The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-01-30
FAMILY
FROM DEPARTING
Wadleighs Attempt to
Go to Portland and
Are Restrained.
Superior Court to Decide
Whether Parents Are
Fit Guardians.

D.. sohr Nadlaigh. his wife, Irene Wad-
Il; ten and their four children. May. Flor
l.,ice. solomon ana Helen. were prevented
crEu leaving this city last night for Port
land. or. 10y the California Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty TO Children, rep
resented by NJ J. White. the secretary,
@nQ H. McAIurray and ". d Scott. po-
lice officers, with the Boys and Girls
sid Society. May. Florence and Helen
were, taken 10 the Ladies' Protection and
Relief Society on Geary and Franklin
streets 10y White and McMurray, and the
,.n. solomon. was taken TO the Boys and
Gi-ls Aid Society TO Join his elder
brother John, who was recently placed
there. The father remained at the de-
lioL while the mother accompanied the
- children, carrying the youngest in her
arms as far as Geary street, where she
save the baby into the charge Of the Of
1c6rs and returned % the depot to rejoin
her husband.
some few days ago. il IS understood.
--lhe Wadleighs went 10 George B. Keane,
.1he Mayors secretary. and secured from
him q certain sum Of money and free
-rrausp Orration 10 Portland. or. under the
plea OF extreme poverty. Yesterday
morning Secretary White of the Califof-
..uia. Society for the Prevention of Cru
? city 10 Children filed petition in the
. Superior Court praying for the custody
and guardianship OF the children and a
sstatiOn order was issued by Judge COT
p fey 20 have John and Irene Wadleigh ap-
pear GA February is TO show cause why
lt tiers OF guardianship Of the children
rtuid not be granted. and in the mean
while. authorizing White 10 take control
-oE the children
-. Last night as the Wadleigh family were
-l,leparing 10 go aboard the ferry on their
Nay 10 Portland papers were served on
them by Murray and Scott. John Mad-
leigh seemed unmoVed and bade his wife
-e- the law take its course. He seemed in
different 10 the fate of his wife and chill
nteu and stayed al the ferry building
with a large megaphOne under his arm
p Is wife with the baby in her arms, re-
FUSED 10 leave the children, and got on
- tEe car with them. telling her husband
she would return 10 him and bidding him
. take care OF the trunks.
AT Geary street the transfer was made
and here the mother had 10 separate from
atcr baby OF go with the other children
tr the Ladies Protective and Relief So
.5---tE- she chose TO return TO the ferry.
grid The baby was given into the arms Of
aAy. the eldest girl.
-; White stated last night that the girl.
4-aE. aged about l5 years. had been
5l.-uEht during the holidays shoplifting in
: the Emporium and that officer Scott
: LunreC up the parents and told them
SHOUT st. He swore in his petition that
= ,j6 IN and Irene Wadleigh have no legit-
lna1e means 0f earning a living for the
. stpport Of their children and that they
are mendicants and beggars and that
.g-ley permit John and solomon their
sens. % beg and steal and that all the
-oluer children are acquiring habits OF dis
.leufsrE and deceit and that they have
Assumed on many occasions the names OF
sullivan. Sunderland. Lyman. Gable and
'2teiy Charles and Mary Reed
The Wadleighs have been before the
public since 1855 and have Eulled the va
riQus charitable societies Of the city TO
D. UGH ain extent that a halt has been cali
- ed. Mrs. WaGleigh declares that with the
}-elD 81 her powerful friends. she viii yet
l-sFe the charge OF her children.