The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-27

you" She struggled. and the crib that
stood near the bed with the sleeping baby
in il was touched. and the child awoke
and began TO cry, which alarmed the
rascal, who began to tighten his grip
on her throat and at the same time move
toward the window, though holding on
to his victim, dragging her out OF bed.
Mrs. Mullins who is very plucky, con-
tinued 10 struggle, and In the conflict
the stove and pipe were thrown down and
the room generally thrown into confusion
This awakened Mr.. Mullins, and the
would-be rapist or murderer, threw her
violently against the railing Of the bed
and made a break for the window. which
he escaped by.
Atlanta Journal: The celebrated KEEP
pei case has ended in a very roI6antic man
ner. 1t will be remembered that Henry
Keppel came here from Baltimore several
years ago as the representative of the z.
I. Collier book concern, leaving his wife
in Baltimore, having married her in Buff
falo, n. Y. Keppel brought with him
woman as stenographer, and before a
great while a scandal resulted and the
pair were turned out of one place after
another, until finally the wife,
very attractive young woman, with her
little girl baby, appeared on the scene.
Keppel provided apartments for her, but
they did not live together while in Atlanta
and eventually Mrs. Keppel instituted suit
for divorce with alimOny and the posses
sion of the child. Keppel in the mean
time, went TO Baltimore where the child
was at the home of Mrs. Keppels father
secured the child, little Beulah, and filed
a cross-bin for divorce which made him
plaintiff instead Of defendant In that way
he secured a first decree on account of
some peculiarly in the Maryland law and
having possession of the child refused to
give her up. Finally Mrs. Keppel secured
a decree Of divorce and the upshot of the
affair was that Keppel was left married
man without a wife and the wife bound
under the laws of marriage without hav-
ing a husband. She then brought suit for
possession Of the child, which was granted
by Judge Marshall j. Clark, but on an
appeal to the supreme court the decision
was reversed and Keppel retained posses
sion of the little girl. Friends who sym
pathized with the young mother took her
under their protection while in Atlanta,
but when the decision was reversed, she
left at once for Baltimore. There she
brought suit for divorce and the posses
sion of her child. which was finally grant
ed and then she went to New York and Sc
cured a confirmation of the verdict in that
state Keppel had been changing from
one state to another until in New York
she run him fairly to earthN The court or
dered him to deliver thechid to the mother
but he failed TO do so and was i'm
prisoned for contempt. Then came a long
search for the child by the devoted mother
who finally found her in a town in New
Jersey where Keppel had placed her with
a family. She applied TO the judge of me
court and he hesitated somewhat, being
in doubt as to the mothers ability to es-
tablish the identity of her child or the
child's ability to recognize her mother.
There was dramatic scene when little
Beulah was carried into the court room
where her mother and one or two other
ladies' where sitting. For an instant she
glanced around( and then with a glad cry
ran toward her mother, crying, "Oh,
mamma, mamma, mammal There were
tears in the eyes of the old Judge when he
rendered his decision giving the mother
her child, thus reunting two loving hearts
that had been separated for nearly five
years.