The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-03

ready SHOWN TO you are pretty nearly
what Judge Smart held them to be- a
demonstration complete that the child
that Mrs Bleakley bore never lived
And finally, to cap the whole let me
show you this letter written by Mrs.
Bleakley to her husband and testified
to by her in Lawrence as being her
letter. all in her own handwriting under
date of Feb. 22nd, 1904 In the letter
she asked among other things her huS-
band for money to help bury the dead
infant. and goes on to say The fifteen
dollars is for the baby's funeral ex-
penses They wanted to get just little
pine coffin but I could not bear the
thought, and insisted on nice HttIa
white casket, and that they buy the
grave in one of the best cemeteries I
have paid $500 Of that out of my own
money and know you won't mind pay
ing the other half You would not, I
know. If you had seen the dear little
girl Though such a wee. tiny little
thing, her features were perfect and she
was the very image Of you. joey / had
them undress her and even one little
leg was curved a little where yours wa
broken
But whether or not the child was
Mrs. Bleakley's, the fact that she vol
unfairly surrendered any claim she
denced by those deeds of adoption
executed as you see by J. J. and Stella
Barclay and ]. G. and Charlotte E
Bleakley- But passing over all ques-
ton of maternity. it is the conceded
fact that this child was born by it's
mother. whoever she was, left in the
hands of the midwife, Mrs. Merrfde1d,
and by her placed in the incubator at
the exhibition at St Louis where ii
was at once an object of curiosity and |
repulsfon- There the mother love that
went out to the wee. suffering bit of
humanity and after helping the nurses
to care for it while yet it was on ex-
hibition, she finally obtained posses
right to that possession by the execu-
tion of the adoption deed, the execu-
ton of which by Mrs. BleakIey was an |
admission that she had right 10 exc
cute the same and had obtained it's |
custody She gave that care to IL that |
meant days of constant nursing and
nights of ceaseless watching. Her toll /
and devotion resulted in its blooming |
forth from a tiny bit of suffering hu-
manfty into q beautiful infant It is /
a great truth that the more one does |
for another. the more one loves that /
other and those days and months of |
devotion caused to spring up in Mrs.
Barclays heart a love that was in |
fniteIy more perfect than it ever had |
mother who deserted it and left it to |
the tender nursing of fncubators and |
strangers.
McKeever Affidavit Misunderstood
ct want to say just this in concIu- I
sion: Mr.: MeKeever never made an |
inflicted upon Mrs Barclay. He did /
say that public sentiment was opposed I
to her and can there be any question
about the truth of that statement in /
the light of the fact that five banks.
though fndemnified amply. refused TO f
go on Mrs. Barclays bond for fear OF 4
the effect that such action might have 1
upon their business
IT want to sav that the splendid I
of Captain Joe Waters caused +
him to recognize the great truth that
ing wicked. and that a fault commit
ted with no worse motive than a great
love for a little child could not be a
very heinous fault I have lived too /
officers and iuries of the county will I
be just and fair when they once fully
know the facts
Mrs. BleakIey Comes to Topeka
Kansas City. Mo-. Sept 3.-Mrs. J.
j. Bleakley, mother of the incubator
baby. left here for Topeka today to
consult with her attorneys.
Mrs Bleakley comes to Topeka at
the request of Capt. J. G. Waters who /
wished to confer with her about the /
details for her recovery of possession |,
Of the child
Gentry Is Pleased.
When informed of the interview
with Attorney Atwood by a State
Journal reporter this morning at the
alleged kidna9er of the BfeakIey
child, was well pleased.
Those are the exact papers and
the positive Information that was
given to me when I made arrange
ments to enter into this case said
Gentry. ''I have always contended
that I thought I was in the right in
this deal and also that thought Mrs
Barclay was in the right"
Who showed you these papers and
this information? 2? asked the re-
porter. Gentry would not answer
his query. But he said that he had
the case with the belief that they
were legal and that they were suf-
icient to determine the real possessor
Of the child
Different points of the Atwood in
-erview were stated to Gentry and
ne nodded his head IN approval Oft
All of them and showed by frequent
expressions his knowledge of the ev1-
1ence- Gentry has evidently been
very well versed in the case as it
stands and nothing of legal import
ance was new to him
When asked concerning the real
oarentaga of the child Gentry closed
Ip abruptly and would say nothing
4 believe that if this was proven the
future life of the child would be
-uined," he said IF the stigma has
20 be placed I do not want it to
come in any way through me.
t was through this affection that
undertook to enter the case
There is one little point, however,
hat Gentry is very clever in cover
ng up-that is, If it is to be covered
He will not admit that he hit Bell
nap. nor that he actually took part
n the abduction OF the child. nor
hat he was in Topeka He Will ad-
nit that he has been connected with
he kidnaping but as far as the real
action is concerned he remains quiet
business Proposition Says Schenck-