The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-07-27
clan of considerable note having sung
for the late Queen of England. She
will also enter upon religious work
among her people in South Africa

clan of considerable note, having sung
for the late Queen Of England. She
will also enter upon religious work
among her people in South Africa
8 To the air. of the "Rogue's March, y
played by the drum corps under Mu-
stefan Duvall, Private Robert McKen-
ny, Of Company G, First Separate Bat
talon, was drummed out of camp at
Lesburg. It was an interesting sight
About $3.50 o'clock the prisoner was
brought from the guardhouse, minus
his uniform and attired in straw hat,
pink, shirt, and overalls. Maj. r. D.
Simms, the field officer of the day, di-
rected the ceremony Three men, I'M
der a corporal, were assigned to the
duty of escorting McKenny to the rail
road, where he was placed aboard a
train. His ticket, to Washington, was
given the conductor r. ~
McKenny was convicted by a court
martial appointed by Maj Arthur
Brooks, of improper conduct in Lees
burg. Thursday night while McKenny
was in Leesburg he entered a private
house occupied by a respectable Afro
American family, and made himself
obnoxious to one of the women. Maj.
Brooks, upon hearing of the matter,
sifted it to the bottom. The investiga-
ton lasted a day and a half. z: 81
Justice Bradley Monday signed an
order committing Joseph A. Greenfield,
then ten-year-old boy who has been for
years the source of contention between
his grandmother, Catherine Russell,
and his foster parents, John and Mag
gle Bell, to the custody Of the grand
parent. The hearing of the case
proved an interesting one in that the
grandmother has been endeavoring for
seven years to secure possession of the
child from the Bell family, into whose
custody he was delivered at the age of
six weeks, when he was abandoned by
his mother. The case was continued
today from Saturday, when it was be-
gun before the court on a writ of ha-
beas corpus secured by the grand
mother. Several witnesses were exam
ined by the court today and after the
arguments by the attorneys, Judge
Bradley rendered his decision. He
said that the right of the mother to the
custody Of the child could not be de-
MED, and that inasmuch as she had
given the grandmother written author
ity to secure the boy at the Bell house
hold-a fact brought forth in court Sat
urday-there was no ground upon
which the child could be withheld. The
court stated that Notwithstanding the
child's affections it's custody should be
given to the grandmother. An order
to that effect was then signed. !, f
The decision was heart breakine
blow to the boy. For half an hour
afterWard he stood about the corridors
Of the City Hall weeping and moaning
clasping the hands Of his foster par
ents and crying that he didn't wish tt
leave them. Bell and his wife were
equally affected. When his grand.
! mother approached him to take him
away Joseph screamed aloud and beg
Iged not to be led off. He was taken tC
| the court house steps, where he Shrek.
ed and begged to be allowed to remain
with Mrs. Bell. His cries attracted q
crowd, and it was not without some
difficulty that the boy was finally re-
moved with his grandmother. She viii
take him to Derby, Conn.,, where she
| is employed and where she owns con.
siderable property destined for the lac
upon her death.