The Washington times., 1906-02-23
RICH BOYS PLEAD
FOR HAPPY HOME
Orphaned Lads Unhappy
With Guardians.
COURT ASKED FOR OTHERS
Children Say Custodians Constantly
Ouarreled-Had Trouble Once
Over Finger Bowls.
COURT ASKED FOR OTHERS

RROoEIYN Feb 23-ThTee broth
qrs the eldest Just sixteen. in the sur
1-ogate's court were the center OF much
interest and no little sympathy Al
though worth over $4,000. and having
an income of nearly SI0.0U0 q year. they
were actually pleading for a happy
home. FatherIess and motherless. they
are living in a beautiful house. but they
asserted through their lawyer that CON
stant chickering's between their guardians
had brought about such dIscOrdance that
1hey asked that both guardians be re
moved and someone else take them ir
charge.
Lads Are Wealthy.
The three boys were Ulrich Christoph-
er Schiess. Martin Henry Schiess. and
little Theodore Schiess. When their
father died. an estate Of nearly a quar-
ter Of a million dollars became theirs. A
peculiar thing about the case is that the
1hree lads have no near relatives who
might. through love and affection. take
charge of them. When the estate came
MP for settlement. Surrogate Church re
fused to appoint two distant relatives in
charge of them and named Mrs. Gather
dne a Manning and Lewis \. Parker,
Jointly, as the guardians of their per
sons
After the appointment, Mr.. and Mrs
Parker and Mrs. Manning moved into
the McDonough street house and as
sumed the care Of the orphans.
Quarrel Over Finger Bowls.
With an income of thousands of dol
Jars a year. II might be assumed that
'three small boys could be easily made
happy: but. according 10 UIrfch. their
lot u-aS NOT ~ apy.ia ,Ta -rp11 ,, ,fa
began within two months after their
new guardians began to act. On July
8. Mrs. Parker and Mrs Manning had
Il squabble. the petition alleges. as to
the pTopTiety of using finger bowls al
3he table. one holding that Ii was right
and the other that other things We're
more needful than finger bowls. Later,
Mrs Parker and Mrs. Manning had
other differences. and there was a de
cided GOODNESS between them that in.
volved even Mr.. Parker, and caused
him to greet Mrs. Manning with brief
Good morning at the breakfast table.
Things went from bad to worse. the
petition Of Ulrich says, in that Mrs.
Manning complained that she was re
Edrded as sort OF servant bV Mrs
Parker. and then there were other biCk-
erIngs. one specifically mentioned in the
peUuon being because Mrs. Parker
beat her rugs out OF the third-story
back window
Lawyer Henry A. Powell stated in
court that he did not appear in any
other sense than a champion of the
three boys. whom he desired to see have
a happy home. It was evident to him.
from his knowledge of the affairs OF me.
estate, that they were living in an un-
fortunate atmosphere. and he asked tha.
both guardians be removed aaI another
DerSon or persons substituted
Mr.. Parker and Mrs Manning fol-
lowed each other on the witness stand.
and told Surrogate Church their YER
slons OF the trouble Mr.. Parker de
MED that he was at fault but claimed
That Mrs Manning was. This Mrs
Manning denied, and asserted that Mr.
and Mrs. Parker. were the trouble
a visit by Mrs. Manning with I-Irich
70 relatives in JtIsey City over night
leaving the other two boys at home
with the. Norwegian servant girl. An
other thlng was that Mr.. Parker took
the eldest boy To COuey Island keep
ing him until I a. N.
Heir on Stand.
Surrogate Church listened to quite a
little testimony from Ulrich. who is a
slender. thoughtful. and studious look
lng lad. UlriCh's sympathies were
seen to be more with Mrs. Manning
than they were with the Parkers, hus-
band and wife. He was asked If he
was happy at home and he said he
was not, neither were his two broth
ers- While he was telling his story
the other two lads were watching their
older brother from big chairs near the
witness stand Ulrich spoke freely of
the chickering's between the legal Eijsl.-
dians- He had been out over night
once with his guardian, Mrs. Manning.
he said. but the Norwegian Serv.E1t
He naively added that Mr.. Parker had
taught him how to play poker but not