The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
mrs. POWER OUlWITS DOCTOR
HI PROMISES NOT TO TRY TO
CAPTURE hoy AGAIN.
james Westervelt. Mrs. Powers BROTHER
in.I.nw. . Powerful Any-Tosether
They Get and Hold the hoy on tho
I'uritan--1hase ny Ferry and Carriage.

IIlr1tan-NnASe ny Ferry uWU ~TTNSe'
After a Neutrality-suspicious. fight for pos
session Of his nine year-old son, John Alsop'
Dr.. Henry Power Of Upper Montcla,r'
N. l., had accomplished no more at 4o'clook
yesterday afternoon than when he started,
at Saunderstown. r. l.. on Friday after
noon. Mrs. Power has the boy. and she is
going to keep him until she comes to some
other agreement with her husband. In
the meantime DR.. Power has promised
that he will not make another attempt
to capture the boy as he did at Saunders
town on Friday.
DR.. Power has been trying to get pos
session Of his son since last May. when Mrs.
Power sued him for divorce. alleging abau-
donment.
The Powers are we'll known in Montclair.
When the suit came up DR.. Power testified
that his income was $500 year. Chancellor
Pitney, in Jersey City, decided that, as DR..
and Mrs Power had made a formal agree
ment TO separate some time before, Mrs.
Power was not entitled to a divorce, and he
awarded the custody Of the boy to the father,
on the ground that the boy would be better
of on his grandfather's thirty-eight-
estate at Montclair than in New York
fiat with his mother. Chancellor Pitney's
decision Is on appeal
Mrs. Power had the boy in New York.
however. outside Of the New Jersey courts.
and DR.. Power has been scheming how to
get him Recently he learned that the
boyiwas at Saunderstown with his mother,
at the home of Mrs. Charles f. Clarke,
the mother Of Mrs. Power.
So on Friday DR.. Power. disguised be-
hind pair Of blue goggles, as told in yes
terdays SUN. went down to Saunders
town to carry of the boy. II Is said that
the doctor had a Rhode Island sherif and
detective along to help him. but evidently
they didn't take a prominent part in the
proceedings.
There is ferryboat which runs from
Jamestown to Saunderst own. which is
north of Narragansett Pier, and the boy
was playing at the boat landing when DR..
Power arrived. Evidently the boy didn't
giles. pr. Power Is solemn looking per
son, with droopy mustache. and pair
of blue goggles would change his appear
anoe considerably
The boy s play was interrupted by his
father picking him up and dumping him
before the boy saw through'the disguise
and then. according to witnesses, he became
so lively that the doctor had to sidestep
and move briskly to save his shins. John
Alsop made such rlImpus that Mrs. Power
came running down to the boat and got
aboard just az it left for jamestown. The
account of what happened on the boat
between Saunderst0wn and jamestown il
described by James Westervelt, Mrs. Powers
brOther-in-)aw:
IA pretty fast boat said MIR. Westervelt,
when | saw that something was up on the
ferryboat. / got alongside and saw Mrs
Power at the bow beckoning and shouting
to me. couldn't hear her and brought
my boat around to the lee. Then l heard
Standing in the stern Of the boat was
man with blue goggles. That was DR..
Power, and l knew that something had
happened and guessed what, it was,
Mr.. Westervelt, in his catboat. chased
ahead Of him. Mrs. power was waiting
for him at jamestown. He learned that
the doctor had hired q carriage and was
driving to the other side Of jamestown
where he could get another ferryboat
and take the boy to New York. Mrs.
carriage and they chased the doctor and
the boy across Jamestown Tho doctor
kept good grip on the boy. II appears,
and when the lad wasn't kicking carried
him In his arms.
VesteTNelt ana ROVER we're not
able to overtake DR.. Power and took the
ferryboat that followed the one on which
he crossed to Newport. They caught
up with him, however. in the streets Of
Newport and there was wrange over
the possession of the boy. The police
suggested that everybody take Fall
River boat to New York and then go over
to New Jersey and settle the thing AMIGA
bly,. That was agreed to and the party
went aboard the Puritan.
Cnwisely. DR.. Power let his wife get the
boy and she took him to stateroom. Mr..
Westervelt went along on the boat. He
is muscular, energetic person and he
saw that no one, even DR. Power. disturbed
Mrs. Power and the boy A negro steward
went to thu door Of the stateroom once
on the trip down the Sound and Mr.. Wester-
welt warned him that he had better keep
away.
The Puritan was three hours late when
she got here and several lawyers who had
been summoned by both sides we're waiting
landed Mr.. Westervelt was seen standing
complacently outside of Mrs. Powers
stateroom. DR.. Power came OF the boat
and had a talk with his lawyers, Joseph
II. Adams and C.. f, Hendrickson. Then
the three returned t., the boat and tai ed
been To the door Of Mrs. Powers stateroom
once on the trip.
The steward moved toward Mrs. Powers
stateroom Mr. Westervelt got in the way.
Don't you open that door," he said.
Ito u tod you once before There is lady in
DR.. Power had followed the negro.
Having shunted aside the steward Mr..
Westervelt blocked the doctor. And you
move away from here, too" he said
The doctor moved Mr. Westervelt
stepped to Mrs. Powers stateroom. "You
stay in there, May" he shouted through
the door. Don't you come out
conference followed between Dr.
Power and his lawyers. Then there was a
parley all around that lasted an hour
Mrs. Power and the boy, however, stayed
in the cabin. The parley finally resulted
in DR.. and Mrs. Power, lawyer and the
boy getting into carriage and driving to
the office OF William r. Barricklo, Mrs
Powers counsel, at 249 Broadway Mr..
Weetervelt ordered the driver to walk his
horses all the way and he did.
1t was about noon when the party got to
Lawyer Barricklo's office. Behind closed
doors another conference was held Pretty
soon somebody went out and brought
sandwiches and milk. The conference
lasted for four hours, Then it was an
nounced that Mrs, Powers would keep the
boy until another conference could be held
No date has been fixed for this meeting, but
Mrs. Power promised to have the boy on
hand.
She took the hoy to the home OF her
brother. Charles X. Clarke. in this city.
WILL KILL HUNDREDS or LAWS.