Arizona republican., 1906-04-27
A ACQUISITION
 FOR Tilt ARNDTS.
Charged With the Kipnapping of
 Their Own Child.

Several days ago Acting Governor Nichols honored acquisition made by Governor Pardee of California. for tho extradition of Ernest DoweI who was in custody in HolbroOk, having violat- ed his parole from San Quentin by leaving the state. The California of ficer, C. H. DePue. did not come to Phoenix, but went directly to HolbrOOk where the extradition warrant was forwarded. Yesterday tne papers came back to the governors office with the information that Dowell had consent ed to return to California without pa pers and had left with the officer be- fore they arrived.
 Acquisition papers were also re ceived by mail yesterday from Cover nor Silas w. c. Lanham of Texas, is sued at the request of George Estes, district attorney of Fl PasO county. They asked that warrants be issued to George F. Briggs, an officer of F. Paso, for the extradition of MT. and Mrs. George Arndt, who are charged with Kidnapping. Officer Briggs has not yet appeared on the scene. Capt. J. w. Crenshaw, wlO is retained here to represent the Arndts was notified that a hearing would be given on Sat
 urday at 2 p. m.
  dents of Phoenix, bus moved to Fl PasO, where they had family difficult ties resulting in a temporary separa tion, during which their three-year- child, bright faced little girl, was by court order, given into the custody of Adjutant WestacOtt of the Salvation army. The Arndts then became rec onciled and Adjutant Westacott
 thOughtlessly, and on their request turned the child over 70 them without notifying the court, whereupon they came back as far as Tucson, MT. Arndt hentering the employ of Col. Randolph. Westacott was cited for contempt of court and ordered to bring the child before the court in three days. He went to Tucson to try to induce the | Arndts to let him take the child, or to | accompany him back to Fl Paso. Then | the Adjutant caused the arrest of the
 Arndts for Kidnapping their own child.
 MT. Arndt was jailed, but was released 1 by hebeas corpus proceedings. Then l ne was arrested as a fugitive from jus 1 tice and it took three days of tele-
 graphing to secure his release on bond
 He was disposed to square the matter up in the best way possible at first
 as none of the guilty realized that they l were committing an offense in placing 2 l the little one in the hands of her pa rents after their reconciliation. But i since he has been put to so much in 1 convenience he is not so much inclin- ! ed to go back to Fl Paso if he can help | it. No good can follow except the pa i cification of an enraged court, who
 was irregularly, though unintentionally
 snubbed. Several days ago MT. and
 Mrs. Arndt, expecting that requisition
 papers would be filed here shortly 1 came nere from Tucson and called on Acting Governor Nichols, relating the
 story of their perplexing situation but
 at that time the case had not been of l ficially placed before the acting gov ernor.
 Copies of the papers presented to ! Governor Lanham previous to the is
 sue of the requisition. were forwarded
 with that document. They merely | charge kidnapping, without relating the facts, so it may be easily imagined that Governor Lanham issued the re
 quisitiOn only in a formal way with out fully inquiring into the merits of l the case.
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