The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-07-02
HER CHlLD'S PRAYER
VindicateS q Neither i'm q Cali
fOrnia Court Room.

| Fresno, Ca, June 26.-Ihere arrived
here from San Francisco yesterday morning
young man, accompanied by 8 middle
| aged woman and two children. They
went to the Grand Central hotel, where
they registered as Duliss Bayswater, sister
and children, and were assigned rooms.
During the day the party went into the
country and returned towards evening, &C.
companied by William Chrisman. who for
the past tive years has been foreman for
DIR. Esnelman. The two young mcn were
around the hotel together in the evening,
and about s o'clock went up to the room
of Mrs. Psyswater, who was registered IL
the sister OF the younger man.
About ii o'clock the guests OF the hotel
were aroused by a terrible noise in the
lady's room, and il was discovered that
the brothers were fighting, for brothers the
two young men proved to be. One of
them, the elder, was taken to jail and the
younger one was allowed to remain at the
hotel.
Complaints were filed against both boys
for disturbing the peace before Recorder
Prince, and this morning at 10 O'Clock
! they had their trial. The testimony de
veloped a sad story OF domestic strife. and
in brief was as follows: The names of the
young men are William and Duliss Chris
| man, and that of the woman Bayswater.
Some eight years ago William Chrisman
met her and fell in love with her. She
was a grass widow, her divorced husband
being alive, aud when Chrisman and Mrs.
Bayswater went to get married they told
their story, being Catholics, and the priest
refused TO marry them, Catholics not al
lowing the marriage of divorced man or
woman. This apparently made no differ
ence to Mrs. Bayswater and Chrisman and
| they went to living together as man and
wife. She bore him two children, both
girls, and they lived happily together until
TWO years ago, when Chrisman left her.
Mrs. Bayswster keeps a tavern at 80
Townsend street, San Francisco. After
leaving her Cbrisman went to work for DR..
Eshelman and has continued in his en-
ploy. On one or two occasions the woman
has come here. begging Chrisman to 60
back to her, and this was the purpose of
this visit, the brother accompanying her to
beg his brother to do right AMI return TO
his children. In dispute which arose the
lie was passed and fight ensued
In court to-day William Chrismsn
seemed to be bitter against his brother and
the mother of his children. He accused
her of keeping a dive and she decie il
vehemently, retorting with other accusa-
tions. This was kept up until finally the
mother said, In answer to some charge
made by Chrisman: "Don't believe him,
Judge, have raised my children as they
should be-"
This was all Recorder Prince wanted,
and he..said, "Pll test it,madam," and turn
ing to the younger girl, a little tot not
more than three years old, he said, Scan
you say your prayers
Then ensued a most touching scene. The
little girl without q word climbed from
her chair, knelt on the floor of the court
room, with the policeman, spectators, Judge
and her father and mother around her, and
folding her tiny hands and lifting her eyes
to heaven, she made the grandest defense
OF mothers word possible. Slowly, but
distinctly, and without a tremor in her
voice, the innocent little darling, born with
a stain of shame upon her and discarded
by her father, lisped'in childish accents the
Lords prayer.
As she proceeded, utterly obllvious to
her surroundings. and thinking only of
Him who said, "suffer little children and
forbid them not" as she uttered that
prayer which many in the room had not
heard for years strong men bowed their
heads and sobbej aloud. Finishing her
prayer she added "God bless papa and
mamma and uncle Duliss. Amen" and
rose from her knees.
The case was settled and had William
Chrisman sworn a thousand oaths that his
wife was bad he would have been disbe-
lieved. IL was several minutes before any
one spoke, and then the recorder fined the
two brothers SIS each and dismissed the
court.