The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-29

Papa TAYLOR will not get Baby--It will
be Either Mas or Grandma's--Mrs- 1ay-
Ior Introduces Some very Reliable Wit
nesses who Testify 10 Her Good Char
acter--Her Lady Friends are Emphatic
aiCaIyert Makes a Most Startling Con-
fession.
The baby case was the chief attrac-
ton in the district court yesterday and
il is not vet decided who will get baby
Taylor.
When the evidence was all in yes
terday Judge Reed said he would with
hold his decision for the present and
ordered the sheriff to keep Baby Tay-
lor until his decision was rendered.
Judge Reed minated that he want
ed to consider whether the baby would
he better left with its mother or grand
mother but he said his mind WAS made
up not to give it to its father.
The court was occupied with this
case all the forenoon. Mr.. Taylor sat
on one side Of the table by the side
OF his attorney Thornton w. Sargent,
and Mrs. Taylor sat back of her attOr-
ney John Adams, on the opposite side
Of the table.
Mr.. Taylor had the four-year old
baby most of the time on his lap lie
would allow it to play with his watch
anG there was an apparent effort to
convey the impression that Baby FAY
lor thought more OF its father than Of
its mother
Mrs. Taylor never fincbed during the
time that the evidence seemed TO be
going against her but when John Ad-
WeAs hon
Taylor had gone away before the baby
was born and how Mrs. Taylor had
toiled for four long years TO support
herself and babe, Taylor having never
contributed but ten dollars 10 the sup
port Of his wife and babe in all these
four years Mrs. Taylor cried bitterly.
Mrs. Gay the mother Of Mrs. Taylor
insisted that her daughter was not fit
to raise baby and Bill Gay the brother
OF Mrs. Taylor, told how his sister
and young man had remained nearly
all night in room together, but be-
fore he left the stand John Adams
got the young man not and he admit
ted that he had locked the young man
and his sister in the room and they
could not get out until they promised
to let him alone.
Mrs. Taylor made a vigorous defense
OF her reputation and she had some
good respectable witnesses who were
very positive in their declarations on
the witness stand that Mrs. Taylor's
conduct in their presence had ALWAYS
been that Of a Christian lady.
Among the witnesses introduced by
Mrs Taylor, We're Mr.. and Mrs. Al
turner, Mr.. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick. and
MIS-. McCabe. Each Of whom testified
that Mrs. Taylor had worked for them
babe N'i'
They all told the one story. that Mrs
1aylor was hard working Christian
woman The women were very ON
phauc IN their statements that they
ndd never seen anything in her con
dlct unbecoming a lady
me story of the chioroform simmer
Eu dowu was that some women wer,
gong from church and some of tba,n
JnIeW down q chlorofOrm bottle and
I'm gay SAID his sister, Mrs. TAYLOR
was IN the crowd.
mere mao been evidence introduced
u snow that Mrs. Taylor and Al Cal
vert We're 100 much in each others
Company one young man told Of see
lhS them ia a room on South FoUrtb
avenue, but John Adams partly suc-
Ceeded IN weakening his testimony by
commanding him to tell what place
ne hiinself visited on Fourth avenue
ana by getting him 10 admit that he
mad once been arresteTd
Mrs Taylor attorney announced Daar
the close: We VIII put that bad man
on the stand, Al Calvert, that has been
represented in such bad light bv
some of these witnesses"
Ihere was q broad smile on tho faces
OF most of the people i'm the court room
Wheh calvert took the witness chai.
lie proved II be an INTELLIGENT and
very modest young man. lie freely
adInltted 10 going 10 church with Mrs
Iaylor and said ne had VISITED hef. sew
erat times week some times.
lie insisted that he never knew. any
tang improper in the conduct of Mr.
iaYior and said he was a church mem
ner himseIf and was friendly with Mrs
laYipr and sympathized with her he
cause she was III trouble
Mir Sargent asked him if he had NOT
"iloWed Mrs. Taylor 10 sit on his Ian
on one occasion and younc, Calvert
owned up that such was the case. He
however admitted that he did not al,
low Mrs. Taylor to sit on his Ian ha-
cause she was in trouble. but added
mat the people present knew she ala
not mean any harm
Mt TaylOr's attorneys pressed you,..
calvert 10 the wall on this point AMI
lhaiiy drove him To the startling con.
ieSSloh That he did not have ,-sr,,
much objection 10 a woman sitripa on
his lap, anyway"
ReDUhlipar1S should ,,+ 81,