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if the children were to be given to the Mexicans. He replied: "CertainIy not Certainly not" He asked the women to assist in the removal of the children from the car to carriages. They did so, hugging each of the little ones. and finally Mrs. Abrahams asked the priest if she might not take one of the little girls. He said: Not tonight" But he left the witness impressed with the belief that if she would call the next day at the parsonage she might have the child. Several other of the women were given the same impression and the next morning when they hurriedly prepared to go after the children they learned that they had been given to the Mexicans the night before.
 Then the camp began to stir with in dignation and the committee was formed. That night the fifteen chil- dren which had ben left in Clifton were brought to the Clifton hotel. They were sick and. vomiting and throwing up such unaccustomed food as chilli concarne, beans and tortillas. Some of them smelled of beer and whiskey. Their beautiful curls and white dresses and sailor suits which had caused so much admiration the evening before were gone. Many of them were clad in the coarse garments of the Mexican children and one of them was brought in wrapped up in nothing but a-red rag. A member of the committee had put his coat around it to shield it from the driving rain.
 The examination of the witness con- cluded with the question: Are you now attached to this child and is 1t attached to you2' Her reply was not audible but it was the most eloquent that could have been made. The wit ness burst into tears and leaning for ward shook with emotion.
 The next witness was Mrs. Harry Wright. the foster mother of one of the children. Her story was told in narra- tive form and conveyed the informa- ton which had been disclosed by Mrs. Abrahams. She spoke of the bringing of the children to the hotel by the com mittee. One little girl who did not seem to be sick was laughing and it was found that she was drunk. She was since dead. The attorneys for the petitioner asked the witness if she had not died of pneumonia and when she replied that that was so the attorney significantly observed that while the children were being gathered up by the committee a furious storm was raging. Mrs. Wright said that it was found a few days after the children were taken away from the half breeds that their heads were found to be covered with vermin.
 At the conclusion of the testimony of Mrs. Wright there was a beautiful and touching incident. Earlier in the hear ing during the examination of MT. Liz get the court had admonished the au- dience for laughing and had threaten ed to clear the court room if there was a reDetitiOn of the disturbance.
 AS Mrs. Wright finished, at the sug- gestion of the examining attorney, the little girl she had adopted was grought forward and placed on top of a desk. She could not have been more than three years old. She turned her atten- ton to the justices, laughed and waved her little hand at the court en banc. The court itself relaxed, so did the spectators. and the court room was not cleared.
 There are, several more witnesses for the respondents. The hearing will be resumed at half past nine this morning