The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-01-27

OF South Carolina-Mrs. b. r..
TiIlman, Jr., Sues for Her Chill
dren.
A special from Columbia. s. c.. to
Mondays Charlotte Observer. says:
Mrs. B. r. Tfilman. Jr., grand
daughter OF the late Governor Pick
ems, who also served as Minister TO
Russia. where Mrs. Tiiiman's mother
was born and christened by the Gar.
Douschka, will tomorrow bring ha-
beasc orpus proceedings against her
father-in-law and mother~in-iaw.
Senator and Mrs. B. Il. Tillman. be-
fore Circuit Judge ]. w. Devore at
Edgefield, and have them cited TO
show cause why they should not turn
over 10 her two children, Dousehka
Pickens TiIlman and Sarah Stark
Tiliman.
Under a deed dated this blank
day of December, 1909 young B. r.
Tiliman, who holds a clerical position
at Washington, decided the two chill
dren to his parents, alleging his
wife's unfitness and inability to raise
my two children as they should be
raised.
"This deed was placed on record
few days ago at Edgefield, but after
the children had been turned over to
Senator and Mrs. Tillman, while Mrs
B. r. Tillman, Jr., was Ill in Wash
ington, 1t is alleged. without even be-
ing given a hearing, her children
were taken from her, and she was
told to go her way, this after her
husband had sQuandered much of her
estate, it is claimed While she was
i'll at Washington, her husband and
the two children dressed, telling his
wife they were going on a short visit
to Senator and Mrs. Tillman, who
were then in Washington also, her
friends claim. When they did not
return that night nor the next day,
Mrs. Tillman demanded Of her hus-
band to know of their whereabouts,
and he informed her that he had
turned them over to his parents, who
were taking them to South Carolina,
and that she could go home If she
liked.
"Mr. and Mrs. Tillman, Jr., had
separated few months before this,
following rather harsh language he
had used toward her and about her.
There was violent quarrel at their
home in Edgefield when young Till
man walked in one afternoon and
found ex-Lieutenant Governor James
H. Tillman, the slayer of Editor H.
G. Gonzales, in the kitchen, it is al
legged, with one Of the children on
his knee. But the outraged husband
afterwards apologized and acknowl-
his wife.
There was separation, but this
was shortly followed by a reconcilia-
tion, Mrs. Tillman stipulating, her
friends claim, that in the future Sem
ator and Mrs. Tillman wust not be al
lowed to meddle in any manner. Then
following a trip through the West
last summer came young Tillman's
act in deciding the children to his
parents.
''The case at one time promised a
sensational washing of soiled linen
from number Of old family ward
robes, as under the allegation of 'un-
fitness in the deed the distinguished
defendant was going to be called up
on to specify on his allegation and
the other side was prepared for the
combat, but word has come from the
Tillman side that they will not bring
any such charges against Mrs. Till
man, and will be glad to settle the
rights of the two sides as peaceably
as possible. Whether Mrs. Tillman' 8
brother-in-law's threat to hold to a
personal account any prejured testi-
mony rejecting on his wife had any
thing to do with this peace note is
not known. This brother-in-law IL
himself the son of a Governor"