New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-10
THE COULES CASE SETTLED
MR. COwLEs VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE Up HIS
LITTLE DAUGHTER TO HIS WIFE.
r,, u,or,s CORPUS CASE LIKELY TO BE
SETTLED TO.DAY-COWLEs'S con-
DITiON SERIOUS.


Montreal Iunc o.-Thc Cowles abduction case has
been abandoned This afternoon CowleS 'aieu ior
Superintendent Kirkpatrick, Of the Non'real "'"er''
HospitaI.- and stated that he wtS Wiling 10 give up
-, rh,rd +, his wife. Accordingly he affixed his
',,,,,ro 70 ,he following document written by Dr.
Kir,parick at his dictaon, and wit'eNaeu DS o"o v"
the house surgeons
To Madam -hul,zen and Ladies Of the sa'rcd iear' m
please deliver 10 my wife, Alice II. CowIe,' @ our
d,,Iahfor rlorcnce CowlcS without delay ana .o'
,, ,,"e' hiid " EUGENE IL. COWLEs.
who, this fact becomes known, IT will create con
.,crnaon among the legal fraternity WI" are yer '
,cuuointed with IT,. the case hcing sub Juul'e' iN
morning , preliminary order given by Judge l"t'
commanding the nurse 20 produce the chd III court
,,, rho ro,reat whore she had been placed yes'cr-
d,,. morning by her father, and accordingly she up
ncorcd accompanied by her mother ana aunt i'cre
were also in court C. G. Hale. brother o M'' 'o"ies'
rho .ho, Cowles: Judge lngersoll Mrs 'o"leS
couusel and H. Gibson, a secret service agent Hoi'
Washington.
vr w,,ibbon appeared as counsel and presented
,c,i,ton asking that the child be taken out Vi the
hands Of the nuns, who were acting for Her ia'ner
- ,,.r,, ~ b,hca, corpus and he briefly recounted
,, ,rcurstonces Of the case: That Mrs. Co"leS was
.,,r, for separation on the ground oi hcr Hsp'hu
adultcrv and dissoluteness, that he abducted ther
child Florence from Cleveland. their nome anu e.
cancJ ,o Canada: that he arranged An h'erNc" hc'c
with her with the intention oi using the FosSc''o"
f the child A. a means for obtaining money oi ""''
no hoA hecn deprived by his fathers will on the com
,,, -, his wife The interview was heid' ana
,,-r,r, a. alrcadN stated. Hale Shot 'o"Hs
ouoc,c that II was in sefdefence The WITH was
Granted and made rcturnable at , O'CLOCK
.,,hnocna was served CowlcS; but ne was 10"
an ., receive IT, much less to act upon H. N '''''
ar interested appeared in court, Dut W u" aoo" W
cowIcs Judge TAFT adjourned the case I" "c'no"N
r,orv ono thought the proceedings were StfNo" p'' "
tho, they were wrong. The A~Nociateh r'cN' ''ItV
-, yr.rt to thc General Hospital and saw Dr.
Eirkpatrick whom he Informed t'at ''r' 'o"'e "v''
.a,,h,, lie condemned without a hearing The d"'-
-, os,cd Covles If he wished the proceedings
,rad ,o which he replied That he would do notA'hH
Il, and was willing To give mp the phd bH u'''
,, ,ne court had adj djomncd but Judge lat was Sr'u
n, hts chambers where the letter was SHOWN NM ~
t,.red that il settled the case MIS- '""l'' wa
, communicated with. and received the news Win
tov Though the case is adlolrh'u "'u' "' '
,..,ro raft said he would give a hearing tomorrow
-, and have the case formally settled
rov.lc, WAS seen as he lay in bed only iew
It. nora pcrmtted lie said to the reporter tha'
=, had no quarrel with his wife: that with men ne
could Hcht all the year round. but Win woheIl, ""'
,,ra minutcs lie added that Haze hid no rls" ~ r, ~
,,nrtcrn. that he and his wife were III way VI 'u
ihtric'V ~, amcablc settlement. and that all wouI
ha9,e hccn we'll His condition II serious, '.niT'
a he is also suffering from consumption; Ia
a. a. "I be said and am afraid WILL 1t VIII 20 haiu
with poor Clevc nialel' ,.o T., h,r,,, ~
Hale was released today from prison IN sharGe ,s %,
,,, nnicers and /, STAYING with ms HicluS "l .no
Windsor General satisfaction |, tel, Il. ,,.o ~" aa,n,
peccd turn in the cas- momet mem c Morse for
NJ a'ntincnent over night. lie admitted that IL
,arcd An attack and only anticipated oN Sn"',S. % @
ohinr The little girl clung to her mothers neck
and would not be separated ITO" "c''