Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-07-19
KIDNAPPED BY THE LATTER

from Sheriff Dyer directing him th
arrest Frank Pine OF keswick, Iowa,
who would be passenger ON No. 7,
eastbound. The message further
stated that the charge was kidnap-
ing the late j. G. Brady's two children,
Arva, a girl aged !, and Elmer, boy
aged 8, who would be found with Pine,
and later it was learned that the war;
rant in the shcrill's possession had
been sworn to by Father Purcell OF
Rathdrum. The marshal followed
the instructions and when No. came
in he had no trouble in locating Pine
and the children whom he took into
custody. This news quickly spread
over town, causing no little excite
ment.
A Republican reporter sought an in4
teryiew with Mr.. Pine and learned
his side of the story, although it was
clearly evident he did not care to say
much ON the subject. He appeared To
take his arrest very cody, yet eX1
pressed surprise that 1t should have
been made, because he had done moth
ing except what he thought he had a
perfect right to do. He stated that
he WAS the children'S uncle and had
started from Spokane that morning,
onroute to his home at Keswick,
Iowa. That he had been absent from
his home since the evening of July s,
when he received Il message stating
that his brother-in-law had been shot
and dangerously wounded, and that
he was now anxious to get back to
look after his business interests. He
had come west to the bedside Of his
wounded relative at the latter'S re-
quest TO perform Il duty imposed
by Mrs. Brady, who was his sister. be-
fore she died two years ago. This
duty was to take charge OF the chill
dren, a request made by Mrs. Brady of
her husband in case anything hap
pened to him. Mr.. Pine further
stated that the message received by
him from Mr.. Brady on the night he
was wounded, recited the above facts.
That was all he cared to say for publ
cation.
Sherilf-Dyer arrived here on No. 81
Wednesday evening and took Mr..
Pine and the Brady children back to
Rathdrum, where they still remain.
According to Father Purcells story,
published in Thursday mornings
Spokesman-Review, it may be sur
missed that the trouble over the child
rem arose because of religious differ
ences. The children's father haG
been brought up in the Catholic faith;
but later in life appeared to have paid
little attention to that religion, al
though Father Purcell says, 'at his
death he was fortified with the rites
of the Catholic church." Mrs. Brady
was brought up i'll the Methodist
faith. and 1t appears to have been her
wish that the children be raised in
that faith rather than the Catholic,
to which the husband had agreed
When near Deaths door Mr.. Brady
appears to have changed his views.
and asked Father Purcell to baptize
the children, which was done. Their
uncle, Frank Pine, protested against
the baptism, reminding the dying
man Of the promise given his sister
before she died, but finally yielded.
Then began the struggle between
Father Purcell and the uncle for pos
session of the children. the final re-
suit of which is not yet known.
Father Purcell has already attempted
TO secure the children through a writ
Of habeas corpus, and which was
denied by Judge Mayhem on the
ground that he had not yet qualified
as guardian, as provided in the dead
mans WILL
\ hotly contested legal battle may
be looked for, because Father Purcell
and Frank Pine are both very deter
mined in the matter. If the former
secures the children they will be-
brought up in Catholic orphanage
seventeen hundred miles away from
any relative. II their uncle secures