Omaha daily bee., 1888-10-06
THEY BOTH WANT The CHILD
A Strange Case on Trial in the Lam
caster Courts.
AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY
Bishop Newman at the Capitai-An
q Alleged Artesian Weli-Gen.
eral and Personal Notes
and Gossip.
LINCOLN BUREAU OF THE OMAHA BEE,
1929 L STREET,


county court room when Judge Stewart
heard the application for the appointment OF
q guardian OF Richard Saunders, the little
four-year- old boy who has been hustled about
in the Lancaster county courts during the
past two or three days. 1t will be remem-
bered that Gus Saunders secured possession
of the child by giving bond for his appear
nncc 1T the command Of the court In the sum
of 1900, and that subsequently Mary Clark,
well known prostitute Of the city, undertook
10 counter Gus deal on a writ Of habeas
corpus obtained from the district court, and
that it missed fire by Mary's failure to in
demnify the sheriff for the service. Yester-
day the case was tried in Justice Crockers
court Mary having charged Gus with KID
mapping the child, but on a hearing the court
promptly dismissed the case. Mary claims
that Gus is her lawfully welded
husband. Gus repudiates the claim, but
man up tree as though they have been liv-
ing together as such The child has been
special charge. Both Gus and Mary cared
and provided for him. The bearing OF the
woman in the court soon indicated that she
had become deeply attached to the little
fellow. She told her story amidst sobs and
tears, and they certainly came from deeply
wounded heart, The testimony adduced bids
TO show that Gus and Mary have lived to-
gether for the past four years, and that when
Richard was babe they took him from the
dying arms Of some frall mother and since
then have fed, clothed and cared for him,
But the life Of sinful love came to an end.
Gus and Mary quarreled, called each other
hard names and hurled lamps, dishes and
other articles at each other Unfortunately,
and finally they concluded to d.
vide worldly possessions and sep
arate But the boy suddenly became a
bone of contention. Mary asserted that she
was abundantIy able to provide for him in
every way Gus, however, had different
idea and secured possession of the child az
stated above. He safes that the woman is
not Il fit guardian and asks that the court ap.
point one. He alleges that Mary gets drunk
and raises cain and would abuse so sacred
trust. IL Is understood that Judge Crocker
has consented to take the child and care for
him as his own, and the future welfare Of
the little fellow, it is alleged, alone is sought.
The citizens Of Lincoln in any way connected
with the case say that neither the man nor
woman are ht to have the care of the child.
What the court will do remains TO be seen.
At this hour the case is being hotly contested
and will probably hang fire during
seem sse entire to r tS, The the sTy9rs
work is being land for the criminal prosecu
tion of their respective clients. 1t is noto-
rious fact that the couple have lived together
during the past SIX years as husband and
wife, or at least it has been so understood.
Richard is bright little boy and under
proper surroundings may become a useful
man. at is the clear duty of the court"
said prominent citizen this afternoon, 'to
take the child wholly from the influence of
either Gus or Mary, and in that event Judge
Crocker's guardianship will be denied.
THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE.
II is stated upon reliable authority that a
special effort will be made by the board of
regents to secure a sufficient appropriation to
insure the reinstatement of the medical de-
partment of the state university. The medi-
cal fraternites of Lincoln and Omaha will
cooperate with the board to this end Dur
ing the session of the board, which closed
yesterday, as The BEE intimated this morn
Ing, conference was held with the board,
which was attended by DR.. Lowery and
other physicians of Lincoln, and il leaks out
to-day, by DR.. Moore, of Omaha, also. On
the part of the Omaha medical college DIR.
Moore stated that if a sufficient appropriation
could be secured to properly sustain the col
lege as a department in the state university,
the Omaha college would be disbanded in its
favor, and that the faculty there would
heartily give every possible I aid
for its success and perpetuity; 'rhis
propositioH,". the doctor said sis
made because we have outgrown our
present quarters and must get down deep
into our pockets and erect new college
building and make other heavy expenditures,
and we do not feel able or called upon to do
this. And, above all, we feel that one good
medical college in the state is much better
than two or more poor ones. But the Omaha
school will continue to live and operate until
this proposition is acted upon in such man.
ner as will insure the success of the depart
ment In the state university A sufficient
appropriation and competent faculty alone
can give such assurance"
UNDECIDED UPON HIS HOME.
Bishop Newman of the Methodist Episco
pal church, has been in Lincoln since
Wednesday evening. He is accompanied by
his wife, and they are pleasantly situated al
Hon j. j. 1mhof's cosy home, where they
will rest and recruit for o few days At m
early hour this afternoon THE BEE CORE
spondent called upon him and received
most cordial erecting: To the gues
ton Have msS you yet decided seidson., where
idencei the bishop said:
II am undecided; shall locate where
can do Methodism the most good. 1t will mat
ter but little where that shall be, for l will
not be at home more than three months ou
Of any one year. My work will be largely IL
conference fields. and my homo will b.
chosen with that end in sight Before max
ing decision on so Important matter shall
>ave to look the field over very carefully
This will take some little time, and I shall
not hurry. During the present month shal
travel over the state considerably, and whel
I have done so can decide upon the matte
moro intelligently than now. But l shall
locate where c8n do my people the mos
good and reach them best"
AN ALLEGED ARTEsIAN WELL.
The citizens of Lincoln are a credulou
people. they now bank on the discovery o
q genuine artesan we'll This may or ma
not be true, but strata of water has bee
reached across the Antelope that fowe
forty five gallons per minute for over twelv,
hours The fact however, that the waite
supply weakened within a day argues agans
the flow being continuous II is said that tn
water Of the we'll is pure and soft, and tina
If the vein will hold out the water questio
is settled in Lincoln for all time. Burn.
proposition may yet have TO go begging.
CITY NEWS AND NOTES.
Tho state officials are nearly all of o
junketing tours. This is especially true
the candidates for reelection.
Patrick Egan and Prof II. w. Caldwe
are wranglng on the tariff question in histor
through the columns of the CAN. This contr,
Versy promises to become interesting.
Dry bones in political circles Will shake
- soon as the executive committee NEE
again. The expose Of the campaign fur
call of the committee will be hauled over u
GOALS. An interesting story is about TO
exploded
General Van Wyck returned from Oh
to-day, where he attended the county fai
He addressed large concourse of people
the grounds, and reports a grand time, TT
general says that the boys are doing got
work in the harness all along the line,
Joe Crtchfeld is In the city. He will t,
the story of his conversion at the prohit
tent tonight. These meetings are said to
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