The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-04

der the laws or the STAKE of Missouri
| is in all respects valid and binding.
Child Brought to Kansas.
1.-THE order reversing the trial court
| did not command the return of the
child to the Barclays for the reason
that conditions rendering such order
proper might have interviewed between
the time of the trial in the lower court
! in that state and the decision of the
case in the appellate tribunal.
1.-The trial court of Illinois having
| lost control of the child by reason of
| it's removal by its mother to this state
no further steps have been taken in
that court in pursuance of the man
date from the court of appeals.
"Mr. and Mrs. Barclay rely on the
decision of the court of appeals of the
state of Illinois as a final adjudication
of the validity of the deco of adoption
under which they claim possession of
the child
ION the contrary. Mrs. Charlotte
BleakIey and Mrs! Thompson rely
on the decision of the courts of this
state as an adjudication in their ia
vor.
1.-THE foregoing are a few of the
more salient facts cleaned from the
record presented. Many other, such
as the flight of the mother from Chau-
tauqua county with the child to the
then territory of Oklahoma upon the
institution of proceedings there
brought by the Barclays to possess
themselves of the child, certain crini-
nal proceeds brought against the
parties for kidnapping the child, and
many others quite as remarkable, may
be found in the record, all occasioned
by and arising out of the erroneous
judgment entered in the trial court in
the state of Illinois, and the failure
of that court to take such steps as
would have insured the presence of
the child in that jurisdiction to abide
the final termination of the litigation
there Instituted by the mother of the
child, or such precautions as would
have assured compliance by the
mother of the child with the final or
ders and judgments of the courts of
that state" ,-rfritJ--
Mrs. BIeakley's Statement.
The ridicule of the citizens of Mo-
line Ill, where Mrs. Stella Barclay
maintained her residence for time
drove her from the town when they
discovered that her claims to be the
natural mother of the Incubator
baby is untrue is the assertion which
Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley made today
as she talked in embarrassing way or
her case. Her statements which she
gave out in an interview few days
ago were not true" said Mrs. Bleak
ley. eff she would tell fa1sehoods
to the people of Moline and perpe-
trate a fraud on them she would do
the same . too the people of Topeka.
And she has. 80 +s.,-, ~
II did make deed of adoption a
while after the birth of my baby. My
marriage had beenoa misfortune. My
husband went to pieces. twas deeply
discouraged, and neglected and had no
father. I was i'll and had been since
the birth of my child and doubted
whether I would ever get over it. I
loved my baby and wanted good things
20 nd ho or
persuaded and upon fair promises and
to get the baby what I thought would
be a good home I made the deed of
adoption to Mrs. Barclay who was
woman of nature years and of con-
siderable property as I supposed.
She promised to write me and keep me
posted about the baby. After I be-
gan to get well and wanted to see my
baby could not find G.rs. Barclay, she
had moved couple of times. Her
husband was a travelling man. I final
ly found out that they were living in
Moline, Ill. This came to me &C
cidentally through a friend of my
mothers. Upon investigation I found
out that she had changed the name of
my baby from Edith Bleakley to
Dorothy Barclay and had heralded
forth that it was her own begotten
child born to her while at the Worlds
fair, and she denied that it was my
child, claiming to be its own actual
mother. She not only claimed to the
people Of Moline that she was the true
natural mother of the child, but on
the late trial in Lawrence she swore
that she made the claim. ~
This claim was a fraud on the peo-
pie of Moline and also on me. No
mother likes to lose her children and
its identity and be deprived of the
right of motherhood. I therefore
cancelled the contract and brought
70 r, hoh nd he
to me. @H
1.-The difficulty of the whole case is
this: Ny suit showed her falsehood
and fraud to the people of Moline and
they scorned her. The ridicuIe against
her in the community was SO great
that she had to quit Moline and went
to living back in the state of New
York. OF course her position in So
ciety is now fixed and she has nothing
to do but to hate me and sue me. She
has nothing to lose. She appears to
have no money except her husbands
salary, as she does not pay up. She
has not paid the costs in the suit
where I beat her in Lawrence and my
attorneys can not collect the money.
I am poor myself, just as poor as I
can be, but my friends keep up pay
ing the costs I make in the courts My
lawyers don't get a cent. They are Just
as loyal to me as can bel never
applied to one of them in vain. They
have been fighting my battles awful
hard for three years, and winning
them too, and they have never asked
me for a cent. All I can do is to
thank them and let the baby kiss
them, and they do fight for me ever
so hard. sos
"They say they will stay by me and
I know they will. 1 am school
teacher, but have had to watch my
baby all the time to keep her from
being kidnapped and could not keep
school, but 1 guess now will. will
not take any notice of what Mrs. Bar
clay says She is unreliable
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