The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-20
A PATHETIC TALE
4 sfsehsr mourns the Abduction Of Her
Child.

Mothsr Nouns the AbGu<slon OF Her
ChfId.
"A rather pathetic story 81 the abduction
OF lt.months-old child by It's fathss has
heeIi brought 70 light. resulting from q
family dissension between recently mar
RED couple Of Snoqialmie. The husband,
David Hamilton. il q wo0dehopper in q
logging camp. His young wife, WHO -
about e years old, Is about heartbgoken
over what she terms her husband 5 cruelty,
and last Saturday came into the city 10 fad
some means 70 have her child restored 70
her.
Her story Il sad one, and shows that
fer SO young mother she has bad mnch
10 bear. Her maiden name was Title
Davis, and she lived at Snoqaalinie Ssth
Der mother and stsp-father. Mr.. and Mrs
George Knox. Title was married % Dave
Hamilton when she was but IS years Of
age Her mother opposed the union, but
THE WAS determined 10 have abe brawny
woodehopper. and the mothers consent
vas given. They were married and lived
ct her mothers for about . year. or until
the bahy Gt;ra vas horn. Her husband
treated her cruelty and struck her so fire.
quonty that Mrs. Knox left the house say
ing she would not stay In the house with
such man. A short time ago Tiilie be-
came tired Of her husbands III treatment
and went 10 neighbours. taking her child
with her. Her husband became enraged at
her for not coming back rs soon as be ex-
pected she would, and went after her She
did not heed bis command, saying that the
baby was sick and she could not risk les
life By taking IL out into the
cold. Mr.. Hamilton then flew into a rage
and told his young wife that he intended
TO take the child away from her. He OBJ
tanned possession OF bis tsby through bis
sister, Mrs. spinney. OF Juanita. who
smilingly went TO Title and asked 10 take
the baby for q few days. The young
mother gave mp her child "just for few
days" and il was taken 20 the spinney
homestead. About week passed. and be-
coming lonely, Title went for
her baby, but Mrs. spinnsy re-
fused % give IL up. The young mother
then became desperate. and rushing past
Mrs Spinncy grabbed her baby and started
away with il, bat her husband, who was
ia the house unknown 70 his wife, came
out and snatched the child from her arms,
bore ID back 20 the house and utterly re-
fused 20 allow her 10 come near ii. Heart
broken and weary. and thinking her only
chance 10 get her child was through the
medium OF lawyer. she came here Satur-
day and applied 70 James Hamilton Lewis
for aid.
She did not know Colonel Lewis she
said. only that abe had heard the s.boys in
the logging camp talk OF Lawyer Lewis. !"
and she applied to him. feeling that he
would aid her. The kind-hearted lawyer
promised 10 do all in his power. and just
before tho close Of court on Saturday after
noon, secured writ Of habaas corpus from
Judge fichtenberg, which will be served
today upon Mr.. David Hamilton. at Juan
isA. by Deputy sheriff Mcdonald.
Mrs. Hamilton SAYS she viii have moth
ing more 10 do with her husband, and
never wants 10 see him again. because
he has treated mo so cruelty" She will get
her baby again, and the next act in the
drama will probably be- q riit for divorce
from the hard-hearted husband.