The evening times., 1895-11-28
NOT YET FOUND
Mrs. Slack's Lawyers Have Been
Unable to Locate Them.
PERRINES ARE IN CONTEMPT
The Girls Are known TO BE I'm This
City-Brought by. Their Uncle and
Aunt-Legal Proceedings to Be
Heard Here on Tuesday Next-Aunt
and Uncle Wanted in New Jersey.

| The fact that the Slack children, Julies
| Gerard and Catherine Addis. are known to
| be in the city is causing Mrs. Slack's at
torneys, Hanlilton & Colbert TO Ina ke every
effort to find them.
1t is understood that they are trying to
trace the children with the aid of private
detectives, but so far their efforts have
! been futile. Mr.. Colbert was seen this
morning By Times reporter, and in answer
to an inquiry if he had found any trace of
them, replied that he had not He said that
they would be as glad to find them as any
one else.
The New Jersey court awarded the Gus
tody of the children to their mother, Mrs
Nary kemball Slack, but Immediately upon
finding out that the children were to go
into The custody of their mother. the aunt
and uncle of the missing ctiiden Kidnapped
them and brought them TO this city.
II il well known that the Perrines were in
this city on last Monday, bat since thai time
I no trace of them has been discovered by
the agents employed by Mrs Slack's at
torneyS.
PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED HERE
Carlisle 6 johnson, the attorneys for the
Perrine faction, have filed u bill in this
city against the mother ur the children,
fron instit:tirs, Prosecuting, or defending
any legal proceedings affecting the Gus
tody nf the children pending the settlement
of the will case.
The petition was presented tn JCstice
HagEer who directed thai the defendant
show cause nn Tuesday next why the re-
strainng order should not BE- issued.
The trial OF the case in Trenton, n. j.,
yesterday developed a sensation that was
unexpected. 1t was a Eabeas corpus pro-
cceding Instituted by Mrs. Slack, the
mother rf the children, TO recover them
from Col and Mrs. Lewis Perrine
The case came up before Yice-Chanccllcr
Bird for decision. Mrs. Slack was among
the first 10 appear in court. but her sister
in-la " nd Col. Perrinc wcrenui on hand with
The children. The counsel fer the PcrriDes
arose and stated that his clients were out
of the jurisdiction OF Ike court against his
advice. and asked TO be allowed to with
draw from the case.
Vice-ChaBcellor Bird was hi ghly in
cenSed at this action of the Perrincs, and
at once ordered that warrants be issued
for Col. and Mrs. Perrine. II they Go not
return to New jersey within a reasonable
length oftime, ii isuHcerstuod that q feGuisi-
tion viii be issued against tLCEl-
WARRANTS FOR THE PERRINES
By the issuance OF the warrants direct
instead of granting a rule tn show cause
why the accused should not be Idjudged
guilty of attempt uf court, which admits OF
an opportunity tn submit an explanation,
the order shows the anger which Chancellor
Bird felt when the found that the children
had been spirited away.
The order of the chancellor to the sheriff
Is that tire Perrines shall bc kept in the con-
Non Jail until they have purged thein-
selves of the contempt.
Mrs. Perrine is q neice of s. X. Wilson,
the millionaire wooden manufacturer OF
Trenton. and daughter OF Captain Siack of
Wasl.insto n retired naval officer. Co,One
Perrine is n son Of The late quarteunasteI
general of New Jersey. a lawyer. and until
recently president of the Trenton Traction
Company. Both are leaders of Trenton
society, ard are quite prominent in this
city.
Lawyers say that the Perriues will he
u BILE to purge themselves OF tlie contempt
unless they produce the children in court
within n day or two, in which casethcy may
get Off with heavy fine and i short term IN
jail.