Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-01-04

MEET YOU, l ASSURE YOU"
/ mans tears, and to Naylor it was like
voice from the grave. He was
stunned at the intelligence of his wife s
imprisonment, and more so on account
of receiving the sad information from
the woman herself. With trembling
hands he read the missive, and as he
pictured his wife, the mother of his
children, behind the gray walls OF
/ Canon City prison. tears sprang 10 his
eyes and his strong frame shook with
emotion.
The news was so overpowering that
/ Naylor at first could scarcely believe
! it. He read the letter over and over
again to make sure he was not the vic
tim of hoax; it was his wifes hand
writing, and although he would a thou
sand times rather hear of her death
! there was something in the letter that
prompted him to forgive and forget the
past.
Naylor took the letter to attorney
James Young, 456 Milwaukee avenue.
and asked his advi as to how to pro-
coed to recover his kidnapped little
ones, whom the wife had written were
in the State Home for Dependent Chill
dren the last she knew of them. At
torney Young communicated at once
with Chief of Police Farley of Denver,
and few days later he received re-
fl1x hot NH OF he !,
was true. The two elder children,
William and Emma, who were respect
lively seven and five years old when
Mrs. Naylor kidnapped them from the
father had been adopted, Chief Farley
said, by two Denver families.
"The families who have these chill
dren," Farley wrote, ARE aristocratic,
and the superintendent of the institu-
ton from which they were adopted re-
fused to divulge the names of their
foster parents. l understand that the
children are being well educated, and
it has been so many years since they
were adopted that they have forgotten
their real parents"
The two other children Grace and
Harry, who were aged three and two
when the mother was arrested in Den
yer, are still at the institution. Chief
Farley said he knew of no law which
would prevent the father getting pos
session of these children if he could
prove himself of good moral charac-
ter and able to provide for them.
Attorney Young has written to H.
w. Cowan, superintendent of the State
Home for Dependent Children, demand
ing him to divulge the present where
abouts of William and Emma, the
children who were adopted by Denver
families. If Attorney Young receives
an unfavorable reply to his letter he
will probably go to Denver and serve
Superintendent Cowan with writ of
habeas corpus, compelling him to pro-
duce the children in court.
Mrs. Naylor was sent to prison under
the name of Tillie Williams. For two
or three years prior to leaving her hus-
band she was known to the Chicago
police as shoplifter, being a member
of the notorious Weir gang Before
her marriage Naylor says he believes
she was an honest woman, and it was
not until long after she became an ex-
pert thief that her husband knew of
her criminal doings
Naylor, who is a currier, bears the
reputation of being Woodworking. in
dustrious man. When he learned that
his wife was shoplifter and associ- |
ated with the Weir gang he pleaded
with her for the sake of their children
to be better woman. She promised
to shun her former companions and
lead better life
But the old fascination to steal arti- |
cles in the big department stores soon |
returned, and Naylor was finally com
PEELED to let her go her road. He was
getting along nicely when the mother
came to the house and stole the chill
dren.
Three or four members of the Weir
gang had gone to Denver shortly be-
fore Mrs. Naylo- left Chicago, and they
were operating in the big stores there.
Mrs. Naylor Joined the gang. and a |
week after their arrival they were all |
arrested and given ten years each in
the state prison at Canon City.
MAYORS heart was softened towards
his hayward wife and it is probable |
that he will be at the prison gate TO
meet her upon her release. Counting |
good time" she has earpad bo,. So,