The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-28
A COURT INCIDENT.
A Mothers Love for Her Child and How
IL Was Manifested.
A Divorce Suit, Two Marriages, A Kid
napiDgs and Several Disappear
ances All in One Short Article.

About two years ago George Stong pro-
cured divorce from Minnie Stong in Room
3, Superior Court, the charge being adultery
and the proof all that could be asked.
George was also given possession Of the little
girl, Bertha, aged four years, and when the
judgment Of the Court was announced there
was a scene. The little girl was in Its moth
er's arms and evidently preferred going with
her, while the heart of the erring mother
was almost broken by the thought that she
and lar child must be separated. Judge
Walker Ia the kindness Of his heart would
have been glad to relieve the mother
OF OF. her sE;,, agony by BY giving her her
guilt was OF such character that he felt the
infant would be best of with the father.
However, the parties were no nearer q settle
ment OF the difficulty at the end of ten or
fifteen minutes, and it became necessary for
the Court 10 order the bailif TO take the
child from It's mother and give it over to the
father. This was done. and the scene which
ensued can be better imagined than de-
scribed.
Some months later the mother appeared in
Judge.Walker's Court one morning Sac wes
handsomely attired, and her graceful, digni-
fed bearing, coupled with regretful look,
impressed his honor with the belief that here
had been a reformation. She stated thst she
had married George Williamson, the man
with whom she had so grossly sinned, on
account OF which the divorce had been
brought. She also produced the marriage
certificate in proof of the fact, and after
some conversation she asked permission OF
the Court 10 Wait her child, which was then
in charge of come of the Catholic Sisters In
the city. Her request was readily granted,
and Judge Walker wrote a letter TO the Sis.
teIs for the mother She thanked him and
left, and since then has not been seen IN the
Court House.
From what has trsnspired since, il seems
that George StoDg soon remarked and went
TO Chicago, taking the child with him. Re.
Gently his little daughter-the one over
whom the mother wept when the Court sep.
aTated them 81 the time of the suit for di-
vorce-wss kidnapped. Search was made,
and no trace could be found of her, and but
little information could be gained
bad committed the crime. foe
only inform alton which could be gathered
was that a very ordinary looking individual
had driven down the Htrset in thu afternoon,
and seeing the child on the walk, had hastily
taEen her, placed hsr in the carriage aud
driven of, the child screaming aud Offering
what little resistance 1t could. Mr.. Ssong
instituted search in every direction, Nun
eIous letters and kilograms wsre seat o1t,
the police ware notified, and detectives were
employed. Meanwhile be had been aware
shat his fcrrer wife. now Mrs. Williamson,
ard her husband had been occupying rooms
in one If the FLATS" near rs part Of the
city. A search there revealed the fact that
Williamson and his wife had paid ap their
rent sDd had suddenly disappeared, bat had
covered ~ all tracks of their movements.
This of courFe was the explanation, ct least
to Mr.. Stong, of MS chiid's disappearance,
and ne continued the hunt for his child,
giving as clue to her whereabouts des.
cTiption of George Williamson and wife.
While thus hunting or his child, Mr..
Strong happened to think that Williamson
had testified in court that be had lived at
Lafayette, and had boarded at a certain
privs bosrdiDg-house. A visit to this
house wss successful in so far IS l. enabled
Stong to get photograph of Williamson.
By sn accident he was in conversation with
a woman giving the name of Sine, who
il appeared had some years before bsen
abandoned by her husband. Her description
of him attracted Stong, and he drew out
Willismson's picture, which Mrs. Sine said
wss that of her husband.
There is no more 10 relate yet. Stong still
hunts for his child, and at one time learned
that Williamson and his wife snd the cAild
had gone to Grand Rspids, Mich, but when
ne reached that city they hsd disappeared,
and had left no trace as 10 where or even in
what direction they were going.