Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-11
MRS. LEWIS IN COURT.
She Appears to Claim the Right to
Retain Her Only Child.
DEFENDED BY ATTORNEY MARION.
The Respondent Concludes to Live in
Order to Have Revenge.
LEWIS MUST DEFEND HIS CHARACTER

The little love drama which is being
played by Richard P. Lewis his pretty
wife, Detective Heiner, and an alleged
multitude of men was put on the boards yes
terday with new scenery and the additional
characters of law and lawyers to add to the
effect. The suicide tableau was left out by
the heroine, and instead of courting death
she has vowed revenge and determination
to keep both her husband and her child.
The spicy scandal was brought up in court
by the habeas corpus proceedings of Lewis
to get possession Of his 3-year-old child.
The hearing was to have taken place in the
morning before Judge McClung. Attorney
Barton appeared for the plaintiff, but in
stead of the respondent His Honor was
handed neat little letter in a square en-
velope, which read
have received;a telegram from my father
telling me not to give up the child. will
not under any circumstances bring the child
into court. You can send for the child if
you wish.
The case was postponed, and at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, the Lewis woman accom-
panied by Attorney Marion, walked quietly
into the courtroom, past several windows
without Jumping out and, ,modestly avoiding
the stares of hundred loafers and as many
lawyers took seat directly in front of
the Court. Her child in care of
Detective Heiner, came in a few minutes
later. 1t was taken to the rear of the room,
and few minutes later commenced crying
for its mother
The Courts Dignity Foiled.
a. Co. Al
her face toward the little one, but barrier
of lawyers and spectators stood be-
tween. In moment the smile
changed to sorrow. Tears came to
the eyes of the fair respondent, and the
child, seeing its mother beyond its reach,
cried louder. The court crier frowned,
opened his lips to call for order and then
suddenly realized that 3-year-olds will not
obey the mandates of law. All the consta-
bles in the room saw the look of perplexity
on their chiefs countenance and rushed to
the desk for commands, but there were none
to be given.
with the child. He was in a worse fix than
a papa in church with baby crying on
each knee, and lacked the additional conso-
lation of Knowing that he was the pro-
prietor of family Relief came at last,
however, when q couple of sympathetic
women went to the rescue, and with their
magnetic presence eased the child's injured
mind. just then Mrs. Lewis dried her
tears and looked stern. She is of medium
height, finely formed, and has a plump,
round face that no one could
blame a much-abused, friendless hotel clerk
for wanting to kiss. She looked as indie
pendent and in much the same manner as q
High School girl facing her teacher to be
reprimanded for talking too much with the
biggest and best looking boy in her class.
When she glanced at Attorney Barton, her
husbands attorney, it was in that kind of
don 't-care style which indicated that, al
though she could favor lots of men with her
love, he couldn't be included.
He Didn't Wink the Other Eye.
Judge McClung received piercing look |
from her hazel eyes that would bring the |
majority of men to their knees, but it |
wasn't convenient for the Court to even |
wink in response, so the case went on.
Attorney Barton stated that the grand |
aunt to whom the child had been given by |
its mother had handed over her charge to |
its father, and therefore they were satisfied. |
'tBut we are not, said Attorney Marion. |
"This woman has been pursued by blood |
hound detectives, who have now taken her |
child by unfair means This man Lewis is
no more fit to take charge of that child |
than its mother, even if all the allegations
against her are proven to be true, and be-
sides we intend to show that they are not
true."
He asked for the privilege of filing a
statement and was given until to-day to do
so. After court adjourned, Mr.. Marion was
asked about his client, and said confidently
that there was no further danger of her COM
hitting suicide. He said it would be shown
that Lewis, following the character of many
travelling men, was as immoral as imagina-
ton could picture. cit reminds me- he
'aid, of that quotation from Hamlet, which
.eads;
You show me the steep and thorny way to
heaven, while you the primrose path of
daJliance tread
aecking not your own rede.