Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-12
MRS. KREls TAKES DAUGHTER
BY FORCE FROM AUNT,
MRS. ENsMlNGER.
HUSTLE GIRL THRU
STORE AND ESCAPE
Mr.. and Mrs. kreis Get Possession of
7-Year-o Old Lucille coIebourne, Over
Whom Legal Controversy Has Been
Waged-Think kreises Have Conc
to canada-sherff Has Warrants.

The latest act in the Kreis-Ens-
minger legal drama, over the possession
of Lucille Colebourne, the 7-year-o old
daughter of Mrs Kreis, was played on
East Main street late Saturday after
noon, when Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Kreis
took the girl by force from Mrs Frank
Ensminger and Mrs. Ray Reamer, of
Gilman
Not a little excitement was caused by
ing it, Mrs. Ensmnger had come to
the city to do some shopping, and was
accompanied by her niece and Mrs.
Reamer. While in front of the Keller
G. Pound store, according to Mrs. Ems
minger, Mr.. and Mrs. Kreis came up
and grabbed the girl. Mrs Ensminger
took hold of Kreis by the coat collar,
and Mrs. Reamer held to the girl. The
little one bagn to scream, declaring she
wouldn't go, and calling for Aunt Su-
| sie,' Mrs. Ensminger. Mrs. Kreis
wrested her daughter from Mrs. Ream-
er's grasp, hurried her thru the cloth
| ing store, with Mrs Ensminger after
her Mrs. Kreis left the building thru
/ the rear door, and escaped thru the all
! ley. Shortly afterwards Officer Charles
| Breckel thinks a rapidly moving auto
bore Mr. and Mrs. Kreis and the girl
out of town.
Warrants Charging Kidnapping.
Mrs. Ensminger Immediately tele-
phoned to Gilman for her husband, who
reached the city on the evening train.
Warrants We're issued for both MIR.
and Mrs. Kreis, charging kidnapping
under the detention phase of the law.
Mr.. Ensninger Immediately announced
as his opinion that. the couple would
make for Canada, and Ensmingers at
torneys say today that they have
learned positively that the Kreises
loaded a car, bound for Tabor, Cana
da, on Friday.
The warrants are still in the hands
Of Sheriff Nicholson, who today said
that there was no clue as to the direc-
ton the couple went from here.
History Of the Case.
Lucille Colebourne, the little girl
who is in controversy, is the younger
daughter Of the late Charles Cole
bourne a wen-known farmer of Gill
man who died in 1902, leaving two
daughters, Fay and Lucille. The little
girls We're each left by their father an
estate of about $4,000, and at the
present time the girls are both worth
in their own name about $4,000. Mrs.
Colebourne was formerly Maude Mil
Ter, Of Gilman, and it was on her or
der as Colebournes widow, that the
girls uncle, Frank Ensminger, of Gil
man, was appointed guardian for the
girls in 1903. About eighteen months
ago Mrs. Colebourne married Mr..
Kreis at Chattanooga, Tenn, and since
that time efforts have been made to get
possession of the persons of the child
rem.
Original Order for Persons.
The original order in the guardian
ship matter gave the custody of both
the estate and the persons of the chill
dren into the hands of Mr.. Ensminger,
who is tine present mayor of Gilman. 1t
is the wording of this order over which
the two sides clash. Mrs. Kreis' attor-
ney says that the mother did not ask
that Ensminger be given custody of the
persons of the children, and that the
order, as made, granting custody of
the persons, was an error on the part
/ of the clerk of the district court. The
mothers object, in having Ensminger
appointed guardian of the estate, was
] simply to conserve the estate. Mrs
Kreis' attorney claims that the clerk
in making the order, used the old form
of guardianship papers, and made
them out to cover both the persons
and the estate.
4 Parker Makes an Order
At the January, 1909, term of the
district court, after Mrs. Kreis had
sought to get the custody of the per-
sons Of her children, Judge Parker is
sued an order holding that Ensminger
had legal possession of both persons
1 and the estates, under the original or
der. At that time the child Fay was
with her mother, and the attorney for
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Kreis got an order signed
by Judge Ladd, of the supreme court
restraining the guardian from interfer-
ing with the child Fay until the APP
peal taken from Judge Parker's order
might be decided in the supreme court
This case is now pending.
Says Trouble Will Follow Arrest.
The attorney for Mr. and Mrs. Kreis
) says that if arrests are made on the
kidnapping charge there will be some
serious trouble in store for some one
81 would like to see any court on earth
: take that child away from her mother
4 now" said the attorney. The lawyer
also says that the clerk, in putting ir
the guardianship papers a provision
that Ensminger was to have charge Of
the girls persons, was absolutely with.
out jurisdiction, and therefore the ap.
pointment of guardianship of the per.
son absolutely void. The attorney sale
he had no idea where MT. and Mrs
Kreis were.