Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-01-04

MEET YOU, | ASSURE YOU"
mans tears, and to Naylor il Wac hk'
a voice from the grave. He wa
stunned at the intelligence Of his wife,
Imprisonment, and more so on accrEtn
OF receiving the sad information from
the woman herself Witt trembling
hands he read the missiYe, and as h
pictured his wife, the mother of hi.
children, behind the gray walls o,
Canon City prison, tears sprang 10 his
eyes and his strong frame shook with
emotion.
The news was so oyerpowering 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 wife's hand
writing, and although he would 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 advice 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 a re-
ply that what the woman had written
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
| saiu, 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 We're adopted re-
! fused TO divulge the names Of their
| foster parents. ! 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 il he could
prove himself of good moral charac-
ter and able to provide for them.
Attorney Young has written to II.
w. Cowau, 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 90 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 ril1ie Williams For two
Tor three years prior to leaving her hus-
band she was known to the Chicago
Ipolice as a shopIifter, being a member
of the notorious Weir gang Before
her marriage Naylor says he believes
she was an honest woman, and it was
mot 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 a Woodworking. in
ldustrious man When he learned that
This wife was a shoplifter and associ-
lated 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 a better life
But the old fascination TO steal arti-
/ cles in the big department stores soon
returned and Naylor was finally com
PEELED 70 let her 20 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 10 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 earned. her sen
tence is about four months Chicago
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