The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-11
GUARDIAN FOR NINA
She Will Not Have to Go to
Alaska With Mrs. Caldwell
SOME SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
Concern ng the Alleged Mother Of the
Ciri-Her several Ventures on
the Sea OF Matrimony.

MIA foie% VIII not be obitge6 20 70 To
Aiaska Win ars. Joannie Caldwell. who
claims 20 De her mother The bearing AZ
THE girls application for a guardian oens.-
PED most of Judge Langiey's time yss-
tsfcay, and late in the afternoon tie court
decided nat the petition ought 70 ne
granted Accordingly he viii MAKE tae
spp0antrnen. some time today
The attorneys for Mas Foley na.a;ry
over tho question as to whether nrs C-agd-
geli Sas really the mother. tried To esfab-
I.sh 70 the Satisfaction OF The court that
the woman Eas not At ana oroper pep
fon 70 have the custody Of tie girl The
examination resulted IN some disclosures
bordering on the sense tional for MrS
Caldwell stated from the stand that Nina
vas the child o. Hoteikeeper Scott the
proprietor Of the Gilman In Portland. in
is day one 81 The best ho;eI@ In tho
Northwest Scott. Il viii be remembered
some eight years ago. committed suicide
by Jumping from n ffsh-st0ry window 10
tire pavement. Ars Caldwell. who was
Irs. Ford al tho time Nina was born
said she married Scott seven months after
tn~ birth OF The child Mrs Caldwell aE-
n7itted that In the settlement OF SCOTS
estate II was discovered that ne had left
another widow besides herself. I, ap-
peared la she had ben married a number
Of times. belngin succession Mrs. Turner.
Mrs. F0.ey. Mrs. Ford Mrs. Scott and
srty ia Portland valued a. about T. 90
from Whieh The income was 80 q month.
bit said her husbands "a loon business Ia
Juneau brought in 30 a day. and she was
quite able 70 care properly for her dauga-
ter. When asked A. 70 tbs title borne By
her husband. The Mayor of whitecaao-
e." Mrs. Caldwell said ske hed conducted
Il roomng house on Sixth street between
u ashingf0n ard Main stre~,s nse Years.
fgo, at which tine she met her present
husband bat she did not even know the
Iccailon OF Wai.echapel or Blackchapel
sha denied that she and Nina had net
Max Endlernan OF juneau THE Diamond
King OF Alaska" and that she had urged
Nina. after Introducing her as my ia ugh
ter" TO become Intimate with him. She
also denied other charges Of improper ard
in,emperate language NJ Mrs Norgan's.
Nlna's story. gathered from the petition
for guardian and from her testimony on
the stand. was subs tautiafEy As follows.
II was born In May. 1870. az Vancouver.
Wash have never known MY father.
and sm unable to state whers no Is. bat
am informed tina, he died many years ago.
] was kept by strangers In Vancouver I'M
ri about foar years ago when | uas
placed in the House Of the Good shepherd
r. Seattle and remained there for three
years For about a year have been suf
porting myself by humble bat honest
work and was lately employed a. the
Cascade laundry on First avenue
About August - a certain individual
known as Mrs. Johnnie. Caldwell appear
sh In Seattle and claimed . be the moth
es OF petitioner However. I 60 not know
whether this woman Is not my mother.
The fact II. DO not know whether she
Is my mother. as asserted. I do not re-
member Of ever see'ug my mother. but
about nine years ago some person n Van
couver on the public street was pointed cut
10 me as my mother. but whether or rot
the person pointed out was the same per-
son now claiming 70 BE my mother I am
unable % say.
This Mrs. Caldwell has not, nor has
any other person claiming 20 be my moth
er. ever done anything toward my rasn-
tsnance or support nor has she paid any
attention 20 me nor done anything FOR
my education or welfare. The said Mrs.
Caldwell = attempting 20 exercise seso-
is'e power ana control over me. and has
told NE she would take me 20 Juneau
have refused 70 leave Seattle ans prefer
% remain here unmolested. Should 4 ee
the truth that Mrs Caldwell is my mother.
SCI ] positively decline IA submit myself
- her care ana custody. for tie rea son
that Mrs Caldwell s. wholly unit "a havA
parental c0nfroi over me. particularly n
tbs: TAa, Mrs. Caldwell has 70 seq
ssAte estate ard - depending sor her SUP
that petitioner has never seen him. but -
Informed that be Is conducting a saloon
a. Janeau. a rough mining town that ha
was resident sor many years A. Seattle.
where be was fhe most notorious black
guard an6 villain. conaorting WITH Iev-i
women living IN the Sums % th's city
All commonly known as Mayor OF Black
chapel named after the locality In this
eitY ;hsn the mos; degraded Caldwell
sna ~ wife have bull, small cottsge
- Juneau ard would be compelled -
I've n hls presence daily. which would
utterly abh0r.
Your petitioner further SAYS thar Mrs
Caldwell while her. hss shown herself %
ee nuaf n have any control aver ne IN
THIS; That she sough, to introduce re
% . vulvar-lookinE man on wharf n
s~sf'le and saii BE- was he 'Diarnons King
81 A,sssa.' snf able n buy ane dresses for
re snf urged n~ - become futi;,ate with
Mn tha' sad Mrs Caldwell hss falsely
sHsn~~d re - tgyinr with Negro. ara Vas
's1srlN charged me with heit.s un ~hsstA
Feti''n1fr vevt,v believes fnat ~s'i Mrs
'asfHf4 lH'enss % Ahtpct re sor ev.i
r.F10~~s. ans not With the intention %
s.'i,a''rE ant caFins fer petitioner az q
fno-Aer shonfa"
There S2s Quite an army az witnesses.
&c sfoa +he ps ncinals 81 testify a. 20
"a f~et's character. ore % the witnesses
s9n. - far IS % say thai CalHxcff was
S~sAs'aF1rH ~ associate "slih ire lowest
si17s = = l's creation For Nina Foley
iaefs Hfrr E r. Cam. James II Voei-
George Case. : l. Crawford. ; l.
st p f. M.t3eRan. n, \ iarlmer.
3 'f~-7a = = Morgan. Mrs.. Morgan.
a'fs i kanear ans Ms Amos
s@NN Ms Ntn~rar eor~annrsfrA Ms
N-Esn in savtHg shat Ms CA.5~ea A#8
$50 Ma 0as a. tteg imsts caa.d, ant