The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

the child met him and her brothers
with show Of affection, and seemed
to be willing to go with them. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee had also decided to turn the
child over, but suddenly they refused
to do so on the ground that they were
not sure that child was the daughter
or Capt. TerrebOnne, and because the
child was not willing to leave them.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, at the instigation
of Mrs. Lee, promised to make an in
vestigation. Capt. Terrebonne was
told that he would have to wait pend
Ing this investigation. Agent Raycroft
went to Daisy and acknowledged that
there was a resemblance between Alice
and Capt. Terrebonne. Callato, the
Filipino, was found in Baton Rouge,
but his statements were conflicting, and
he could throw no light on the matter.
Callato said that the woman, Rosetta,
had brought the child to him three or
four years before the storm Of 1893.
He averred that the woman had said
that the father of the child was
steamboat man who had been drown
ed. The Filipino admitted, however,
that he was man, who paid no at
tention to things"
Thus was the Identification of the
girl involved in hopeless confusion, so
far as accounting for the method of
her transfer from the storm beaten
coast of Cheniere to Shell Beach was
concerned, but the father and his sons
were sure that the girl was of their
flesh and blood. Other links were
found and the struggle between the
Terrebonne and the Lees eliminated
in court.
1t was at the courthouse of Pla-
Quemines Parish that all the parties
concerned met. Emmett Tingle, coun-
sci for Capt. Terrebonne, had filed a
writ of habeas corpus, praying for the
possession Of the child. In the writ it
was claimed that the child was the
daughter of Capt. Terrebonne, and that
she was being held by the Lees, who
were educating her in a different re-
ligion from that held by her father,
and who were using her as a servant.
At noon the skiff ferry brought over
Capt. Terrebonne, Mrs. Pesch, New
orleans woman whose testimony was
to add weight to that of Capt. Terre-
bonnie, and his sons, and Henry Moon
ey attorney for Mrs. Lee and the So
c1ety for the Prevention or Cruelty to
Children.
Capt. Terrebonne, in blue blouse and
trousers, freshly froned, stiff black
straw hat on his head and a large
curved handled cane in his hand, was a
picturesque figure. His three sons,
from twenty-five to thirty three, were
dressed neatly and more in accordance
Waiting in the courtroom were Mr.
and Mrs. Lee and Alice Lee, or Alice
Terrebonne, as she was soon to be
declared. Mrs. Lee carried a little girl
baby eight months old. Alice is small
and undeveloped for fifteen years of
age, but not abnormally so. She wore
neat dress of pink calico, delicately
lowered; q hat, with pink and white
flowers; black stockings and low-quar-
ter shoes. She consented to have her
photograph taken, but was shy, and
began to cry when spoken to by any
body but Mrs. Lee.
Capt. Terrebonne his strong counte-
nance impressive, seated himself in
chair against the front railing. His
three sons took seats near him. Furth-
er on were Mr.. and Mrs. Lee and the
baby. Alice was given a seat to her
self, near the judge. Now and then
during the proceedings she placed her
handkerchief to her eyes. They were
big and brown and looked like the eyes
of Capt. Terrebonne and his three sons.
Her nose and brow, too, were remark
ably similar to these features in the
faces of the four men.
Proceedings were opened by the
reading of the writ. Then ensued a
preliminary legal battle that lasted
for almost an hour and half Mr.
Mooney desired a continuance on the
ground that three of his witnesses had
not been subpoenaed. First, he took
the position that Alice Terrebonne was
called for by the writ, and that the
Lees knew no Alice Terrebonne. Mr..
Mooney also endeavored to file an in
PREVENTION for the society. In short,
there was combat for points Judge
Hfngle ruled that the trial would have
to go on, as writ or habeas corpus
was usually returnable in twelve hours,
and the defendants had been given
seven days, SO that there was no ex-
cuse on the ground of failure to secure
witnesses.
Finally, Capt. Terrebonne was plac-
ed on the stand. He and his sons,
with one exception, speak nothing but
French. Nearly all the inhabitants of
Plaquemines speak French, but an in
terpreter was used for the benefit of
counsel from New Orleans.
Capt. Terrebonne told of the loss Of
his family, and swore that the little
girl in the pink dress was his daugh-
ter. The demeanOr of the old sailor
was calm. His answers were made /
positively, but without any show Of
excitement. He told of the night of
the storm. Alice was in her mothers
arms They were calling to him. He
had saved four of his children, but In
seeking to reach the mother and Alice
he was struck on the head by wave
tossed board.
First he said that four children had
been saved but afterward he spoke of
five having been saved.
II count now the little girl, Alice"
replied the old man simply, when
questioned as to the discrepancy
Capt. Terrebonne said that Alice was
six years old when the storm occurred.
Her features had not undergone much
change. She had grown larger and
taller, that was all.
Capt. Terrebonne said that he had
not heard anything more of Alice until
January, 1901, when his daughter~in-
law received letter from Mrs. John
K. Kelly, of Nicholas postotfice, stating
that she had seen Alice with Mrs. Lee,
and had been struck with the resem-
blance to the Terrebonnes suggesting
that she might be the lost daughter.
In a voice full Of emotion, Capt.
Terrebonne said that he was willing
and able to take care Of his daughter.