The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-06
SISTERS LEGACY.
!, Aunt's Strong Claim for
Possession Of q Child.
,re FATHER AN Ex-c0NvlcT.
,,.,k Beynton's Life History Unfoldsd
-,.e.liar Anacortss Bank Case
News ofthe Coufts-Blotter.

x,nhfne Anna Boynton, pretty little 10
/ ..cid r,rl. 10 the bone OF contention between
s~.,e,nal aunt and father in . contest which
- - carried on quietly for several months,
& =, mich eliminated yesterday in habeas cor
=. n,oceedings in the superior court The
rsa-..., began on December 10 last when Frank
: ggyn,on carried of the child from her aunt's
s,.r,dy In Lowell, Mass, and brought nsr here.
- amt followed Immediately afterward and
8 go, here day after the father. Since then
- ~, made repeated endeavors 20 get posses.
-, ~ the child By smica bic rrang,ments, but
q ss,r,o. refused 70 surrender his child. and
-. the amt Miss Paulint, has resorted 70
kgal measures
In he, complaint Miss Paulint says that the
AHA wa. horn q. her home. and with the ex.
sen,iou of one year she has been with her up 20
,hs time the child was taken away last Decem-
No., The ehiid's mother died At Tewksbury,
Ma, n June, 1871. and on her dying bed she
esve tie child 70 Miss Paultnt 70 raise and edu-
r,,e The father acQuiesced In this At the time
ami has repestediy approved IL since. For two
v.srs ieiore Mrs. Boynton died she and her hus-
bs,d had been separated, because of his Grim.
ins,i.y in business and with other women, al.
tough they were not divorced. In fact, he was
70, a time In the penitentiary. The aunt reared
the child from infancy, provided her with .
eocs home and everything that affection could
suegess. Until last DECEMBER Boynton had
lived with his child only a year and a half.
lAst December he went back from Seattle, where
be had been living. to lowell to marry his pres
a, vile, and on the 10Th of that month he called
nNiss Paulint's house and asked the privilege
Of taxing the child out for walk, which was
granted. He Immediately took her to the rail-
usy station, where his new wife and her daugh.
sr we're awaiting him, and 1t once took the
nun for seattle. The child not returning in
tie evening. the aunt soon learned Of the abduC-
aoa, ard without any preparation for the jour.
sey. she packed Q small hand satchel and
started after them, arriving here the day after
Eey did
Miss Paulint then alleges that Boynton has
% Affection for the child, and has frequently
expressed the wish that he might b rid of both
Der and her mother. while she has the strongest
Affection for the little one, who 10 70 her - .
eAid Of her own.
She says that Boynton Il unit to have the
sr and custody Of the child BY reason Of his
crimes and habita She says that on October
3 1873. he was convicted Of endorsement In
Massachusetts,. and sentenced to the psniten.
tssy for Eve years. but that owing to the efforts
Of bis wife and her relatives he was pardoned
and discharged one ana half years before the
shiid's birth. Since then, she says, he has led
srovns life. spending his time In drinking,
umbling and icentiousness. She says that he
hs since committed other similar crimes, and
tass during his residence In Seattle he has been
discharged from various responsible positions
on account OF mis- dissipatsd habits and dis
honesty. ana has left the child to the care and
custody Of her stepmothsr, spending his time,
outside OF working hours, In drinking and dis
dpaiion away from home and In the society
and maintenance OF abandoned women, a.
though . man Of straitensd circumstances
Boynton brought the child into court ysster.
Day afternoon from his homo st ll9 Squire
srenue. and Attorney l. c. Gilman not being
nady TO argue the case for the father, Attorney
Charles +. Fishback. for the aunt. sought to
have the child temporarily placed in the Gus
say OF A. r. Burweil pending the hearing.
lutge Langley did not see any reason, however,
ios turning the child over to the care Of .
Stranger. and fixed the hearing OF the case for
o'clock this afternoon, whom the child will b
again brought into court
Boynton has been In the employ Of several Of
the coal companies here and il we'll known in
tie city.