Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-01
ACCUSES HUSBAND
OF STEALING SON
Mrs. Marie Borglum Declares
Spouse from Whom She Is
Separated Took Child
RECEIVES MESSAGE FROM BOY
Police Are Asked to Aid Dis
tracted Mother in Search
for Lad

Alfred Borglum, the 7-year-old son Of
Mrs. Marie Borglum, a photographer
disappeared from his home, 627 West
Seventh street, about o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon and has not been seen
since. His mother is frantic with grief
and believes that the little fellow has
been kidnapped by his father, L. M
Borglum
The father of the boy is q butter
maker, and the last time Mrs. Borglum
heard from him he was working at a
dairy near Escondido. Mrs. Borglum,
weeping bitterly, appealed to the police
yesterday to assist in locating her hus-
band.
The boy left home Wednesday, telling
his mother that his father had come to
town and was going to take him to
Westlake park for the afternoon. His
mother consented to allow him to CO.,
with the promise he would return early
Since then she has seer nothing OF him.
Yesterday morning she received post
card from him, mailed j,c Los Angeles
the night before. OBJ 'l9usly II was
written by person Older an the lad,
bur signed by him. II reaSE
Dear Mamma-Alfred an,. nne mayn't
get back before tomorrow.
"ALFRED AND TORVALD."
Below this message, scrawled in a
baby hand are the words: I'VE are
going on boat"
Mrs. Borglum is positive that the
postscript is in her little sons hand
writing and believes he wrote 1t, in
tending to warn her of his danger. She
is strengthened in this belief of an
occurrence of the afternoon before.
When Alfred first secured her per-
mission to go to the park he started
down the hall leading from his mother s
room, and then returning placed his
arms around her neck and said:
"Now, mamma, don't worry. If papa
runs away with me I'll go to police
man-T amt afraid-and tell him to
take me back to my mamma
THREATENED TO TAKE CHILD
Although this is the first time the
child has really been taken from his
mother, the husband, during the three
years they have been separated, has
threatened her with such a happening
several times, she says, unless she re-
turned and lived with him. He came
to Los Angeles about week ago and
secured a room on Grand avenue, Just
around the corner from where his wife
lived.
One reason for Mrs. Borglum's posi-
tive assertion that her husband has
kidnapped the boy is the fact that he
gave up his room where he has been
stopping and informed the owners that
he was leaving the city that night.
Mrs. Borglum will bring suit for di-
vorce as soon as her legal residence of
one year is established here, in August.
In the meantime she is doing all in her
power to find her child. With tears
streaming down her face and little
trinkets and pictures of the kidnapped
boy around her. she told, in broken
English, of her struggles that her boy
might go to school; of her pride in his
success there and her constant fear
that her husband would come back and
carry out his threat to take him away.
Descriptions of son and father have
been given to every patrolman and de-
tective in the police department and
orders issued to look out for them.
Borglum is described at 33 years old,
smooth shaven, weighs 1873 pounds, is a
stylish dresser and wore dark suit
when last seen. The boy is light COM
plexioned, brown hair blue eyes and
wore a gray suit and white hat when
he left home.