Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-21
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INCUBATOR / | | BABY.
Marion !. BleakIey aiken from Her.
Home in Topeka in Most
Sensational Manner.
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CARRIED. I !; I: AWAY IN A BUGGY. ].
I, AWAY IN "A BUGGY.
Two Men and a Woman Captors
Boy In Charge Of Child SHOT ut
But Was Not Hit.

\ Iopeka, KAN. AUG! III - Marion
Bleal1ley, the st. Louis worlds fair $in-5
cubatol. baby who was the cause OF
litigation extending over several yeas
was kidnapped in a sensational manner
from the home OF her mother at 1877
Garfield avenue AT 10 81 clock this noln-i
ling. s.sis s y
The little girl, whois 5 years old, has
lsbeen carefully guarded in Topeka and
has been constantly attended. Till.s
ISmorning8 a woman appeared in the
ISneighborhood ustensiby selling soap.
She visited Mrs Bleakley's house. s.
half hour$later a buggy in which We're
two men and the same woman an-,
| .peared in front of the house and the
kidnapping followed.
Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley, who was
awarded the child by the federal courts.
two Years a go, lived with her mother.
She worked as a stenographer. Today
the child was left with boy OF the
neighborhood. A buggy in which there,
were two men and woman drove iuo
before the house. One of the men got
out and entered the house where the
child was playing. AS he ran toward
aher$the boy interfered and the kidnaperi
shot at him, but missed. He then
knocked the boy down with his revolver
and carried the child to the buggy and
drove off. The police We're Immediately
notified and a large posse is now in
pursuit Al
Marion Bleakley, the kidnapped child
has had stormy career. She was
born in a hospital at ST.. Luis and,
was placed in one of the incuba tots.
shown at the exposition, While there
she was formally adopted by Mrs.
James G.. Barclay Of Moline. Ill. Mrs.
Ian, ,,al ,las,e 1,,,f c,1,,
! forwards sued to recover the child and;
was successful in the Illinois courts
| She brought the little girl to Kansas
and she was Kidnapped VI from the
mother IN Mon tgomery county, but
fater$Was &recoV ss54s + 81
The fight for the possession of the
baby was fought through the state
courts and the supreme court finally
awarded the custody to Mrs. Bleakley
Mrs. Barclay then Instituted a suit in
the federal court for the possession
of the child, but wa S again defeated.
The Bleakley homeSis located on the
sWest side,s s blocks west of the busa
ness action and in one Of the principal
residence secti ions of the al ". Il l.s
Atmonth ago a strange woman visit
ed the neWspa per Of fees, lnaking In
quiries about the whereabouts Of Mrs.
Bleakley. She claimed to be n friend,
but It is supposed that her business
WAS to locate the little girl.
All the railroad stationssin the$yicini-
8ty of Topeka have been notified and a
sheriffs posse in automobiles has left
for the west, the direction taken by the
kidnapers. FIJI
The Young man who wnsgin charge of
the kidnapped child was Clarence Bell
KNAPP of jackson. Tenn, ad'cousin Of
Mrs. Rleakley,3 and who visiting at
her home. After he had been struck
down he; recovered sufficientlyto FOLLOW
the buggy and caught on the rear of
the vehicle. but was beaten off
The kidnapers dashed their horse to
a gallop and drove west on Tenth ave
nue., and it is supposed they are headed
for al small station on the Rock Island
l5railroad. six miles west of Topeka.
where they expect to board a west
bound train. q g5