Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-22
SUES Tor HER CHILD
lIfabeas Corpus Proceedings Are
Brought in . Waterloo Kid
mapping Case.
Davenport Woman Seeks to Re.
cover Child From . Deserts
Ing Husband.
E. B. Ruby's Checkered Career
and Some Of His Is.
capades.
Special to Times Republican.

special to Times Republican.
Waterloo March 22-AIrs Donna C..
Ruby, of Rock Island, Ill, wife of y. b.
Ruby, and Mrs. Matte Burns, of Dav-
export, came to Waterloo Wednesday
and swore out habeas corpus proceed-s
ings against E. B. Ruby, an Illinois
Central brakeman. who has resided in
this city for some time The writ, which.
was granted by Judge Platt, gave the
officers power to take from the father.
the 2 year-old daughter of Ruby and to
care for the child pending investigation
on Tuesday, the Goth. when there will
be hearing at O'clock a. M before
Judge Blair.
The habeas corpus proceedings all
|lege that Ruby is not fit person to
have the custody of the child and all
|lege that he drinks and does not pay
his bills. that the wife left. him because
he threatened both her and her mother
She deserted him while they lived in
Waterloo, her father teegraphing her
a ticket Since that time she has re-
turned here but once and then remained
lsonly few days. Ruby was then work.
ing in a barber shop in. this city.
Shortly after this Ruby visited his
wife In Rock Island and on pretense of
saying goodbye the wife and child were
induced TO accompany him to the depot.
He took the babe to kiss her goodby
as the mother supposed, but instead
jumped on the moving train and
brought the daughter here. He placed
her in the home Of one Miller. on An
keny street. Where he boarded also. 1t
/ is said that little Catherine has had the
best of care here with Mrs Miller and
was contented. The sheriff, on going
to the home yesterday, decided to leave
the child there but ordered Ruby to
| find another boarding place The
mother saw the child Wednesday.
l 1t is said that Ruby has had check
1 cred career. The news of his taking the
child in the manner in which he did
screated considerable newspaper notori-
lety for him q t the time and some Of the
assersions made by the sTri- City pa
pers were not fattering to the brake
man.
/ 1t is claimed that Ruby's real name is
not Ed B. Ruby as he signs 1t, bus Eb-
seneZer Burns Ruby. His matrimonial
seas have teen clouded ere this. He
first procured a divorce from Katy
Heckle Burns, of Buffalo, Scott county
Ia, on the grounds of desertion, there
sl3being no contest. Platntin Ruby con.
A coded to the care of his wife he tw,
Ischildren and the right to support her
|sself and said offspring by taking ii
washing and such other work as sh,
was able to do Later Ruby cast hi.
matrimonial lot with Miss Pearl West
who later brought action and procured
a divorce on the grounds of cruel ant
slsinhuman treatment. There was ev
dence of neglect on the part OF Rub.
land Judge Bremen granted Mrs. Rub,
1.-The second divorce. The case was con
4 tested.
During the time Ruby was married I,
his second wife a case was pending il
& the district court of Scott county en-
4. titled Edwin b. Ruby VS.. Josephine
Keller and husband, thru which Rub.
q claimed to be the illegltimate child o
one Jerome Ruby, deceased, who for
merly lived in Buffalo, Ia. where tn
Il subject OF this sketch was born an,
raised. In this contest he was cuccess
full and his Unbeatable right establishe,
IN the buHaio properly. 6eloTes inc con
test was ended, however, Ruby was di
|vorced from his second wife and mar
Iriedto his third. who was here Wednes
II day to sign the necessary papers con
veying his interest in this real estate.
), For a period of several years Rub,
has worked as fireman on a ferry boat
cook in a restaurant and barberine
), His creditors got the real estate lief
81 him and he was, as ever, in seemin
], hard luck financially. He is making al
: effort to secure a lawyer to fight tn
: habeas corpus proceedings.