The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-30
WADE CASE OUT OF COURT.
WRIT OF HABEAs CORPUS DISMISS
ED AT THE WIF'E's REQUEST.

Path tic Scenes between the Mother
and the Children Whose Custody
She Sought to Obtain, Re-enacted
in the Court HOOm-SpectatOrs Had
ThrOnged to Hear the Expected
SaIaciOus Evidence-Judge Twiggs
Surprised Everybody by Asking
That the Case BE Discontinued.
the Letter of Discord Supposed
Reason for Change of Base.
The hearing Of the writ of habeas cor
pus by Mrs. Pauline Wade for the pos
session of her children, alleged TO be lille
eally detained by their grandparents Mr..
and Mrs. Robert J. Wade, came to an
abrupt conclusion yesterday morning,
when Judge Twiggs, counsel for the COM
plainant, announced that he would con-
sent OF a discontinuance.
The printed reports of the proceedings
Of Wednesday and of the sensational tes-
tlmony that had been offered in evidence,
had sutticed to pack the court room with
dense throng of spectators, who gazed,
wide-eyed. at the actors in the tragic
drama of domestic infelicity, and waited
With breathless interest and attention for
! the introduction of evidence to begin. e.
Anthony of Atlanta, who by the joint
efforts and testimony of the parents OF
| the children, albeit the testimony of the
, wife, was given unwittingly, has been
connected with the case, and with the
authorship of the letter that caused the
separation, was expected in court.
The scenes of the day before, when the
mother met her children and was permit
ted to greet and caress Them were re-en-
acted when court convened. The chill
dren climbed upon the woman's lap and
| lisped their childish prattle in her ears.
/ Their little hands stroked the face that
| seemed to be convulsed with grief and
anguish, and with tender, childish sympa-
my, they sought to dry the tears, whose
cause they could not fathom.
| The spectators took in all of this with
the greedy avidity with which courtroom
| spectators are prone to witness scenes of
this character and not tender expression,
or a smile from one of the children or a
tear or a sob from the mother escaped
! their Vigilant attention. II but whetted
their appetite for more of sensation They
were doomed, all of them, to disappoint-
ment.
When Clerk Carr had finished the read
! ing OF the minutes, Judge Falligant di-
rected that the attorney proceed with the
case. 1t was then that Judge Twiggs made
| the motion for a discontinuance of he
hearing and the dismissal of the writ of
! ha IDEAS corpus
Judge Twiggs said he had decided to
take this course because of his inability to
produce in court the witness to whom the
respondents had imputed the authorship
/ of the letter that had been introduced in
! evidence. The counsel said that Anthony
had been telegraphed but that when the
message reached Atlanta he was out of
the city and did not receive it until too late
to catch the train for Savannah.
However, said Judge Twiggs he had had
a telephone conversation with the absent
witness before court convened and in this
! converse ton Anthony had Indignantly re-
pudiated both the authorship of the letter
and the undue intimacy with Mrs. Wade
that had been charged against him. He
was ready to testify to this effect when
ever he was placed on the stand.
Because of the absence of Anthony and
of other witnesses whom he desired to in
troduce TO testify to the good character of
his client and TO repeal the false and in
furious aspersions that had been brought
against her, Judge Twiggs said he did not
feel that in justice he could continue with
| the hearing.
He had advised his client to institute
| proceedings for divorce and for temporary
| and permanent alimony and the libel
would be filed Immediately. In this ac-
ton the character of his client could be ana
would be fully and completely cleared of
| every injurious imputation. In this ac-
ton, too, the custody of the children might
be decided.
without the witnesses who are not
able to be present" concluded Judge
! TwiggS, Il cannot safely continue this
hearing and do justice to my client.
feel that it is my high duty. not only as
! counsel in this case, but as man and gen.
tleman, to repel the vile insinuations that
! have been brought against the character
of this lady and to reinstate her, in inno-
/ cence and purity, in the good opinion of
the world, When the divorce suit is tried
! this will be done. In the meantime
| ask your honor to grant a discontinue
ance.
The order directing the discontinuance
was granted and signed without more
| ado. 1t provided for the dismissal of the
writ of habeas corpus and directed that
the children should be remanded to the
| custody of their grandparents whence
the writ sought to remove them.
In making his statement to the court
/ Judge Twiggs did not ask for further
postponement of the hearing. until to-day
for instance, but merely that the writ
! should be dismissed. 1t is probable that
the introduction of the letter in evidence
was the occasion of Judge Twiggs sud
| den change of base, as without the
| promised testimony from Anthony, il was
well calculated to produce a most dam
| aging impression against his client. AL
| though the genuineness of the letter was
| attacked, it bore every outward mark of
/ authenticity and there was no evidence
to show that it was not exactly what it
purported to be in every respect
| While the order was being prepared the
children remained with their mother and
the heartrendng scene, witnessed several
times before during the trial. was repeat
ed again. When the mother at last tore
herself away from them and left they left
the room in company with their father
and their grandparents, she was in tears
and sobbing bitterly.
Murder will out" Impurities in the
blood will also be sure to show themselves
unless expelled by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
-ad.