The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
Officers in Many Cities Seek the
Missing TerilI Children With.
out Finding Any Clue
HUSBAND CONTINUES SEARCH
Father of Mrs. Terril1 Claims That She
Has Not Injured the Children
and That There Are Two
Sides to the Story
(From Fridays daily


Kenosha on Tuesday afternoon is
still unsolved and Terrill, after spend
ing few hours in Kenosha Thurs
day night, returned to Chicago to
again take up the fight for his chill
dren if any trace of them can be found.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Dupee in
Chicago refused to grant an order
placing the custody Of the }Schi1dren
with their mother and the husband
is now able to fight for the children
with a writ recognized by the law.
However, nothing has been found IN
regard to the whereabouts of the
children or the mother and the search
seems to be vain one. 1t is claimed
that Eric Winter, Chicago attorney
who represents Mrs. Terrill IN the
divorce action recently started, has
knowledge of the whereabouts of t'e
woman. but his only statement was
in the way Of yelled threat that
some one would get hurt if an effort
was made to take the children and he
stated that he could give no informa-
ton.
Terrill, after two sleepless nights
and two days of searching in Chicago,
came to Kenoshs late Thursday after
noon and hurried to the deserted
home on Chicago street. He was
tired, very tired, but he had no idea
of leaving off his search and after Two
hours rest in Kenosha he returned to
Chicago and with his attorney, Hiram
Keck, again took up the plans for the
search.
Terril1 is strange conflict of emo
tions and he is constantly wavering
between the love which he bears for
his wife and his indignation over her
actions in taking the children. His
absolutely blameless life and that the
charges made by the wife in the di-
vorce action are utterly groundless.
Letters from Mrs. Terrill, however,
show that she took great pleasure in
wounding the feelings of the husband
and these letters indicated that the
woman was not mentally balanced.
Just as he went into his home on his
return from Chicago Thursday after.
noon a little dress which had been
! left hanging on door knob fell on the
| floor, and Terrill noticing it turned
his head away and brushed away the
tears started by the memory of the
little child that had worn it.
| Friends of Terrill gave out the in
formation that the woman had threat
ened to commit suicide and kill the
children, and for this reason vague
| fear has arisen that all is not vel
with the trio now sought.
| Mr.. Terrill stated Thursday nigh
had not harmed the children and he
| believed that her love for them was sc
great that she would not allow any
harm to come to them. Terri1l stout
| ly defends his wife Notwithstanding
her actions and claims that his enc
mics have poisoned her mind against
him and that this has been the cause
of all the trouble.
| Thursday night the search for the
woman and the children was taken ur
again by the local police force and
they went down to the lake shore tt
seek for possible clues. Nothing was
| found
| The former life of TerriI and his
wife is being laid bare by the relatives
of Mrs. Terrill in their defense of her
action, and it is evident that the
| troubles between the couple have ex.
listed for some time and the relatives
of Mrs. Terrill claim that there are
two sides to the fight for the possession
Of the children.
| w. T. Hardness of Chicago, father
of Mrs. Terri1l, accuses Terrill Of in
| fidelity and cruelty to his wife. In
her petition, Mrs. Terri1l says that
after having refused to be sent to a
sanitarlum, two men called at her
home on the night of April4. They
seized her when she answered their
summons at the door and spirited het
away to the detention hospital. There
she was forcibly detained until April
Is, when released by the order Of
Judge Smiley of the county court.
4 Meanwhile, she alleges, Terrill
packed up the household goods, in
Guiding number of her personal be-
longings, and, taking the two little
girls, Mildred, 5, and Anabe1l, 8, re,
moved to Kenosha in order to escape
the jurisdiction of the courts OF
Illinois. She admits, however, that
he had before stated his intention OF
removing to Kenosha.
| Terrill, in an affidavit prepared
yesterday afternoon in the Office OF
his attorney, Hiram /. Keck Of Keck
& Clark, makes sweeping denial Oh
the charges of cruelty and infidelity,
He says that while under mental
strain, Mrs. Terrills attempted tc
attack him and made threats of kill.
ing herself and the children. He says
he believed that SIZE would carry out
those threats, which belief was
strengthened by the fact that Mrs
Terrill's sister had committed suicide.
Mrs. Sherman, the nurse, was a
willing victim, according to Mrs. Ter.