Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-03-10
FIGHT FOR A CHILD.
,raAL nATTLE OVER 4 SIN
NEAR-oLD Hol.
rgg lUyTS REFUSE TO GIVE HIM UP,
-... rather seeks 60 Compel Them To
a.. So-Onc Court Has Refused TO
,-ort his Rcaucst-rhc Case
,rEucd.

reu Gght, involving the possession
90 child. was concluded In the Supreme
.., Yesterday and the case is now
.. Oh. hands Of the judges.
Tr. child IN dispute is little Glassen
s.r.r.ue Strngfcilow. the 6-ycar-old
..- of Nr. George +. Stringferow. Of Gull
- county Glasselrs mother died
,.-.s D. 1882, about ten days after his
..-,r a few hours before her death Mr.
,..r.leIow and his wife discussed what
,.. 90 Doe done with the little baby boy
.rs Mrs. stringfellow expressed a desire
.E.,a him reared by her sisters, Misses
..--.s G. and Kate Somervnle. who re-
,s.I several miles distant. at their couu-
.-y home "Somervilla."
MOTHER WILLED HIM AWAY.
r.-. before the will was drawn. Mr..
s.--es,uow asked his dying wife if she
...I Co deprive him Of their boy. but
.r aas firm and said she would not
..- her will unless II contained a pro-
,..u chat her sisters were TO rear the
..f Thcreupon Mr.. Stringfellow with
s-.v and prepared the WILL the first pro-
,..n af which was that Glassell should
reared by his aunts.
,... appointed her husband guardian
FL. .He child. and bequeathed TO Glassen
Ill her property, with the exception Of
.H... 81 pl which went TO some charita-
Die object
Tr ladies' took the child to their home
ODD. rlle kept him there ever since IL
= I'D, rT.rH.
. merchant Of Culpeper, to drive out
-arIy every Saturday, and remain with
lis child until sunday aftel-oon or Mon
a.. morning.
THE AUNTs SUPPORTED HIM.
Tie very best Of relations were main
-..aG between him and his dead wife's
sisters. The latter. however, bore all the
expense Of supporting the child, though
g-. Str.ngfellow repeatedly asked 10 be
allowed TO aid in doing so.
Finally. about two years ago. Mr..
Sr.rgienOw and the Misses Somerviile
became estranged, and he demanded the
child. This was refused. and they per
..adad him 10 allow the boy 10 remain
with them until the spring Of 1897. Mr..
>r.n-felOw demanded the child when
that time arrived, and on the 10th of
September, 1887. he sued out a writ Of
a45eas corpus for his son.
4 VICTORY FOR THE AUNTS.
After repeated delays the case was
finally tried I'm the Circuit Court Of Gull
pepper county, by Judge Grimsley, and
decided December 10th. A great many
Witnesses appeared and the case excited
widespread interest. 1t was claimed by
tha aunts that the father had willingly
rsinQuiShed the right TO his child. The
Court sustained them, but gave 10 the
father the right 10 have the child sixty
days every year.
An appeal was taken, and the hearing
began Tuesday and concluded yesterday.
The argument consumed four hours, and
was very able. Messrs. John 5. Barbour
AID a. r. Robertson appeared for the
Misses Somerville, and Major j. ID. Gray
and Mr. Eppa Hunton, Jr., for the father.
Judge Cardwell p, was the only mem
Der of the court not on the bench.
OTHER CASES.
Floods Administrator vs.. Hutter. Rule
10 spread the hearing Of cause.
Wake vs.. Moore. Argued by Willis b.
smith for appellant and T. W. Christian
.Jr appellee, and continued until to-day.
The next cases 10 be called are Harri-
son vs.. Walton's Executor, No 81, ana
Guggenheimer vs.. Rogers No. 50.