The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-09-11

yesterday Dy Wnlcn 6he was awarded
undisputed ownership of her child.
But except for, an occasional whisp-
cred answer to her attorneys, Mrs.
Barclay sat alone, her eyes resting
upon Mrs. Bleakley, the little woman
who had beaten her in the long fight
in which there has been three cases
of Kidnapping, innumerable lawsuits
and nerve-racking contest for five
long years. During the fifteen min
utes of the court recess Mrs. Barclay
did not remove her gaze from Mrs.
Bleakley. but her look was one of
complete defeat and hopeless despair
rather than Of malice or hate.
While the Lawyers Conferred.
When the cases were called Mr..
Schenck, the county attorney, had a
whispered conference with the Judge.
This being over, Judge Simon said:
THE ourt will take a recess for a
few moments while the attorneys con-
fer"
As the lawyers for Mrs. Barclay
Tillotson, Gentry and the state filed
out of the room 1t appeared like an
exodus. At the conference it was de-
cided, in order to expedite matters.
the preliminary hearing of all the de-
PENDANTS should be heard at the same
time.
DR.. H. H. Keith testified that he had
been called and treated Clarance Bel
knap, who had been slugged in the
kidnapping. He testified that Belknap
had been struck three times with a
blunt instrument"
G. NJ. Claughley, who operates a
garage on Fifteenth street in Kansas
City, testified that F. II. Tillotson had
hired a motor car of him in the latter
part of August. Tillotson said that he
wished to drive to Topeka. A driver
and helper were furnished and Gentry
and stranger drove away from Kan
sas City. The car was gone four
days, for which charge of $3.50 was
made.
The Chauffeur on the Stand.
Charles Ross, who drove the motor
car which was used in the kidnapping,
testified that in the motor car to To-
peka were Gentry and a man and
woman he did not know.
I'VE arrived in Topeka Friday
morning at 2 O'clock" he said. 1--WE
went to a garage and l saw Mrs.
Barclay there Friday afternoon. Mrs,
Barclay gave me instructions to have
the car in good running order for a
hard run the next morning.
"The next Saturday morning Gen.
try, Mrs. Barclay and the man whose
name don't know, got in the car and
we drove to place near Stormont
hospital. Gentry and the stranger
left and were gone some time. AZ
ter while Gentry and the stranger
same back in buggy with a little
girl. They tied the horse to a tree
and all got in the motor car and I
was told to drive fast"
What did you think when the child
was brought there?" he was asked.
Il thought something was wrong
and wanted to make a get away but
couldn't Gentry handed the little girl
to Mrs. Barclay. Gentry had revol-
yer In his hand II was a big gun,
nine or ten inches long. We ran to
the bridge over the Kaw river and
was told to hit the Missouri line"
Ross told about the breaking of
the car and the hiring of wagon
by the occupants of the car Ross de-
MED that he knew that it was a kid
mapping case until he saw Gentry
come with the child carrying a re-
vOlver.
"Then." he added, 81 knew it was a
kidnapping case"
Was Afraid Of the Revolver.
"Why didn't you stop and tell a
policeman that they were kidnapping
that child?"
II was afraid to do SO. 1t didn't
look good to me to see man sitting
back there with great big gun"
Glow fast did you go through To-
peka?"
Eighteen or twenty miles an hour"
The clerk of the Chesterfield hotel
said that Friday, August 20, Gentry
registered &C. X. Armstrong" for Mrs.
Barclay who occupied a room under
that name. Gentry told the clerk that
Mrs. Barclay was his sister.
w. w. Wiley, clerk of the Throop
hotel, testified that Capt. F. H. Tillot-
son came to his hotel Thursday night,
August 10, late. Tillotson checked
out of the hotel the next morning,
and the clerk did not see him again.