The daily sentinel., 1901-11-06
THE McGLYNN CHILDREN.
Aspen in a Ferment Of Excite.
ment. Reverend Rudolph
Writes the Sentinel.

Writes the Sentinel.
The rumpus raised over the taking OF
the McGlynn children has risen to fever
heat in Aspen. The newspapers, pull.
piteers and general public are quite
aroused over the matter.
Rev. Rudolph believes something may
have been stated in our paper which was
slightly misleading and sends US the fol-
lowing letter showing his position:
Editor Daily Sentinel,
Grand Junction, Colo.
Dear Sir.-The Aspen Times OF today
brings The Grand Junction Sentinel into
the discussion of the McGlynn children
as though it reflected upon the Chill
dren's Home Society Of Colorado or it's
superintendent. Az did NOS see your
paper. l do not know whether this i'm
plication 10 true or not. Having met
Mr.. Bunting, am convinced that The
Sentinel is disposed to do justice to all
parties.
The situation is briefly this: On Oc-
tober 10th l was requested to come to
Aepen and receive the McGlynn chill
dsen, the letter stating that McGlynn
would relinquish the children to our So
ciety providing that Vivian was removed
from one family in Aspen and Edna
from another where they we're temporar-
lily staying, no efforts having been made
to adopt them.
came to Aspen on October oath
when McGlynn signed the release to our
society. Before he did so asked him
if he still desired the two older girls re-
moved from Aspen. He said that be
did, and promised him that this should
be done. He was sober when this was
done, and when his acknowledgement
was taken before a notary.
The DeMariss family objected to CIV
ing up the oldest girl, and repeated ef
forts have been made to induce the IA
ther to change his action. Tho simple
truth is that he has changed bis mind
several times while have not changed
mine at all, but still held to the arrange
ment to remove the two children from
Aspen.
On Thursday, McGlynu relinquished
the children to us; Saturday, at the in
stigatlon of others, he began suit to an
null the relinquishment; Monday he had
the suit against US dismissed; that even
ing he took dinner with me and the chill
dren, and on that same night he signed
quit. claim deed giving the children to
other parties. Yesterday he told Mrs.
q. Z. Woodward and Mrs. Barnes that
he supposed that he was signing . paper
to keep me from taking the children out
OF the state and did not intend to sign a
quit.cla deed giving them to other
parties.
l went down TO Grand Junction on
business of the society. Mr.. Allison,
your marshal, will toll you that 1 was
not at any time under legal restraint.
When DeMarias came down with his
quit-claim deed l refused to surrender
tho children and your city attorney ad-
vised the town marshal to have nothing
to do with it, the sheri6 of Aspen not
making any effort to take mo back.
did go to Aspen Of my own free will, and
promised DeMarias to take the children
back, but 1 was met at Glenwood by re-
sponsible parties Of Aspen who informed
me that attempts would be made by q
rough element there to take the children
from me. I obtained release from De.
Marias OF my promise to him to take the
children with me, sent them on with es-
cort to Denver and came on to Aspen.
Last night District Judge John T.
Shumate issued an injunction against
tho parties of the quit-claim deed and
Thomas McGlynn from interference with
the guardianship OF the children by the
Colorado Children's Home Society.
AS l am . stranger to most of your
readers. refer to my old boyhood
friend, Rev. P. A. Rice, and to Hon. Jas.
w. Bucklin, whose chaplain was in the
state senate. Respectfully yours,
W. 8. Rudolph.
Aspen, Colo. November 3rd.