Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
KIDNAPERS GET
INCUBATOR BABY
LITTLE MARION 8LEAKLEY OF
WORLDS FAIR FAME TAKEN
FROM MOTHER.
THREE SUSPECTS TAKEN AT
KANSAS CITY AND CHILD
RECOVERED.


kidnapers of Marion Bleal1ley, a five
year old girl, taken by force from the
home Of her parents, are still at large
and officers are securing the country
around Topeka in an effort to appre-
bend them.
The only rumOr as to their where
abouts came in a message to the chief
of police yesterday afternoon. 1t stat,
ed that a party in an automobile an
swering the description of the kid
napers had been seen eight miles
south of Lawrence.
The theory has been advanced here
that the intention of the kidnapers is
to get out Of the state as quickly as
possible, in the belief that court or,
der of the Kansas supreme court by
which the mother, Mrs. Charlotte
Bleakley, has been keeping the child
would be inwalfdated in another state
Recovered at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo, Aug. 22.-Three
Of the alleged kidnapers of Marion
BIeakley arrived IN Kansas City at
L 20 last night on a Burlington
train from Atchison, Kansas, and
were at once taken into custody. The
kidnapped cniE was recovered.
Child VIII Be Returned.
The child was taken to police
headquarters and will be returned to
her home as soon as possible. Mrs.
Edith Barclay and John Gentry are
the couple arrested.
Was incubator Baby.
b Marion Bleakley, the st. Louis
worlds fair incubator baby, who was
the cause of litigation extended over
severall years, was kidnapped in a SEN
satfonal manner from the home of her
mother here yesterday morning. The
baby was born in Illinois.
Two men and a woman were en-
gagged in the kidnapping and the child
was secured only after an exchange
of shots which, however, went wide
iOf their mark
The Kidnapers fed In a buggy. The
police were notified Immediately and
"a posse. was soon in pursuit.
The police department was imme-
diatelg notified and large posse soon
was ia pursuit.
Has Had Stormy Career.
Marion B1eakley has had stormy
career. She was born in a hospital at
!St. Louis and was placed in one of
the fncubators shown at the exposi-
ton there. While there she was for,
maI1y adopted by Mrs. James G. Bar
clay of Moline, Ill. Mrs Bleakley
signed a release, but she afterward
sued to recover the child and was
successful in the Illinois courts. She
brought the little girl to Kansas and
she was kidnapped from the mother
in Montgomery county, but later was
recovered.
The fight for the possession of the
baby was fought through the state
courts and the supreme court finally
awarded the custody Go Mrs. Bleak
ley. Mrs. Barclay then instituted a
suit in the federal court for the pos
session of the child, but was again
defeated.
Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley, who was
awarded the child by the federal
courts two years ago, lived with her
mother at 1927 Garfield avenue, which
is a mile and half from the bust
ness district. She worked downtown
as & sten0grapher.
The little girl, who is years old,
had been carefully guarded in Topeka
and had been constantly attended.
This morning woman, ostensibly
selling soap, appeared at the Bleak
ley home. She soon left and half
hour later buggy in which were
two men and the same woman, ap~
peared iii front of the house
Fires at Chiid's Guardian.
One of the men alighted and en-
tered the ward where the child was
playing with a young man of the
in whose charge she
had been left. as the kidnaper ran
toward her, the young man attempted
tn interfere The kidnaper shot at
him hut missed. He then knocked
the boy down wi b his revolver, car