Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-24

from work the children were gone. At
first the man thought nothing of this,
simply believing that his wife had taken
them for walk and that they would
return before sundown. AS night drew
on his suspicious were aroused, and go
ing to the closet Stewart found that all
the clothing of the little children had
been taken and he realized that his
wife had outwitted him and, in fact, had
played on him the same trick he had
played on her in New York.
Stewart hastened to the police station.
There he sought the aid of the detec>
tives in finding his wife and little ones
The officers informed him that they
could do nothing, as his wife had
broken no law in taking her own chill
dren. Stewart was instructed to get a
writ of habeas corpus by which he
could take his children from the train
which he believed was carrying them
from the state. A judge Of the superior
court was aroused, but the clerk could
not be found and the writ could not be
obtained.
Stewart, forced to admit that his wife
had outwitted him in the very game
he had attempted to play on her, then
returned to his apartment to think out
new plans in the game Of wit against
wit.
Says Woman Is Insane
81 did not believe that my wife would
take the children for some days yet"
Stewart said yesterday. II knew, Of
course, that she would make an effort
to get them before long, but she had
completely hoodwinked me by her story
of being without funds.
"Her father, j. H. McMullen, a
wealthy resident of Brockville, Onta-
rio, died recently and left her quite
a sum of money. This she receives in
monthly payments, and one is due next
week. I expected she would await this
and then try to get away with the chill
dren. 1 intended to take precautions to
prevent her carrying out any plans of
this nature, but she beat me to 1t.
81 am now laying plans through
which 1 am sure to recover the chill
dren. She has them for the time being,
but l will have them before long. I
will go to any end to have them, as I
do not think she is a proper person
to have charge of the little girls.
1.-THE truth is, Mrs. Stewart is in
sane. / have been compelled to have
her arrested four times in the east for
annoying me. When 1 would walk the
streets with friend she would run up
up with her umbrella. She has as
saulted me at numerous times and has
always been my worst enemy. 1 had
no trouble with her here, and despite
the fact that l appeared harsh to her
was extremely liberal. l told her l
would give her no money, but have fire.
quently handed Alice, one of the chill
dren, pieces of money and told her to
use it as she thought best. This money
hA IL -.
mother. / did it this way, as 1 did not
wish Mrs. Stewart to think was MAX
ing any concessions to her, and yet
L could not see her go hungry"
When seen by representative of The
Herald several times during the last
two weeks Mrs. Stewart appeared any
thing but insane. She is woman
about 80 years of age. stout and ex-
ceptionally pretty. Her thoughts are
all centered on her children and hel
love for the little ones is overpowering
"The stories my husband tells about
having me arrested are untrue" said
Mrs. Stewart few days ago.
mo such thing ever occurred. He
makes those statements as a threat
to me here His statement that the
children were in his possession by court
arrangement is also a misstatement Of
facts. We did have an agreement bu
he abrogated that when he violated the
vital clause by taking the children
from Brentwood hall. I shall take thu
little ones away from him. 1 anticipate
no difficulty in besting a mere dull
witted man in affairs of this sort. H,
VIII then taste the bitterness of tn,
cup he pressed to my lips when h,
spirited my babies away from tn,
Brentwood hall school in New York
The woman spoke freely and conf
uently ABOUT her proposed action.
Mrs. Stewart made good her asser
tion that she would outwit her hus
Dand and he admits his defeat, but de
lclares the defeat is but temporary.