Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-26
SHE STOLE A CHILD
How Little Mabel Hopkins Was
Abducted
FOR HER FATHERS MISTRESS
BY a Prosessed Teacher of Psinung-Ths
Detectives Ferreted Out the Secret
After Three Years.

CHICAGO, March 25.-After q search
OF three or four months and some
clever detective work Officers Wood
run and Leonard Of the central station,
today arrested Mrs. Mary Delghton,
alias Murray. on the charge OF kid
mapping Mabel Hopkins. II years old,
from the home of her mother. 3oSl
Washington boulevard. in July. 1889.
In June, 1889. Mrs. Sarah Hopkins
was granted divorce iron her hus-
band, Edward b. Hopkins, on the
ground Of criminal intimacy with one
Hattie Eggleston, with whom 1t IS
alleged thai Hopkins has been living
since the granting OF the divorce. At
the time of arrangement between
Hopkins and his wife the husband
secured possession OF their l2-year-old
daughter Mabel and sent ner TO 1--we
with his mother. When the divorce
was granted Mrs. Hopkins was awarded
the custody of the child and took her
to her home on Washington boulevard.
Taken by Her Teacher.
Three weeks later a nicely dressed
woman called at Mrs. Hopkins home
and asked il they could not give little
Mabel painting lessons. Mrs. Hopkins
consented, and while the woman WAS
giving little Mabel lesson Mrs. Hop
kins went over TO Madison street Id
buy some groce ries. When she re-
turned half hour later the
child and ner. painting teacher
were gone. She Immediately notl-
fed the police and search was
made for the missing child, but
without avail, anG up 10 this time Mrs.
Hopkins has not seen her Child. Mrs.
Hopkins gave description OF the wo-
Eian III whose charge she bad left her
daughter to the police and an effort
was made TO find her, but 1t proved un-
successful and the matter was finally
dropped. Mrs. Hopkins, however,
never gave up hope and few months
ago again apple To Captain Shea at
detective headq quarters for assistance.
Officers Leonard and Woodruff were
detailed upon the. case and while the
lead at first was very blind one they
worked upon every clue, no matter
how slight, until this morning they To-
Gated Mrs. Delghton at 200 East Chicago
avenue and took her 20 the Central
station.
Identified the Woman.
AS soon as Mrs. Deighton was ar
rested, Mrs. Hopkins was sent for and
fastened to Captain Shea's Office.
When she saw Mrs. Deighton she
clapped her hands and exclaimed,
That's the woman"
Mrs. Deighton looked at Mrs. Hop
kins and then denied most positively
that shc had ever seen Mrs. Hopkins
before. Mrs. Hopkins, however, was
SO firm III her belief and statement
that Mrs. Deighton was the woman for
whom che had been looking for nearly
three years that the prisoner finally
broke down and admitted that she was
the person who called at Mrs. Hop
klns' house and said that little Mabel
had gone away with her.
81 was hired by Hattie Eggleston,"
said Mrs. Deighton, Ito take the child.
When | called at the house Mr.. Hop
kins and the Eggleston woman were
waiting around the Gcrner with car
riage. After Mrs. Hopkins lett the
house / told the girl that her papa
wanted to see her. She put on her hat
and accompanied me down stairs.
When We reached the street | told
Mabel that her papa was right around
the corner and showed her which way
to go. When she went around the
corner she was met 10y Hopkins, who
took her III the carriage with himself
and the Eggleston woman and they
drove away. | do not know where
they went or where they took the child,
but have since learned that she was
sent to Canada"