Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-05
CURLY RA|DED B Y
N|.s MANY FRIENDS
Policemen and Others Rise TO Help
" Him Reach His Mother in
- Tennessee.

If Bryan Alexander, the plnckN
little chap whose yearning for the the
motfer-lovc gave the Incentive for
4 him to labor to earn sufficient money
to buya ticket from California to
Tennessee, and who was detained IN.
Salt Lake at the request of his
father, Is returned to California and
lis not permitted TO continue his
Journey il win only be after q battle.
in the courts OF salt Lake.
This was the emphatic announce
ment made BY b. r. Redman this.
morning. and substantlated by the.
retaining OF counsel TO oppose any at
tempt TO ,hwart the boys desire.
The story Of 12-yeai-oId i5ryan Alex.
ander, as told iii yesterdays Newsi'
brought to his aid today Mr.. Redman,
and the retained counsel G. a. Gillette
( of the firm of Gnstin 4 Gillette, Then
activity was increased when 8. teie-
gram WIS received by Chief of Tpiire#
& harlow from the probation officer at
San Bernariino Cal, advising that
money had been sent for n ticket 10
return the boy to California. and ask
ing that he be placed OH the train III
care of the conductor. R
1t was after Mr.. Redman aud Nh.
Gillette had talked with the lad III
hour or more that they were apprisel
of the telegram, and then came tht
& tlat-footed declaration
I believe that boy. He wants to
/ go to his mother and I'm going TO see
y that he goes. II we have to fight for
him in the courts.
The case in itself is a petplexing
problem. There is no charge against
the boy, yet the police feel bound 10
bold him under the telegraphic instlliG-'
Z tons or the California officer The
+ lad wants to 60 back to hismother. has
/. worked TO earn sufficient to buy q tick
ct, was travelling in first class style,
and to every appealing emotion should
& be permitted to accomplish his desire.
Mr.. Redman was at the police station
early this forenoon Just after young
Alexander had been brought out from
Ii the boys ward to the more congenial
surroundings of the offices. For an
hour he talked with and questioned the
youth, during which the boy told his
story similar to that given to the
News" yesterday but adding details
under the Interrogation OF both Mr.
Redmnn and Mr.. Gillette.
He would not say that he had left
his father because Of ill-trcatment, but
gave as the main reason the fact that
,&he wanted to see and be with his moth
er. With boyfsh naiyeness he said that
1lfs father had .licked'' him sometimes
4 because ! had been bad and sometimes
for nothing According to his story
the father Is employed as a. packer in
one of the warehouses at Redlanls. but
s on account of ili-haalthS does not work
steadily. The father with Bryan and
an older son had lived in bachelor style.
+ The mother, who owns a farm near.
Martin, Tenn, is at present living with
her father and 1t is there Rtyan wants
to 20.
After Mr.. Redman had finished his
talk with the boy he said to a News
i'JVlien i read the story of that lit
tie boy In tho News' last night i be-.
came interested, and I made up my
mind that | would help him all could,
Since / have talked with him that doe
termination is stronger than ever, and
]. my attorney, Mr., Gillette, will look
after the boys interest.
THAT boy Is straight, and he is a
good boy, and more than that, amy
4 boy that wants to go to his mother
and works as hard to do that as he
has done, can get all the help / can
{ give, I've got sons of my own, you
& know. 5
can't see how they can prevent
a MIN from gong ntickH TO tennessee. II q
y hash t;done anything wrong. i suppose
( Juvenile court, and Mr., Gillette Will he
there TO look out for the boy
Kenneth c. Kerr, district passen-
ser agent for the Salt Lake route, has
also Interested himself In the boy, and
called at the station this morning to
arrange for the protection of the
transportation east.
From Chief Barlow down. every
member of the department has taken
an interest in the case, the boys
4 Neutrality-suspicious. and his desire for
his mothers side drawing out their
sympathy. Yet the oolice are put in
aunildry for while they would glad
~ nut him on his way east. yet they