The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-27
WANTS HER CHILD
Mrs. H. D. Heiserman Takes
Her Little Daughter
FROM CHlLDRENS' HOME
Home Brings HabeaS Corpus
Proceedings.

! Yesterday mordning Attorneys Holmes
| and Haymaker brought an action in the
district court for the Children's Home 10
take the child. Kitty DEM. on writ OF
nabeas corpus from Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Heiserman, who had taken the enid
from the home by Officer Tom Voss.
Judge Dale ordered the child held until
This morning when evidence will be Of
ferec in the case. The little girl Is some
seven or eight years old. the child o.
Nj and Mrs. DEM. Some years ago Mr..
and Mrs. DEM separated and the child
was taken 20 the home. Lately Mrs.
DEM was married to H. D. Heiserman
and wants the child. Mr. Heiserman
made this statement to the Eagle last
night:
My wife and her former husband,
Dock Denn were separated some years
ago. and she secured a divorce. She
went 10 work to make her own living.
She engaged a place out al the home OF
9. Wood Davis. Having 70 work about
she gave the child over 70 the home, She
and I were married two months ago. and
having a home now Mrs. Eeiserman
wants her child back. The home people
wouldn't let her have The girl. I dont
know why. AS a last resort we took
Constable Voss and went out there and
got her. They brought habeaus corpus
proceedings. The case will come up TO-
morrow morning. That's all there IS TO
should refuse to LEI Mrs. Heiserman have
the little girl
The directory Of the home issues the
following statement:
Nearly four years ago Mr.. and Mrs.
DEM. the parents of the little girl of six,
indentured their two little children to
the Children's Home, thereby giving UP
all legal control. The child was placed
in good moral home and remained
there until recently. when the mother so
interfered that it was thought best to
return the child to the home for safe
keeping. The mother requested that the
child be given back back to her, and was
told she might have the child provided
three references could be given. These
were not received Yesterday morning
the mother, now Mrs H. Heiserman, and
Mr.. Heiserman and an officer without
any warrant, went out to the home and
kidnapped the child.
''Fhe suit is brought by the directory of
the home TO ascertain who has the legal
control of the child. If the court decides
the home has not the legal control of
children committed to it as this child was
committed, then the work of this insti-
tuition for the past ten years is all H.
legal. and any man or woman so dis
posed may take child to the home and
leave it there to be provided for with
another home, clothed. fed and educated
at somebody's expense, and then when
ever it suits their convenience or plea
sure, the child must forthwith Der e.
turned to the parents who voluntarily
abandoned it for years.
"On the other hand. if the home is the
legal guardian of the children entrusted
to it, there are good grounds for bring
Ing suit for kidnapping. As themethod
OF committing children to orphans homes
is similar in all such institutions. not
only in our state but in other states.
and as tests have been made of its le-
gality in other localities, there is little
doubt as to the outcome of the trial"