The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-10
after ROBINSON.
Mrs. Ludden's Counsel Asks
for Warrant for Jersey
City Detective.
VIOLATED CONNECTICUT Law
Chief Murphy Defends His
Subordinate and Says Pro
ceedings Are All Rot.

| Warrants for the arrest of Walker
Winston, the former husband of Mrs.
Lillian Ludden, and Detective Robinson,
on charge of abduction, were issued by
W. H. Williams, Connecticut State At
| torney, yesterday This statement was
made by former Judge Henry w. Scott,
of New York. counsel for Mrs. Luddsazs
when he returned last night from New
! Haven
Mrs. Ludden is in the county jail in
New Haven under 5000 bonds, awaiting
the result of the application of Governor
Voorhees,, for her extradition. She is un-
der indictment in this State for bigamy
Mr. Scott said that he had induced Mrs
Ludden to go to Connecticut believing
that her former husband would attempt
toi get possession of her daughter Lillian.
This he did, Judge Scott says, an now
he is liable under the following section
of the Connecticut Penal Code for abciuc-
tom
Whenever the parents of a minor
child shall be living apart, either par
ent who shall decoy or forcibly take
such child from the possession of the
other With intent to remove it from
the State, or having so obtained pos
session of said child shall remove it
from the State, shall be fined not
more than $500 or imprisoned not more
than three years.
Connecticut is the only State that has
such law Mr.. Scott says, and after he
| ascertained this fact he had Mrs. Ludden
go there in order to trap her husband.
While the mother and child were at Police
Headquarters in New Haven Saturday
night, after her arrest, Mr. winston and
Detective Robinson of this city, obtained
possession of the child and started for
New York
Mr.. Scott said he applied to State At
torney Williams yesterday and he issued
the warrants. He expects to have them
executed this morning at 10 o'clock, when
Governor Voorhees, in Elizabeth gives
hearing on the question of granting extra
dition papers Mr.. Winston and Robinson
he said, would appear then and be arrest
ed. Mr.. Scott said he would also apply
for warrants in Connecticut for the arrest
of Superintendent Wrinn and Captain H.
D.. Cowles of the New Haven police, for
abetting the alleged abduction.
Dr. Ludden is expected to furnish today
the $1,000 bail necessary for his wife's re-
lease, when she will return to her hus-
bands home in Harlem.
In speaking of the threatened arrests of
all the police that figured in the case and
especially of Patrolman Robinson of
Police Headquarters Chief Murphy >this
morning branded the threat as rot and
pointed out that Robinson in no way is
liable to arrest and deserves nothing but
praise for the excellent manner in which
he worked up the case located Mrs. Lud-
den or Winston, pointed her out to the
New Haven authorities, and then com
pleted proper arrangements for the rest
ing of the case until it could be settled in
the usual manner by the issuance of ex-
tradition paper by Governor voorhees,.
'Patrolman Robinson had nothing what
ever to do with the alleged kidnapping of
the little girl" said Chief Murphy. HE
went to New Haven to cause the arrest
OF Mrs. Winston on a charge of bigamy
for which she was indicted by the Hudson
County Grand Jury. His duties extended
no furtser than the woman, and he is not
in the habit of overstepping the boun-
daries of his plain duty. When he arrived
in New Haven he informed the police Of
that city of his mission and they kindly
lent him all the assistance he desired act
ing as he thought best under the circum-
stances. The woman was at theatre
Saturday afternoon ard her daughter. the
child in question, was at another theatre.
The New Haven police, knowing the
situation and finding the child, thought
1t advisable to take he to the station
house as she was without guardian, the
mother being in carcerated. The little
girl was placed in a room and when. the
father called for it the police did not at
tempt to prevent him taking her away.
He was her father and they thought he
had right to the child MFR. Winston
took the child without any assistance
whatever from Patrolman Robinson.
don't know whether Robinson had any
knowledge of the fathers action in tax
ing the child away. Eveu if he had that
does not in the lest initiate against him
and I cannot see how any action could
be taken against him under the circum-
stances.
Robinson was aware Of the fact that the
courts of New Jersey and of New York
had awarded the custody of the child to
Mr. Winston With this knowledge he
would not feel in the least justified in
tampering or preventing Mr. Winston
acting as the courts of two States had
given him the right to act''
Robinson could not be seen as he is in
Elizabeth at the hearing of the case be-
fore Governor Voorhees,