no money TO take care of the
child and isn't fit to have the baby? l.
that the law?' sarcastically inquired
Mr.. BuScher. after he had fully com.
pretended the courts decision.
His honor nodded in assent and re.
buked him for his contemptuous in.
Guiry. The attorney for the mother OF
the child then asked for an immediate
compliance with the decision. Judge
Ferral so commanded. The foster
mother. who nursed the child in her
arms, was irresolute. The real mother.
who sat Immediately in front of her,
Strengthened herself up with the rigidity
of an iron-poker, and, swelling with
triumph. was determined not to make
the initial concession. No one moved |
until deputy sheriff broke the spell I
by making a speedy transfer of the |
child. which put in its motion in arrest /.
of judgment in a series of agonizino |
wells. The foster mother, VINO until |
this moment had failed TO comprehend I
the situation, now completely broke /
down. and. bursting into tears, abject. /
ly begged the mother to return TO her .
the child. The mother. reddening al /
being the cynosure of all eyes and the .
central figure of the dramatic demon. /
stration, stood aghast for q moment.
but, receiving the infant in her arms. /
smothered it in embraces and sought &c
quiet its cries with a very cold, Come.
my darling to me-" During all thi.
scene the Raary foster father. calm and
resolute, stood in the middle of the
courtroom like a Spartan hero. sar.
castically ordering his wife to ..obey
the law of the State of California and
Ito put the baby on the fioor.'' The
mother and child then preeipitatedIy
left the courtroom, followed by the
crowd of excited iookers-on of the
obby, who expected physical contest
Tor the child by the women, but were
3isappointed.-San francisco BuRetss-
Chronicle.