Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-29
LAW AIDS CUPID
TO GAIN VICTORY
Medical Student ReSCueS Sweet
heart from Sanitarium with
Writ of HabeaS Corpus

With a wealthy and angry father
shouting, Let me at him." an enraged
mother declaring, IT would gladly hang
If 1 could kill him." and the villain,
personated by young medical student
who refused to cover, but instead tr1-
umphantly waved a writ of habeas
corpus for his sweetheart, there was
real melodrama in Judge Monroe's de-
partment of the superior court yester-
day. However, Judge Monroe was alb
sent and Judge Oster of Santa Bar
bara was sitting for him.
Owen S. Parrett applied for and got
the writ to effect the release of his
sweetheart. Miss Vera V. Schaupp,
from the Bishop sanitarium in Pasa-
dena The parents Of the young wom-
an, Mr.. and Mrs Adam Schaupp, veal
thy residents of Pasadena, were the
ones stirred to wrath by the romance
involving their daughter and her de-
termined wooer.
It was evident that the statement
of young Parrett, made before the
hearing that the only way the parents
could oppose the writ was to prove
their daughter insane, was practically
true. AT least, it appeared that pub
licity was the thing most feared by
the parents, for it was stipulated
promptly, without a word of testimony
DelnS taken, that lle VIII NC losuSu'
The young woman is twenty-five. Par
rett charged her parents were detain-
ing her against her will.
The fathers anger, which was held
in check during the making of the
agreement, knew no bounds when the
affair was over
LET me at him, let me at him!' he
cried, and made a dash toward young
Parrett The combined efforts of
= I, him
The attitude of the wife was little
less impassoned
II would gladly hang if I could kill
him." she declared with emphasis.
Parrett's side of the case, as given
by himself, was as follows:
"I became very much interested in
Miss Schaupp only about three weeks
ago. That is the first time I met her.
she was being cared for following an
attack of nervous prostration in the
Iona Linda sanitarium, where l am
medical student. 1t is a Seventh
Day Adventist institution She be-
came a convert to that faith about
year ago, as 1 understand it. That is
what her parents object to most.
"They wanted her to leave, and when
she would not, as she was making rapid
improvement the father came Sunday
with some men and forcibly dragged
her out to an automobile and took her
away Since that time she has been
kept in the DIR. Bishop sanitarium in
Pasadena and has been allowed to see
no one and communicate with no one.
"I finally concluded to take the mat
ter in my own hands, and that is why
I petitioned for the writ. She is twen-
ty-two years Of age and they have,
therefore, no legal right to detain her.
II won't exactly say 1 am engaged
to her, but will say am very much
Interested in her."
'That young fellow is liar" ragged
the father
"They have been working her to
death in the kitchen without a cent
of pay" added the mother. "The physi-
clan said she should not go to church
or see a Bible till she recovered, for
we feared her mind would be affected.
There they insist that those things
were just what she needs most"
81 think we have convinced her of
our good intentions" continued Mr..
6chaupp, land, we hope that this
habeas corpus will avail them moth
ing"