The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14
ADOPTED CHILD
SPIRITED AWAY
Judge Dunno Issues an At
tachment Against David
Hyman, Who Has Left City
GIRL LEAVES WITH HIM
Charge Is Made That Coin
Was Demanded for Giving
Up the Contest in Court

Sensational statements were made
in Judge DUNES court yesterday re-
garding the disappearance of Wini-
fred lie Febvre, a pretty girl years
o< age. 1t was alleged that David
Hyman, a teweIer at 1859 Market
street, who lived at s45 Post street,
had left the jurisdiction of the court,
taking the child with him It was
also alleged that Mrs. T. Ramon Of
Berkeley. Hymau's mother-in-Iaw, had
made a proposition TO Mrs. Grace z.
Freitas. the chiId's mother, that for
the payment Of $4,000 the contest for
the possession of the child would be
dropped.
Mrs. F'reitas is now the wife OF
Stockton druggist. Her daughter was
born at Clipper Gap. Placer County,
in February, 1897. The woman al
| Ieges that her mother, without her
consent. gave the the child to the Rev.
! J. W. Daniels. assistant superintend-
ent of the Children's Home Finding
Society of Oakland The child was
formally adopted by Hyman in Octo-
/ Der OF that year and was named Fern
Beatrice Hyman.
Hyman and his wife became de-
votedIy attached 10 the child Mrs.
Hyman died He again married. but
his second wife. it is alleged. had no
| love for the child. Meanwhile Mrs.
4 Freitas had unsuccessfulIy searched
/ for her daughter and it was not until
4 last April that she traced her 70 the
/ Hyman home A demand for the re-
turn of the girl was made upon Hy-
man by Mrs. Freitas. but Hyman re-
fused TO give up possession. An ap-
pIication for a writ of habeas corpus
was made by Mrs. Freitas before
Judge Dunno and hearing was had
before the Judge on May "A.
! The Judge was to haye rendered his
! decision a week ago yesterday, but
/ Hyman was not IN court with the girl.
( Attorney Lindsay, who represented
him, said that Hyman had left the
I Jurisdiction of the court. He asked
for a continuance for a week and
promised 10 have HyTnan and the
I child in court at that time. He had 10
/ admit yesterday that he could find no
trace of Hyman or the little girl.
Attorney Charles Light of Stockton,
Z who represents Mrs. Freitas, produced
a letter written by Mrs Ramon to Mrs.
Freitas in the latter part of July, ask
I ing to see her about "the little one
Mrs. Freitas called with a friend, but
Mrs. Ramon refused to talk before the
friend and Mrs. Freitas went into an
I adjoining room with Mrs. Ramon. II
was then that Mrs. Ramon, it is al
/ legged. offered to give up the child on
payment Of $4,000. She said she was
making the offer without Hyman'
knowledge and that Judge Dunno had
said he would award the custody OF
the child 10 Hyman. The offer was
refused. Attorney Light also declared
that Edward Meyer, a friend Of Hy-
man, had told him Hyman was at one
time wealthy and had spent consider
able money on the. child. Now he
needed money and a little would go g
long way and do a great deal OF good
Meyer had been informed that the
child was not 70 be bartered like a
bale of goods
The Judge said he was more con-
cerned about the child than the dig
nifty Of the court. He issued an at
tachment against Hyman. The case
! was continued for three weeks and Il
the child is found in the meantime
she is TO be given into the custody et
Mrs. Freitas, pending Judge Dunno:
final decision.