St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-06
.sMoTHER GRIFFIN" HELD.

Some Additional Facts i'm the Case of
Alleged Abducti0n--Held to the
Grand jury.
Mother Griffin" alias Annie Campbell,
and the nurse, Christine Ashe, were ar
raigned before the municipal court yester-
day on the charge of kidnapping the
Hughes child. j. j. McCafferty appeared
for the prosecution and Thomas Ryan for
the defense The first witness was Mrs.
Hughes. In her evidence she covered the
statements published yesterday as to the
birth of the child, the manner in which
Mother Griffin" as Mrs. Hamilton,
farmers wife from near Farbault," got
possession of the child at the city hospital.
and the story of the recovering of the child
at Annie Campbell'S in Minneapolis,
Wednesday morning. She came to Mime
sofa last November, and lives with Mrs.
Caroline j. Mervine at 124 Iglehart street.
Attorney Ryan asked to have the child
produced in court. This was denied be-
cause the child was too sick. Officer Bean
and Mr. McCafferty accompanied her. Wit
ness said, when she went to Airs. Camp
BELLS to get the baby. Mrs. Caroline j.
Meryine testified as TO the fracas over the
baby.
0Defendants came into my house yester-
Gay, she SAID, anu tiS utOy CiiCu. iH"I
woman pointing to Mrs. CampbeiD said,
There's my baby crying now. L tried to
keep them back into the parior, but they
rushed by me- Mrs. Hughes was out MAX
ing catnip tea at neighbor's. L sent little
girl after her She came in and spoke pleas
antly to the two women.
Don't let them take my baby she cried.
A neighbor, Mrs. Ryan. was walking up and
down on the floor, carrying the baby. she
gave it to me. This woman Nurse Ashe) took
hold of the baby's arm and leg. L held 1t
around the body. The big woman there (Mrs.
CampbelD knocked Mrs. Hughes down. L
saw that they were about to
PULL THE BABY TO PIECES,
so let it go, and they ran outdoors with it.
Then I called to them not to take it out into
the hot sun without anything on its head
They stopped, and I gave them bonnet for
it, They then went away and Mrs. Hughes
followed them
This witness is also called Mrs. Watson.
is very fond of children, and has charge of
about fifteen children. DR.. Ancker identi-
fled the child as that of Mrs. Hughes. born
in the city hospital. He believed it was
impossible for women of the character of
Annie Campbell to give birth to child,
The midwife. Frau Stensel. is cripple
abed, and could not be brought into court.
A motion by Counsel Ryan to dismiss the
case was denied. No defence was made.
so the court suggested that the charge could
be changed 10 dlsordarly conduct, and if
Mrs Campbell and the nurse would plead
guilty he would impose fine of S25, and
let the case 90 no farther. Mr.. Ryan re-
scented this hOtly, and said he would let the
prisoners rot in jail, first" Judge Cory
then held both to the grand jury under
1000 bonds each. Mother Griffin then
frantically begged that the charge be
changed to disorderly conduct, but this the
court refused. as her attorney had objected
to it before. Both prisoners were remanded
to Jail in default of bail.
SERVED HER TERM.
At the state capitol it is learned that Da-
yid Aichaud, the husband of Annie Camp
bell wrote to the governor July 25, 1885 ask
ing that a pardon be granted TO his wife, tbe-
cause. as he represented, she was soon to
become mother. The case was referred to
the physician of the Saltwater penitentiary.
who reported, after examination, that this
was not true. She was accordingly allowed
to serve her sentence. and Oh March ID,
this year, the warden wrote that he had
discharged her as her term of sentence had
expired. DR.. Emery of Minneapolis tele-
phones that she attempted a similar case OF
kidnapping four years ago.