The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-21

, the child in that Jurisdiction to aDios
the final termination of the litigation
, there instituted by the mother or tnt
child, or such precautions as Woulo
} have assured compliance by the
mother of the child with the
final orders and judgments or the
courts of that state"
Mrs. Bleakiey'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 maoe
| at the time of the last trlal as Sne
| talked in an interesting way or ner
! case Her statements which she
gave out in an interview q Few Gays
| ago were not true, SAD MIS-. ba 1. =,
ley. eff she would tell falsenooos 60
the people of Moline and perpetrate
| a fraud on them she would do the
same to the people Of Topeka. Ana
| she has.
II did make deed of adoption q
while after the birth of my baby. NY
noarriare had been q misfortune. MY
husband went to pieces. l was oeepIy
discouraged, and neglected ana had no
father. I was i'll and had Deen SincS
the birth of my child ana oou a.
loved my baby and wanted good tn1nss
for her and happiness. was over per
suaded and upon fair promises ana TO
get the baby what thougnIa M W ndoD "
ton to Mrs Barclay who was a woman
of mature years and OF consluerapiS
property as I supposed. She PROMISED
to write me and keep me poster a+ ap Veil
and wanted to see my baby l could not
find Mrs. Barclay. she had moved
couple of times. Her husband was
travelling man. I finally found out Lnat
thew were living in Moline, Ill This
came to me accidentally through q
friend of my mothers. Upon inves1-
CATION 1 found out that she mao
changed the name OF my pany Ir o,l1
heralded forth that 1t was her own pc
gotten child born to her Whlle at the
Worlds Fair. and she denied. that II
was my child, claiming to be It's own
actual mother She not only claimed to
the people of Moline that she was tne
true natural mother of the cnlo, out
on the late trial in Lawrence she swore
that she made the claim.
pie of Moline and also on me. NO
mother likes to lose her children ana
its identity and be deprived OF the
right of motherhood. l therefore can
the baby and the court gave 1t to me-. |
''The difficulty of the whole case IS
this: My suit showed her 1alsenooo
and fraud to the people of Moline ana
thew SCOrn0Q noT. TIC AlAAS0AO
her in the community was so great that
she had to quit Moline and went to NV
ing back in the state of New York or /
course her position in society 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 Ii
Lawrence and my attorneys cannot
collect the money. I am poor myself.
lust as poor as I can be, but my
friends keep up paying the costs !
make in the courts. My lawyers don't
get a cent They are just as loyal to
ne as can bel never applied to one
Of them in vain. They have been fight
ng my battles awful hard for three
years. and winning them. too, and they
nave never asked me for a cent All
can do is to thank them and Yet the
oaby kiss them, and they do fight for
ne ever so hard. III
''They say they will stay by me and
know they will. L am a school teach
IF. but 1 have had to watch my baby ;
iii the time to keep her from being {
1idnaped and could not keep school, I
out I guess now will. I will not take
INV notice of what Mrs. Barclay says.
Che fS unreliable"