Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-30
a CONTINENTAL CHASE.
Mrs. y. c. Gray PurstWs Her Child from
san Diego. Cal, to >taunton, Va.

Worre.rondencc Of the Dispatch)
STANTON. VA. october 27.-As
,,......-.,,,. ora Ohio train from
'''' ,... D.,
the west role" l''" H''"''''
o'clock this morning II was observer ''"'
an unusual number Of police officers were
,.-.s.ut at TN. station. There aliehtcd
f,,,, the tr,iu Mir. William -. Gray, of
....,. r,..., C,t .,rco,nrari,d bv his little
... t,-.,'ls',,,. Ct.lJ If : wears Imme-
MAX. t,,. ,t,ic.,s served ON Mr.. Gray
.r r,f,.n.,i.u from Juage William Me
+ '.,.,Ilir i'm which the father is restrained
nom control over and custody of the
child and the little fellow was put l.,.
tire hands or SneIIt y ~" -
as receiver Oh w. ,t,rrt,p
IN y 81 Nv -, ,,.,,la
Fut ih.s was ""t a. i" - 80 ~. ~
III" 3o"H+S'v' Wa "''''-' ,., I.,eta
fond mother. WHO LaI ''I'. I.' -,
500 miles across inc '''',''.. l.i.,
southern 'dHioI"+a' ~ i'N''''
chiiI ..-i..,., r.,,,, th. West
- ','.'.,'' '.,.',' ',.c,n,f.,r.,.d l,.
IL '"l' nan i'.,',' I'isteriu., at
'"r7 ".' -, w. ,rr',nas scott and
inr il"',i q, ant. ri. travel
IT,. ~ ami worn ONT. showed evidence
| 800. in,,,,o,.
- O. ''"7
WHO THEY AK"
To-day IL turns ont that the l1iy' MIS-.
Foster ie Mrs. N.4 fora Couts Cray, ana
her companion. her brotner-ln-IaW, COL
or.l Chalmers Scott. both of S~n Diego,
CaL They came to Stdunton s'd ana
sick az heart. to-day they are i,JoicHs
at the sight OF iii'e cha'iJiS - rot in
-. '.i. ,'',,-Gtslou. lut they see him safe
thh hands IF ljg-hcart.d Newton
Watts who. by the direction of the 'ir-
,.it CONT of Augusta, is holding as
",...,f,.r', the handsome li.tle fellow uu-
I'll further order Of the Court.
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/ pom az ','.3 az ,.,',.nl Sr,tt VINO
anu HcI h'iiSlu"H' ..,.,,f,,..,,,.
ui''-"l WIN ~" l r.iitoruiar,s.
'''"'' ''.'''-.7 -, - r+,-l,,.. Pos Of san
%-i'i.7 ,"V ,-i..'',i7n and ,,rotbcr Of Dr.
=, e, p1.s - richmond-sousht the
advice of counsel in their ol'H'"iutS'
'',,I ,r,.,,.l Auen Cauerton BraNtou, Il
leading lawyer of this city.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. liraXtoh M'"'
down 20 See JUds. McIdus".'I' al ll"'
r..nbure. taking with him a petition
,.t,,.- 18th his clients alleged Irlcv-
oucos Tpou learning that the chlId
e,urht would arrive here ia the wee
.-ua' hours" Of the morning, he jumped
i'm a buggy, with his preliminary papers
signed by the Circuit Judge ana mace d
midnight Journey from Harri-ohDuIb ~
stanton. that the stanton SnerlI'
might be ar 49,, "'', S.ott GRAY.
the little i"d' C"''''''i'
MRS. GRAY STORY.
The petition of Mrs. Gray, fled inns
,,,-,,,ir', in the Clerks office, tells lht
,...,, cha says that she is y years DID,
th.t her husband. William Gray. Is
,i,n. 1i1or and that che has lived until
. ,'a.t f.,y weeks at her home. in san
~ county. cal: that. as the result oil
| n.. marriage. she has one chil4-a %!
l,l'.,-.,,r. ccott GRAY. aged between and
=. ,i,, eh. owns an estate worth forty
nv tftv thousand dollars. Inherited Iio"
| brr father; means sufficient 10 suppoI,
--1 rroytde for herself. husband diu
cn,3 whereas her husband is man OF
no means.
WHOLLY UNTIL
. MT the husband is wholly
-, e. various alleged reasons, to pro
u""'' 4O' 49,. chu1 and that his bes'
, n'ae i1l Waterfall moral. and spritua!
I'm s,ffcr n left with him. she dcciaIe C.
| h.rs4lf a Christian woman, win 'le l'
! r,,,ities of humanity, hut AYERS her III
49,. "a suitably rear her son, ana co"
/ '',,I.e ,hc pctition. which is a closely
.,'..,.,,ri,ten paper Of five pages. by pray
W., ~ ,hsf the child he given over into hei
i''5 ' ani cnstody. free from other later
S 49, '.''
i'' en- ,r,,,, cum KIDNAPPED.
lir' 49, 49, cbnd was clan
she alleges that the Cn'' H.r home il
d1stlnely AN, ,nsi Nv some strateg,
Ct''1 r, mo, 81 mat state were eluded b,
ti'e 9"t.,1snt when the child was seize
the u'iV' n'',toritirs at Fresno, Cal, an
- u" III fnrthcr that she has begun
sets io'1h iui '''t bo,oo proceedings. for
ia n'i go, she husband.
"i NJ 1ii,..inia Court grants the pre-
,.-.i,,.,.,, Injunction, and the matter o
mn e,sl custody and control OF IN
cbild is set for hearing here before Ju"s