New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-28
PULLING MATCH FOR A CHILD.
AN EXCITING SCENE IN JUSTICE GAY
NOR's COURTROOM.
CAME OHM CARRIED OFF BY HER
UNCLE AFTER A DECISION AGAINST THE
,ro,,.x WHO HAD ADOPTED HER

Uncle AFTER A DECISION A'hi''i
WOMAN WHO HAD ADOPTED HER
vben /. becomes necessary for a justice to trans
for the care OF a child children there Is "suay
a lively scene in the courtroom sometimes !. %
notbetic and sometimes it is ludcrous. scene
aa orac.ed Yesterday in the Special Term chamber
- ,ba sunrene Court before Justice Gaynor' anu
tho ,udicrous element seemed 10 have the more
prominence , $3.50 r,o,,e, Mo-
The people particularly involved were Dahlei Nc
Kinney a phlegmatic but determined yo"i's ma.
Nrs Julie Rinteln an up-to-date young woman
~, ,,or,, St,nson an elderly woman with volubie
tongue and fve-year -od Sadie Quinn the unlor'u-
nate cause of all the trouble lncideh'ais'
g. Name lawyers, a half-doZen court ohioei,' ~
tice Gaynor and large crowd OF visltors 'ooN POI
in the affair The girl Sadie mas pee" III -,
custody of the two women since ner parents o'eu
- 300 and IN 1so5 Mrs Stinson legally adopted her
PANEL Mckinney who is the childs uncle sued OUT
a writ of habeas corpus TO get possession Vi me-
claiming that he had not been lnforneu ""e" INV
girl was adopted that he had not given MS con-
sent that the other relatives OF the GNU nov
consented that she be placed in his CUSTODY anu
- ,trs Rinten was not a fit person to nave the
care of the little one. On the argument JUG
ment of absolute divorce. which Ahthoh! iN'ii.
ohtained from Mrs Rinten the ground OF ner
relations with other men, was suDmltteu' anu II
was said that her life was not proper one
In onnositior to the application. afhdavits were
s,,h,otted IN which it was stated that the girl had
heen with Mrs Stinson at her home. NO 81" Coolest
for \ number of years and had become attached 10
bor adonted mother. It would be cruel to take her
AWAY The allegation that Mrs. Rintelh was hO'
moral woman denied
All the parties came into the Supreme Court yes
terday soon after Justice Gaynor went on the pe"o"
and they were brought up before HIM i VIII give
the child TO the uncle" said the Judge. in his mueS'
tones The phlegmatic young man maze oi'e io'
the little girl and caught her around the legs "e
blond haired young woman also made dive Tor her
md caught her around the neck. Both began to pun
and the child who was scared and probably httie
hurt began 10 shrek The blond young woman
seemed to lose her sef-contro and shreked too CRY!
ing that the child did want TO 60 The noise was
ociting louder every minute and, as no one seeHleu
70 do ANYTHING Judge Gaynor got angry, ana tuIh-
ing TO Mr.. Hughes who had appeared iof me u
and who standing on the outer edse oi te he
Vas somewhere else asked him why in the name OF
GOODNESS he did not take his client and the chiid ou,
OF the room; Mr. Hughes ana MI nao ~, r The
little girl who screaming loudly away rom 1s
clutches OF the two women WIN Sade w ms d, ,n
Mckinney sprnted for the door ana uld , no S,bp
until he had disappeared in the street Then the
blond young woman came az near 10 ny steIiOs az e..
safely could without actually having ths am , n
how cruel were the DEGREES OF the Court: MIS- sun
son managed interest the loungers Tor ABOUT yen
minutes and then they wandered OH IN search o'
on the back Of the papers Justice Gaynor indorsed
the following memorandum: 'Counsel TOT Wy ue.
PENDANT requested that the Court take no evidence
mon the issue raised by the traverse and that ne de
eide upon the papers This was demurrer 20 une
facts stated The woman TO whom the chiid b was
i,s custody She still actually has Its custody, hat
OF the mother being colorado only ana the adoPtio
daughter 70 hold the child through her The child is
given 10 the petitioner