Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-23
MOTHER AID foster MOTHER; ull
Real Mother, Though Poor, spends
Five Thousand, Which Was Raised
for Her by Sympathetic People IN
Fighting Her Ciaim--Child Has
Gr:wn to be Pretty Girl.
(By Associated Pfess)

CHICAGO, May 22-The fate Of the
famous incubator baby Of the ST.
Louis Worlds Fair will be decided ]
In few days by tho United States
court of appeals at Minneapolis. The
decision will determine finally whe-
Their the baby belongs to Its real
mother or to the woman who adopted
it. Four courts already have attempt-
ni to decide this question. An lit
nois circuit court decided the child
belonged to its real mother. The
Illinois supreme court reversed TINS
decision and gave the baby to It's fos-.s
ter parent A district court In Kan
sas decided that the little one boz
longed to its adopted mother The q
Kansas supreme court gave It back Z
TO It's real mother.
Now Pretty Girl.
At present under the Aegis Of tke
Kansas upper court the real motn4ea2
and child are living ut Sedcn.
The incubator baby, nov grows
pretty gir4 Of four years. Wnas
IN s.. Louis Aospitat Ye6sl Il
1884. lfbisc 4he raotAs ~
iosfe Thomson Bieakley, ~
hospital matrou stole the haGE
sold II TO the baby Incubator
pany OF the worlds fair. A de- d
baby, born in the hospital. II b eks9
legged. was substituted. Mrs. Bleak
ley was told her baby died. The baby
in the incubator thrived and Mrs.
James b. Barclay. a wealthy woman
Of Buffalo. decided to adopt II. Ms.
BIeaklcy signed a deed. waving al
claims To the incubator, baby. Shes
was convinced II was mot her chi1u
But Mrs. Bieakley became suspictpes
finally. She went to the st. Loqis
hospital. where the matron adm!tteq
the incubator baby was the child born
to Mrs. Bleakley. When she leaTneA
the real mother had come to eiatn
her offspring. Mrs. Barclay hed. u ~
said. with the infant from St Loutes
She was halted at Rock island By -
warrant charging her with bdnap-s
ming. The Rock Island court return
cd the baby TO Mrs. Blcakley. whe
took II to Lawrence. Kan. After ~
pealing the case In the Illinois ccUt<s
Mrs. Barclay went to Lawrence -
began action to regain poesess0a
Of the child. Judge Smart. Of the d.
trict court. there decided the aoce
ton was legal and gave the real
! mot her six hours In which to surren-
| der the baby.
Much Money Spent IN Cas-.
While the deputy sheriff waited n
the Blcakiey home Mrs. Bleakie1
slipped out a hack way with the chn9
in her arms and caugh, an express
train. by means Of q bogus ssysse
| IL is alleged. she had herself con-
Quoted safely past pursuit throsgh
! Kansas and Missouri, into Htta0ee.
where the circuit court had recug>
nizcd the validity OF her claims. FW
several months she and her chna
lived at Rock Island until the -
prcme court returned the child % Ia
BARCLAY. Meanwhile an appeal -
been taken IN KaWss and The 81
preme court IT that State hsd upSe4
tho claims IT tho real mother. MI
Rarrlay fed In disgust bacx to ksn-
Sas. where she nov Hives.
Mrs. Barclay las spent af;y thoe-
sand In her agh, for the baby. -
calls the child Doroshy Edith Bsf-
clay. It's real mother. Who Is pose.
has spent $s.oae IN d>feudiss ~
caiid She knows the child - Hs-
riaI Roberta BIczkicy- Several -
nous lawyers have handed Ma
Blcakiey's case free " charge.
About $3.50 has bcsp cvotrsosfe4
~ help her by pabisc sshscrtptic1s-