The morning call., 1894-04-12
AS DEAD.
A Mothers Return After
Many Years.
Two Women Arrested for Endanger'
ing an Infants Life-A Queer
Form of Separation.

OAKLAND.-Many years ago W. w. Nickals,
wife and SIX children we're living bappliy TO-
gether, to all appearances, at Iwenty-SecOpd u
5 rect and Pablo avenue, Oakland. Inc
father was well-to-do, with considerable prop
erIy interests In Oakland, besides owning STOCK
and cattle ranges III Nevada.
II seems that husband and wife did not get
on well, and quarrels between them were ire
ouent At last the husband offered The vile
SIC. 600 IN cash If she would leave and never
return. She took him at his word and did so,
Nickals keeping the children.
Until recently Mrs. Nlckals had never been
heard from. he Nich ais continued TO accum
ulate property up TO two years ago. when he
died, leaving an estate valued at S5O,OOO Inc
estate pas ssed inio the hands of the Public Ad-
min rator and renewed efforts were nj de 10
find Mrs, Nickals, as under thu law she would
be entitl d to the Widows share OF the estate.
q. W. Flick became guardian OF the cbii-
dren, but one, the oldest daughter, seemed 10
cause him some trouble. because she persisted
in stopping in the family OF Mr.. Robinson.
Flick sued out awrit OF habeas corpus. cnaig-
ing that Robinson was holding possession oil
one of the children. This writ ere ted sensa-
tion at the time. but 1t seems the girl soon
settled tile whole matter by marrying son OF
Mr. Robinson, young man OF excellent char-
acter. .
NJ was on this little romance that the finding
of the long lost mo her hinged who II was sup
pOsed had settled down III Germany or had de-
parted this world.
In some strange way marriage invitation OF
the Young girl to Oscar Robinson reached the
moth, r, who all the time had been living In
retirement at the Hotel Barthold in New YORK.
A corr espondence was opened and soon Mt.
Robinson went ON to New York TO get the
mother.
happy one. Three OF the children bad been
attending a seminary, two were living with
their guardian aud the eldest daughter lives
with her husband al Twenty-sixth street.
Mrs. Nicka Is was yesterday In consultation
with her lawyer looking to her property inter.
ests.
Used the Baby as a Ball.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Lerri was sur
prlsed TO see two drunken women on Lower
Broadway. Oakland. tossing something from
vesiigaied and was horrifed TO ind tnat u was
a baby the women were sporting with. he LOOK
the women and baby to the station and sent Tor
Mrs. SANFORD apd gave her the child TO take
| charge OF. She placed il In the Chab0t Home.
The women were Mrs. Anna Crabtree and
Rose Holland, and they said they lived al FIRST
SAID she was the grandmother OF the baby boy.
six weeks old, and that he had been lett ID her
charge by her daughter. MRS. Jenkins, who
lived In San Francisco ana was .ne WilS ai aps
had left the baby with the grandmotnef iof a
few days.
Mis-. Crabtree said that she and Mrs. Holland
started out to have the baby christened.
Wbrn The infant was iaken to the CnaDot
HI ONE the matron found that 1t was dressed in
rags, and filthy ones at that, and Threw me
clothes in the fire. She dressed IT Warmly and
fed it. Mrs. Sanford Is cow investigating the
character OF the mother to see II she Is proper
person TO have charge OF the child
Recalls the Judson Robbery.
A case is now on trial before Judge Ogden OF
Oakland which recalls the famous Judson
train-I obbery.
AL the time Of the robbery there was great
excitement and arrests were made right and
left. Among others arrested was an old man
Henderson /. Glover, who lived in East Oak
land. He was working in the santa Cruz
With his little son he was brought to the
County jail and the two were locked up there
| for three days, no one being allowed to see
them.
When the case was called against Glover the
| pros cution had no evid nee upon which 10
| hold him. He was liberated and Immediately
commenced suit against he Judson Manufac.
! turing Company for $25. 900 damages.
w. w. Foote Is conducting Gloyers case