The San Francisco call., 1897-02-02
THE SHARON BABY
{. WON HER CASE
Judge Cook Gave the Late
Senator's Grandniece to
Her Mother.
Strange Plan of a Divorced
Couple for Probation Before
-....~ Remarriage.
Mrs. Weyle Threatened Suicide and
Child-Murder If Her Infant Were
'': Taken From Her.

Mrs. Leah Weyle wept and her baby-girl
Louisa sobbed as if her heart would break
in. Judge Carroll Cooks court yesterday
morning. The mother aud daughter were
inconsolable because they had been torn
asunder by the strong arm of the law.
-''They took my little one by force and
would not let me see her until 1 came into
court this morning." said Mrs. Weyle.
'The child was dragged from my arms by
Frank Sharon, brother of my former hus-
band, and was given to the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children without
my consent
Last Wednesday 1 left my child, who is
81 years old, at home with my present
husband, Ernest Weyie; and as was get
ting home man spoke to me and said he
was Mr.. Holbrook, an officer. He showed
ne a. star, and said he wanted to talk
to me about my baby. He compelled
me to go with him to the Donohoe build
ing, where met other men, among them
being Frank Sharon, my former husbands 8
brother. They advised me to give up my
child, because, they said, l was an i'm
proper person 10 raise her, and refused.
Then they took her from my arms by main
force.
':You see, she wants to com eback to me,
Judge. You see that for yourself"
Never mind that for the present." said
the Judge, though he could scarcely shut
his eyes TO the fact that the child was
stretching out its tiny arms 10 its mother
and smiling at her through its tears. 1t
was held firmly on the lap of its father,
Fred Sharon, a nephew of the late Senator
William Sharon, who built the Palace
Hotel and the Children's Pavilion in
Golden Gate Park. The child evidently
held no aversion to its father, get it mani
ted m RI -an IN
mother, and In pretty way played at
peekaboo with her around the corner of
Attorney Tauzsky's armchair.
Mrs. Wevle testified that she is living
with her husband whom she married in
Jackson, Amador County, about three
months ago. She admitted that she had
moved several times since coming TO this
City, bat said that was because her hus-
band wanted her to do so. She denied
that she had done anything wrong.
Fred Sharon, an engin eer in the San
Francisco Fire Department, testified that
he and his form mer wife were divorced in
Nevada and he came to San Francisco.
where he obtained position as engineer
in the Fire Department. After about two
years he wrote to his wife to come TO San
Francisco and he would marry her again.
he met her in Sacramento and suggested
to her that he would like to have some
assurance that she was going TO do right.
1t was very expensive, this marrying and
getting divorced, so his plan was for
them 10 live together for year. and IT,
the end OF that term of probation both
were satisfied it would be time enough to
have another ceremony performed. She
consented and he furnished a home in
which they lived with the little child
Louisa for i've months.
a misunderstanding arose and they
again separated. She went to Jackson in
this State where she married Weyle.
After her return to this City several