The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-21
UNDER NEW LAW
Mrs. Warren Was Fined S.
and Costs
F0RlNFL UENCINGCHILOREN
To Leave The Wichita Chi
dren's Home.

Mrs. Elizabeth Warren of Butler coun-
t. was found guilty in the city court yes
terday on the charge of persuading chill
Gren 30 leave the Chndren's Home in
this city. Judge Harvey was lenient and
only fined her $ and costs. which all
amounted TO $3.50.
This was case brought by z. L. STRAIT
/ ton district superintendent Of the Kansas
/ ChIldren's Home association, and it was
! the first case tried under the new law
/ enacted by the last legislature. Albert
/ Craig, a lO-year-Old boy, had been COM
/ mitted to his care by the probate court
os this county and he placed him TEN
( porarily in the Children's Home and it
. was while he was there that Mrs. War
ren was accused of persuading him TO
/ leave and come to her home and bring
two other little boys along with him.
James Conley, Jr, prosecuted the case
/ and George Alexander and Adrian Houcl1
( defended Mrs. Warren. They are all
/ young attorneys, but the way in which
/ they managed their sides of the case
I showed that they understand their bus
/ mess. Few of the old hands at the court
would have done any better.
Mrs. Ellen Jackson, matron of the
Children's Home, was the first witness
called. She told about Mrs Warren, the
defendant bringing Albert Craig to the
! home last August and telling her that she
could not manage MIN. She said they
had tried TO have him sent to the reform
school from Butler county, but had failed.
She said after that time the boy was
picked up on the streets by the police
and the probate judge put him in charge
/ OF Mr.. Stratton, who brought him to
the home. On the 18th of October after
the boys had their dinners, they were al
lowed 70 go out TO play and shortly after
no f,d II
said they were found at the home of the
defendant The boys left the home on
Friday and the next Tuesday Mrs. War
rem came there to get their clothes. She
said the home would never get them
back. She told the defendant she could
get Albert Craig's clothes when Mr.
Stratton said so. Mr.. Stratton went and
got Albert and brought him back to
the home
Albert Craig was the next witness call
ed and he proved to be a very bright boy |
and stood the cross fire of the attorneys
like an old-timer on the witness stand. /
Albert said he had left Mrs Warren's !
because she abused him. He said after 1
Mr.. Stratton put him in the Children's /
Home Mrs. Warren came there and per- |
suaded him to run away and bring James |
Duffey with him. He and James Duffey /
and Johnny Davis all left the home on 4
Friday after they had seen Mrs. Warren |
bAt A4lt 4 utSudN DtlDIe. 1neY all came /
down town and stayed around the depots |
for some time and bought some McKin-
ley badges to wear on their coats. They
finally found a man with a wagon going
east and they all rode with him and got
to Warren's at s o'clock at night He
said Mrs. Warren told him If Mr. STRAIT
ton came after him he must run and hide
and he said she told him that Mr.. STRAIT
ton would put him in a dungeon and he
would have to keep pumping water out
Of the dungeon or drown. He said the
first time Mr.. Stratton came after him
he was milking the COW and when he saw
him he ran and crawled under the milk
house, where Mrs Warren had told him
to hide and Mr.. Stratton could not find
him. The second time he came he caught
him. The attorneys tried hard to have
Albert admit that Mr.. or Mrs. Stratton
or Mrs Jackson had told him how TO tes-
tify. They approached him from a great
many different directions, but Albert al
ways came back to the one position that
they had only told him to tell the truth
ana that is what am going to do right
now" he said
The attorneys for the defense tried hard
to get Albert to admit that while the
officers at the home had plenty to eat,
the children were fed on very cheap food
but he insisted on saying they had plen-
ty. He said he did not want to go back
II the Children's Home. but wanted TO
stay in the country and work. He said
Ir. Stratton had placed him with Mr.
Chapman in the country, and they were
coed to him and he wanted to stay
there.
MI. and Mrs. Stratton told about going
after the boy at Mrs .Warrens place
and how he screamed and cried when
Mr. Stratton caught him. They said y
Mrs. Warren ran and screamed and Mr.. 7
Warren showed fight. When they asked :
Albert why he yelled so loud he
said because they told him that dungeon
story and he believed It. When he was !
assured that was all false he became sat 7
SIZED and did not want to leave them Y
until they found him a good home. :
Mrs. Warren went on the witness stand
n her own defense and gave her version
# the affair. She said they had lived in
Butler county for twenty-five years and 4
hey got Albert Craig five years ago I'M
Ter contract They tried to raise him
md make a good boy Of him. but last
summer he got TO lying and stealing (
She said he had no father and she {
bought that was the trouble. but she did !;
lot know that when they took him. She >