Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-03-25
MRS. STONES TROUBLE
Her Child Taken From Her bv Its
Father, Who Lives in whatcom

Among those registered at the Belling-
ham hotel in Whatcom Yesterday was
Mrs. Cora Stone, of Tacoma. To those
who know the history of Mrs. Stone for
the past two months her arrival there
created no surprise while much interest
was taken In her future movements She
Is the wife of Capt. Frank Stone, who
| was Tor some time a land locator with
an Office in Tacoma. For some ii ne
past the domestic relations of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stone have not been as pleasant as
| they should have been and indeed in the
past month, certain actions ON the part
Of the husband have still further strained
the marital relations until separation
was deemed necessary They have one
child, little girl, who until month ago
was with her mother in Tacoma, while
| the father lived in Whatcom. At that
time no legal steps had been taken to se-
cure divorce by either party
but the lady had expressed her
| self as being anxious TO commence
such action. One day Mrs. Stone received
a letter from her husband in which he
stated that he would be in Tacoma on a
certain boat and wished TO see her. He
came and the wife and child were at
the wharf TO meet him. The party was
driven to "a hotel where they had lunch,
and the husband then pr posed that they
should all take carriage and drive out
TO the cemetery where another child of
lIle colple was Dufleu. TN the way out
Mrs. Stone felt that something unusual
would occur, but she could not tell what
II would be, but her husband acted very
queerly. When they arrived at the cem-
etery the trio stepped from the carriage
the mother carrying the child, and pro-
ceeded toward the grave, but when about
half way the father seized the child from
the mothers arms and started on run
for the carriage. The woman followed
and reached the carriage door Just as IL
was closed, she tried 10 open IL
and gain admittance. but instead of that
she received blow In the face from the
man, who cried to the driver to run over
her and get away. The driver struck his
horses and the woman was thrown TO the
ground by the carriage but was not hurt
beyond a few slight bruises She started
To walk into the city. about three miles.
and had gone but a short distance when
she met TWO men in buggy. To whom she
told her story. One OF the men at once
gave mp his seat to the unfortunate
mother and his companion drove into the
city with her as fast as possible. but not
last enough to ONertakc Stone with the
child. lie had just reached the wharf
when boat for Whatcom was leaving
and getting aboard was out of reach.
i, Ihe dnda almost frantic mother went
and tried to get redress but was Informed
that as no legal steps for a divorce had
been taken, nothing could be done with
Stone, as he had the same right TO the
child as the mother, but there was one
way in which he could be taken back. and
that was by swearing ont warrant
charging him with assault. This was
done but as Mrs. Stone was not in a posi-
tion to give the necessary bond the man
made good his escape with the child.
Three days later a complaint was filed I'm
the superior court Of Pierce county by
Cora VI. Stone against her husband for
absolute divorce and the custody of the
child. The case will come up for hearing
In a few days. The complaint alleges
that Frank Stone failed to provide for
his family. had assaulted his wife on the
day OF the trip TO the cemetery and also
charges him with adultery at various
times and with various women. The trip
to Whatcom. IL was understood. was made
by Mrs. Stone In order 10 look after the
welfare OF her child and to see what could
be done pending the hearing of the di-
vorce case. Word was sent to Chief Ches-
ney. OF the Tacoma police I, rec. a few
days hgo that the husband of the unfor-
tunate woman was In Whatcom and under
the surveillance of the police. just what
will be done on the charge of assault is
not known. and the friends of both par
ties are anxionsly awaiting the outcome
OF the case. Mrs Stone is a small. slight
and refined looking lady. but shows Tho
effects OF her great grief and anxietv Of
the past few weeks VI