Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-16
CALLED into COURT.
Case of the jenkins Orphanage
Children Takes a New
Phase.
HELD UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.

II. q. W, Id soufes Procedure which Re.
taips the jubilee Singer. Pending the
I.vestigation ~ TO BlnslsyS Charges
Agsinst the Charleston Institution To-
days Devs lopm-pts.
A new phase was developed this
morning in the case Of Rev. F. G
Birgley and the Alexander jubilee
children, which were taken from him
and his wife by Chief Fender yester-
day on telegraphic sdvices from Jen-
kins Orphanage at Charleston, S c.,
which Bingley claimed to represent.
Heroid A. Weld secured from Mas.
ter in Chancery Parmsnter a writ OF
habeas corpus, which was served on
Chief OF Police Fender, preventing the
sending OF the children to Jenkins Or
phsnsge, but ordering him to
produce them in the circuit
court Monday morning at 9 O'Clock.
MIR. Weld. in explanation Of his
course, stated 70 an ARGUS lep-
resentative that ne was acting IS
a humanitarian and not as the sttor-
ney for Bingley, who had brought
the MISTER to his attention. M.
Weld said he had called on Mrs. w.
B. Ferguson and had enlisted her
endorsement on behalf of the W. C.
T. U of his plan before putting it
into effect, the idea being to investi-
gate the moral standing Of the Jen-
kins Orphanage before permitting
the children to be returned to it.
This move alters the responsible
ity for tho children's keeping and
insures their retention In Rock Isl.
and until court opens Monday morn
ing.
Last evening Chief of Police Pen6er
received through the Postal Tele-
graph com rany Geographic order
for S27 so with which to pay the fares
of the children back to the jenkins
Orphanage, the money coming from
that institution. But before acting
this morning, Chief Ponder cent
Sergeant Archer to THE ARGUS Office
to confer as to the best means Of act.
ing in accordance with his tele-
graphic Instructions from the or
phanage, as published in last nights
ARGUS. The chiefs idea naiurall y
was that as he had taken the chill
dren at the instance OF the jenkins
Orphanage he should return them to
it as soon as practicable. ard in &C.
cordance with its orders. 1t was ex-
planned to Seargen. Archer at
The ARGUS Office that while there
was but one duty plain for tie chic,
of police to perform at the then
status Of the situation, 1t would be
letter to arrange, if possible, for an
officer to accompany the children on
such long journey. and plans we're
discussed whereby Sergeant Archie
might make the trip. All this, how.
ever, was to depend upon the reply to
Geographic queries which The ARGUS
had made in Charleston prior to Ser.
gesut Archer's call, as to the worth
and responsibility OF jenkins Or
phanage. The action Of Mr.. Weld
took the matter out of tho haud
OF the police. and other inves.
LEGATIONS, which THE ARGUS was on
the point of pushing By wire, were
abandoned.
Deserving and Well Conducted.
In response to the ARGUs' dispatch
q A41~
from Mayor j. Adler Smith, of
Charleston, this afternoon, stating
that the jenkins Orphanage was well
conducted and worthy.
Following this came this telegram
in reply to similar query on tn,
part of The ARGUS:
Charleston, s. c., March 16.-Jen
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