The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-06
HABEAS CORPUS
PROCEEDINGS
FOR A BABY
Judge Wilson Issues Writ and
Sets Trial.
GOLDlE FERN LINDEN
Is Baby Girl of Former Fame
in Wichita.
WAS KIDNAPPED ONCE
Father Gives History of Her
Unusual Active Life.

n. A. Linton Of Eureka, Kansas, yester
day afternoon applied for a writ OF Ia
beas corpus TO get possession Of his little
baby girl and the writ was issued by
Probate Judge Wilson Of sedgwick coun-
". The complaint, which was made
through Attorney Helm, alleged that the
mother. who has been divorced from Mr.
Linton. was not in position to give
the baby the proper care and had been
found to have neglected it. Deputy Sher-
If Doug. simmons. with the father. went
to the house where the mother is living
in the second block on North Waco ave
nue.. last evening at G O'Clock, and de-
manded the baby Of its mother After
some .parleving and a flood Of tears the
mother consented that the law should
dispose of her baby if she might see
that it was going TO be well taken care
OF. Mr.. Simmons took her along with
him and Mrs. Simmons, who is caring for
the little girl, assured her that she would
be treated as one Of her own When left,
the little tot. who is only four years
old. cried for a little while but undes
the motherly care of Mrs Simmons she
was soon fast asleep, Obvious of the
great events that had already come into
her short life.
This baby is the same one that on June
the Eagle had an account Of running
away from the Keystone hotel, clear
over onto East Douglas avenue. and ere
sting quite a stir along the way by its
pretuness and bright ways. The fact
that it crossed a dozen railroad tracks
by itself without getting killed o. even
hurt was wonderful. 1t was through
this article that lIr Linton learned Of
his b8bys whereabouts and its alleged
neglect. The babys life has been very
unusual in that she has been kidnapped
once and this is the third habeas corpus
corpus proceedings that has been brought
Tor the possession Of her little body. The
trial Of the case has been set for Monday
morning at o'clock and there is no doubt
that the father VIII be given possession
OF her and, as he states. win start bac-
home with her on the first train.
Mr. Linton told of the case TO a re
porter for the Eagle last night as fol
lows:
we were living at Eureka when Pearl,
her mother. left me temporarily. She
came back and I gave her another trial.
Al lola. where we moved from Eureka,
worked in tie smelters just as a manual
Iaborer. 1t was fifteen months after this
that Goldie Fern was born TO us. y year
ago her mother again left me and whel.
Rhe came back this time / told her that I
the only thing left for us to do was t.
separate. She agreed with me all right !
but announced that she was going to
take Goldie Fern with her No you're /
not. said l. but she insisted hen 1 /
told her we would so into court and ] I
would prove that she was not the proper T
person 10 have the baby At this sh,
consented to lot me take the baby. /
did, and went 10 my folks ia Missouri /
Here I lived for quite q time fin peace /
when 1 received a letter from her mother I
asking me To- bring Goldie Fern to Fort
Scott. Kansas. So that she might wish T.
with her a little while / wrote back
that l would bring her there on a certain,
day, for / Thought it only little Trims
that ] could do 70 let her mother have
this privilege. no matter how she hao
acted before. Accordingly. went IL.
Fort Scott and we spent the greater part
Of the day in the depot
My wi1e train to Eureka left earlier
IN the afternoon than mine did. Whel.
Il drew Up mt the station she insisted
that we set on the train with her. In
side the train she took Goldie Fern on
her lap and kissed and hugged her tni
The train commenced pulling out ana
told her that she must kiss Fern good
bye, FOR we must get oH. Then She tola
me what her little game had been in
gettins mo 90 bring the baby to Fort
Scott She said right there that she in-
tended to take it To Eureka with her.
Wen. knew that II attempted 70 take
he child away from her bv force that
The conductor would NOT understand and
that I would Doe thrown off the train and
probably mobbed. So 1 told ns- wife tina,
would So on to Eureka with her ana
nat when We got there ! would set Col
iie Fern back asain If I had 10 so 70 lav
about IT,
50 when we got To Eureka went n
zee my lawyer and he told me that m,
Wife had kidnapped Goldie Fern while
----------------------- ---------.---------