The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-18
uaEy HE FINDS THEM
= shsfer Awarded Custody of
his Little Girls.
..,,<sn.r KNOW wHERElTHEYARE


- r1ncse~ Yesterday settled the
80 h.sens corpus case BY ordering
- - sro little girls, over sbose Gus
s'.-.s. .fuubls arose, shall 90 10 their
49, .ho raay take them from the
1900 shsrever he Ends them Mrs.
-, rouid not bs found yesterday, IS
- .ad she order Vas granted By her
$500 = sssow cause to the contrary.
- kxtess CORPUS proceedings we're .
49,. ~ The ehafeg divorce csxa which
9 - dismissed. The complaints was
80 80 simmer by Mrs. May L. Shafer,
-. w.nted . divorce from her husband.
$500 W. shafer. aad the custody Of
4. TO daughters. Alice and Florence.
- sroaads for the action were non-sup-
- "a too much parental interference
9 ~ raoshsr-in-law's part. 6hafer came
3. ..d denied the complaint. He also
x.nt.d the children. Judge Humes de-
e-~~a dat. pending the final settlement Of
- esee. ehafer should have the children.
- sise 70 visit them on Saturdays and
eundsyx
Af.sr this Mrs. shafer did not display
~.,v crest an xisty to push he- suit. and at
karfh Judge Humes ordered II dismissed.
rb.s sas about month ago. Aim ost I'm
rnsdssfeav afterwards the habeas corpus
rrac~edlnrs were instituted by shafer.
IL alleged in the petition for the wris that
Il, rIfs had stolen the children FOR the
,aspase Of forcing them to collide with
hsr ia ebsaining q divorce, and asked the
fcrst 10 order her to appear and show
ess,s shy she should not be compelled 20
surrsnder them 20 him again. On the day
81 Mrs. shafer did not appear with the
children - ordered. A deputy sheriff
f.iled % find her and the case was cen
sgaued. This was the programme on two
oecasions.
Yesterday the case was again called, but
although Mrs. shafer did not respond to
tAs order Of the court, the court did not
Main continue the case. Shafer himself.
Who Is good-looking young man and a
h.sckEsasofs. took the stand at the judges
request lie told that his married life had
been happy until he came 10 Seattle with
bis wife four years ago. Soon after that
the latter had begun to manifest fond
MSS for the society Of other men than her
issband While the witness was making
BIZ home In the Silver State house his vito
vas constantly leaving the house in his
sbs<nce and going TO the room of
nasicisn named Sharpe. who was
risyer in . brass band In town. On sew
syxl occasions the witness had gone to the
room and taken his wife away from Ii by
sorce. The judge asked some questions
abcat shsfer's ability to sup port the little
fifls, and lie answered that he made
IS per day right along. and was perfectly
stle 10 give them good home.
Mr. and Mrs ID. f. Marshall gave about
he same story Of Mrs. Skaters actions In
sulns to sharpe's room. but they were not
uFtain that there was any intention Of
toihg anything wrong on her part. They
xtrs both of the opinion. however. that
Nm shafer was hardly the woman 10
have charge Of two innocent little girls
Ihty we're led TO form this opinion prin-
t9aliy by the fact that at one time at the
SILVER State house they had seen Mrs.
EhsssF masquerading around publicly in
nsis attire, rather too giddy act for the
neither Of q girl 10 years old 10 take de-
lsht in.
In summing up the case Judge Langley
ard that Judge Humes had thought
shaisr suitable person to have control Of
ths children. and this Skaters own testi-
nony eorrobcrated. Mrs. Shafer might
4 good woman, but there was q good
deal 70 show that she was unsteady TO q
eaErss. The testimony and affidavits
signed by shafer went TO prove that she
he'd stolen the children only for the pur-
pose OF forcing her husband to aid her in
fstslng divorce. She was also acting
bad part in not allowing the order to
shos cause to be served upon her. An
order giving the custody of the children
. shaier would be granted. but the court
had no power TO compel her TO obey II as
tsng as she Was out OF its jurisdiction.