East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-08-06
FORMER PENDLETOA
FAMILY IN TROUBLE
MIR. AND MRS. A. A. HARDIN
BEFORE YAKIMA COURTS
Woman Is Accused of Stealing Her
Own Daughter and Man Is Charged
With Stealing His Own Horses
Domestic Troubles and Otherwise.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Hardin. for
mer residents of Pendleton, have been
occupying considerable space in the
Yakima papers recently. In the Yak
ina Herald of recent date there ap-
peared two different articles concern
ing the family. One charged Hardin
with stealing his own horses after
they had been attached for debt, while
another story was under the flaring
head lines. Mother Steals own
Daughter"
The following accounts of the do
mestic and other troubles are taken
from the above-named paper:
After soliciting the aid of the po-
lice to effect the rescue of her little
child from what she was pleased to
term "her cruel husband" no earlier
than last Saturday night and declar-
ing that she was through with him
| for good, Mrs. A. A. Hardin, according
to the police, was found to have re-
turned to her home Monday, ready to
forgive and forget. Captain Kelly
announced that he was no less sur
prised than disappointed at finding
that he had been made the goat in
a family quarrel.
The captain explained that the wo-
man appeared at the station Saturday
night, saying that her husband had
beaten her, forced her to leave the
house and refused TO allow her to
take their baby girl with her. Declar-
ing that she was afraid the man might
become enraged and harm the little
girl, she asked that an officer be di-
rected TO accompany her to the home
while she made a second attempt to
recover her baby.
Gives Her Escort.
Captain Kelly called a cab, placed
officer Perry and the woman within
and directed that they persuade the
pugnacious hubby to deliver up the
little one if such thing was possible
Before the cab drew up at the home
the woman had thought out another
plan. Fearing that another pitched
battle was inevitable if her husband
became aware of her presence in the
house, she asked the officer to stoI
the cab a short distance from the gate
and wait there while she attempted
to enter the sleeping room and re-
move the little girl without awaken.
ing the man.
Officer Perry was agreeable and re-
moving her shoes. the woman disap-
peared through the forbidden thresh.
hold, soon to reappear carrying the
baby in her arms. After another in
terview with the captain, the mother
and little girl were driven to a hotel
the officers taking all possible pre-
cautions to guard their whereabouts
from the obstreperous hubby.
Happy and Contented.
This was the last seen of the pro.
lection seeker until Monday, when g
deputy sheriff had occasion to visi
the home, where he found the moth
er and babe quietly enjoying all the
domesticity afforded as though moth
ing out of the way had ever happen
ed.
This" said the captain, sis on,
of the many examples of where tn,
police department is made the goat
when 1t is really trying to assist a lad,
in trouble Cases like this one ar,
about the hardest we have to dea
with for the reason we have no wa,
Of telling who those really really il
need Of assistance from those who in
sist on dragging us into a every-weel
family quarrel"
!, Stole Own Horses.
Deputy sheriffs are engaged in tn,
unusual task Of looking for a maj
charged with horse stealing. accuse,
OF the theft of pair of animals be
longing to himself, A. A. Hardin.
more or less we'll known teamste
about town, is the man for whom tn
, officers are searching.
Following an order from the court
authorizing the seizing of the man
team in satisfaction of a judgment
!, Deputy Sheriff Rightmire visited tn
man Monday morning and returned
with the horses which he placed a
directed by the creditors attorneys
in barn on the west side.
Shortly after noon, the officers say
Hardin appeared and made off will
the team laying himself, according t
prominent attorneys, liable to prose
cution for horse stealing. He had no
been apprehended at late hour las
night